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December 28, 2006
Suspension removed as Iran agrees to follow FIFA
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Visa and MasterCard vying for World Cup sponsorship
[AdJab] Mastercard and Visa are arguing over who gets to be the title sponsor of the next two World Cup soccer championships. Mastercard has been the sponsor for the last 16 years and claims that FIFA, the sport's ruling body, breached its contract with them by not allowing them to make another play for the sponsorship.
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December 28, 2006
Suspension removed as Iran agrees to follow FIFA
Posted at 02:27 AM | Comments (0)
Visa and MasterCard vying for World Cup sponsorship
[AdJab] Mastercard and Visa are arguing over who gets to be the title sponsor of the next two World Cup soccer championships. Mastercard has been the sponsor for the last 16 years and claims that FIFA, the sport's ruling body, breached its contract with them by not allowing them to make another play for the sponsorship.
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December 22, 2006
FIFA´s World Best Player in last 15 years always from Spain or Italy
[ FC Barcelona , Barcelona Soccer News , Barcelona Fans] Since more than 15 years the prize of FIFA´s World Best Player has been awarded to a Spanish La Liga or Italian Serie A player. During the period of the last 16 years, FC Barcelona represented the most FIFA World´s Best Player (5x): Ronaldinho (2004 and 2005), Rivaldo (1999), Ronaldo (1996) and Romario (1994).
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Footbal news - 20 december 2006
[Football/soccer news, goals, players, managers] Ambitious Cluj thinking huge After their multinational side ended the autumn fourth in the Romanian table, CFR Ecomax Cluj-Napoca are going all-out for a UEFA Champions League place. At the moment, Cluj have more foreigners than any other side in Divizia A, with five Portuguese players, one Frenchman, a Moldovan, a Bolivian, a Paraguayan, a Brazilian and two Serbs on their books.
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December 16, 2006
A green goal and removal of a stole -- it's all about the game of footie
[RK'S RESPONSIBLE LIVING] In 2010 South Africa will host the FIFA Soccer World Cup -- an event that draws the attention of billions from all over the world. As a result the South African government has pledged to raise awareness (and standards) on water and energy conservation -- in an effort to green the game.
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Pro Evolution Soccer is the Winner
[ Madhur Kapoor’s Blog] Around a month ago i started a poll on my site regarding the preference of PES and FIFA 07 and thanks to 55 people who participated in the poll .The results are pretty much straightforward as i was expecting .
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December 13, 2006
My Bradley piece today
[Soccer By Ives] "Although we're disappointed not to have Michael Bradley with us for the 2006 season, we feel that both Michael and the MetroStars will benefit in the future from this decision," said MetroStars President and General Manager Alexi Lalas. I'm still waiting on exactly how the MetroStars benefited from him leaving.
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Man U might take Tim Howard back (but would he want to go back?)
[Soccer By Ives] Well, Everton is facing Man U tonight and the obvious question to ask Ferguson was about Howard. Was Ferguson really going to say, "No, he's still not in our future plans."?
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December 10, 2006
Premiership preview: Man Utd v Liverpool
[Free soccer news, player transfer rumours, football scores and more] Three defeats and a draw away in the league see Liverpool 8 points behind their deadly rivals at this early stage of the season. Questions about whether boss Rafa Benitez knows his best XI are bound to be asked as he closes in on 100 games without naming the same side for consecutive fixtures.
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December 07, 2006
Soccer: Gut Shots
[Soccer] Ever since his childhood in Hawaii, Brian Ching has had the same routine for penalty kicks: Take a short approach, stutter-step and bang the ball hard to the goalkeeper’s left. He just never got the chance to use it in MLS.
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Manchester United get past Benfica
[SoccerBlog.com: The World's Leading Soccer Blog - by Fans for the Fans!] Man U in their do or die Group F game against Benfica were almost laid low by this stunning 25-yard opening strike by Benfica fullback Nelson.They survived however...and eventually took the game 3 -1.(video highlights here)
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