TV records broken as 1.5 million German hit the bars to watch CL triumphs

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Champions League

Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:44

April 30 - One and a half million happy German football fans watched the first round of the Champions League semi-finals in Sky Sports Bars. The figure includes 1.02 million viewers who watched the victory of FC Bayern over Barcelona.

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Court awards Berg £2.5m payout after Blackburn sacking

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Europe

Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:55

By Tom Parsons
April 30 - Henning Berg, the former Blackburn manager, has been awarded £2.25m in compensation from the Championship side after winning his claim against the club in court yesterday.

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Blatter confident that reforms are on track and will impact FIFA positively

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FIFA

Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:28

By Andrew Warshaw
April 30 - Despite claims that his beloved reform process has been watered down and will achieve little, Sepp Blatter remains confident that the package of measures will "bring FIFA up to the highest standards of good governance" at next month's eagerly awaited Congress in Mauritius.

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Thai regulator insists all World Cup finals games must broadcast free-to-air

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Asia

Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:20

By Mark Baber
April 30 – Thailand's broadcast regulator has ruled that all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup finals must be televised over free-TV channels. The ruling comes as a blow to Thai pay channel RS Inc which holds the rights.

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Row over OCA involvement in AFC elections hots up

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Asia

Published on Monday, 29 April 2013 10:45

By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
April 29 - The acrimonious war of words in the build-up to this week's eagerly awaited Presidential election for the most powerful man in Asian football has intensified with the Kuwaiti Football Association denouncing Yousuf al-Serkal of the United Arab Emirates for comments he made regarding interference by the Olympic Council of Asia, run by Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah.

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FIFPro lobby EU for passing of a 'New Bosman' transfer law

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Europe

Published on Monday, 29 April 2013 12:26

By Monica Villar
April 29 - International players union FIFPro are to file a complaint with the European Court against FIFA to show their discontent about the current system of transfers.

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Ronaldo and Bebeto open Maracanã, marking fourth stadium ready, almost

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Brazil 2014

Published on Monday, 29 April 2013 11:42

By Mark Baber
April 29 - Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracanã stadium, which will be the venue for next year's World Cup final, has reopened with an exhibition match between teams led by former Brazil strikers Ronaldo and Bebeto.

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Divided AFC delegates gather in KL for king-maker Congress

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Asia

Published on Monday, 29 April 2013 09:29

By John Duerden in Kuala Lumpur
April 29 - It is somewhat ironic for an election in which transparency and unity are the major issues that so much of the lobbying and campaigning has been played out almost entirely behind closed doors amid ever increasing divisions. But this is football politics, Asian style.

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