Curtain falls on election as players lick wounds but look forward to a new AFC

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Asia

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 12:32

By John Duerden in Kuala Lumpur
May 2 - It is hard to know which was the most extraordinary sight at the Asian Football Confederation's Extraordinary Congress at the Mandarin Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning: Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Al-Khalifa winning the election to become the next president of the AFC in the first round of voting, his bitter rival Yousuf Al Serkal coming in last or Sepp Blatter lecturing delegates about the necessity of returning to core football values.

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Fuentes guilty in Operacion Puerto case, but judge's ruling protects others

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Europe

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 13:22

By Gareth Messenger
May 2 - The doctor at the centre of Spain's biggest doping scandal has been handed a one-year suspended sentence after being found guilty of endangering public health. But the big winners in the case are the alleged dopers from sports other than cycling, and including football, who will retain their anonymity.

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Usmanov sets sights on Gunners' Kroenke for his lack of ambition

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Premier League

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 13:40

By Mark Baber
May 2 –Alisher Usmanov claims Arsenal's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke "doesn't show any wish" to create a winning team according to reports in the British press.

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English rugby turns to football to provide World Cup 2015 stadia

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Premier League

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 13:56

By Tom Parsons
May 2 - The English Rugby Football Union has announced that eight football grounds will be used to host games at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The tournament, predominately held in England, will be staged at 13 different venues around England and Wales during September and October 2015.

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Salman wins AFC presidency with landslide vote, FIFA exco seat as well

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News

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 09:12

By John Duerden in Kuala Lumpur
May 2 - Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain won a landslide first-round victory to become the 10th president of the Asian Football Confederation on Thursday, trouncing his stunned opponents as he promised to lead Asian football into a new era of stability.

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Blatter quick to congratulate Sheikh Salman on 'brilliant election' win

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FIFA

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:16

By John Duerden in Kuala Lumpur
May 2 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter congratulated Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa for his "brilliant election" victory to the Presidency of the Asian Football Confederation but not before cautioning that Asian football had to put its house in order.

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Back from the brink Valencia look to emulate Dortmund's economic model

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Europe

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 09:13

By Monica Villar
May 2 - The new President of the Valencia Foundation, Aurelio Martínez thinks Valencia CF should copy German team Borussia Dortmund's economic and sporting model.

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Rosetti gives red card to call for foreign refs in Russia

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Europe

Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 09:13

By Richard van Poortvliet
May 2 - The head of Referee's Department and Inspectorate for the Russian Football Union, Roberto Rosetti, has announced that he has no plans to invite foreign referee's to adjudicate matches in the Russian Premier League in the foreseeable future.

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