March 5, 2012
IFAB meeting overshadowed by latest Brazil-FIFA World Cup spat
Saturday's eagerly awaited IFAB meeting became almost a sideshow, as FIFA and Brazil continued their ongoing war of words over preparations for the 2014 World Cup finals.
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Opinions from some of football’s leading voices
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March 1, 2012
The hijab on female footballers: religious symbolism or cultural modesty?
This weekend's IFAB will decide whether to permit women footballers to wear the hijab. Those advocating use of the headscarf, believe it could empower women in sport.
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February 28, 2012
Government told not to interfere in the running of football
English football risks incurring the wrath of FIFA if it allows politicians to become involved in the running of the game.
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February 27, 2012
Speaking his mind: Zwanziger snubs Blatter over Qatar
German federation president Theo Zwanziger is not afraid to speak his mind, although his frankness has not always gone down well with football's governing body.
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February 23, 2012
FIFA’s anti-corruption tsar will be a hard act to follow
Chris Eaton, the man employed by FIFA to monitor match fixing within the game, has quit for pastures new, leaving football's governing body with a tricky vacancy to fill.
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February 21, 2012
Action speak louder than words: FIFA needs to act on racism
With Chelsea's black players being racially abused in Naples, and offensive chanting across Europe, Brian Glanville wonders whether FIFA has the means or the desire to do anything about it. Plus, Arsene Wenger needs some…
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February 20, 2012
Confusion over Teixeira undermines Brazil’s World Cup credibility
Uncertainty over the future of Brazil's football supremo, Ricardo Teixeira, has raised fears over the country's capacity to host a successful World Cup.
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February 16, 2012
Brazil’s World Cup preparations: one step forward two steps back
Just when FIFA thought Brazil was making significant progress in its planning for the 2014 World Cup finals, more bad news arrives.
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February 14, 2012
Dalglish is the real villain of the piece
Brian Glanville believes that in the Luis Suarez affair, it was Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, who was most at fault.
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February 13, 2012
Gone but not forgotten: Jack Warner’s poisonous legacy
The whereabouts of missing money intended for emergency relief in Haiti, raises fresh questions about the role played by the disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner.
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February 9, 2012
Capello’s appointment raised expectations he could not meet
If Fabio Capello was unable to turn England into a world force, what chance is there of his successor managing it?
