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Sepp Blatter expects winter World Cup in Qatar
8 Jan 2011The prospect of the 2022 Qatar World Cup being held in the winter moved a step closer on Friday when FIFA president Sepp Blatter said for the first time that this is what he expects will happen. Qatar was controversially awarded the right to host the tournament last month – ahead of Australia – despite [...]
How Australia's Asian Cup rivals stack up
8 Jan 2011It has taken India 27 years to qualify for its third Asian Cup and few are expecting any fireworks from a massive country that has never realised its footballing potential. India are in Qatar courtesy of winning the eight-nation AFC Challenge Cup as hosts in 2008 — a tournament of lower-tier Asian teams. It will [...]
Jordan's Prince Ali wins FIFA job
7 Jan 2011Jordan’s Prince Ali bin Al Hussein stunned powerful South Korean Chung Mong-Joon by unseating him as a FIFA vice-president on Thursday while Mohamad bin Hammam won another term as AFC chief. Chung, the controlling shareholder in industrial giant Hyundai Heavy Industries, a major FIFA sponsor, had been in the job since 1994 and was widely [...]
Webber 3rd in Singapore, extends lead
27 Sep 2010Fernando Alonso produced a masterful drive Sunday to win an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix ahead of a charging Sebastian Vettel to put the world championship title race on a knife-edge. Mark Webber claimed third place to extend his championship lead as Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the point. Starting his Ferrari from pole position, Alonso [...]
Oscar Tabarez says he's proud of his players
8 Jul 2010Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez praised his players on Tuesday, saying their narrow World Cup semi-final defeat to the Netherlands proved they can mix it with football’s powerhouses. The tiny South American nation, sandwiched between Brazil and Argentina, held their own against the Dutch for most of the match and gave them a late scare when [...]
Argentina gone, Maradona mulls future
5 Jul 2010Argentina’s footballers head home Sunday with their World Cup dream in tatters and coach Diego Maradona lamenting the toughest day of his life as he ponders whether to quit. The South American giants didn’t just lose to long-time rivals Germany in the quarter-finals, they were humiliated 4-0 and it appears Maradona’s reign could be over. [...]
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