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
arsenalBy 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
rugby world cup logoBy 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
Sheikh Salman3By 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
blatter3By 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
valencia crowdBy 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
red cardBy 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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With knives deeply buried in backs, let the voting begin for power in Asia

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Asia
Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 18:23
AFC Kuala LumpurBy John Duerden in Kuala Lumpur
May 1 - The talking will shortly be over, the daggers are drawn and the tension is as thick as the cigarette smoke filling the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in the Malaysian capital.

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News analysis: Skullduggery, not unity, is AFC watchword, and now FIFA have entered the fray

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Asia
Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 10:46
AFC picBy Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
May 1 - Claims and counter-claims, conspiracy theories bouncing back and forth, all manner of dirty tricks allegations – and even FIFA intervention. Unity, what unity?

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Third human rights body calls for FIFA to investigate Sheikh Salman

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Asia
Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:52
SHAIKH SALMANBy Paul Nicholson, Editor in chief
May 1 - A third human rights organisation has written to FIFA president Sepp Blatter asking him to refer Asian Football Confederation presidential candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain to FIFA's ethics committee. 

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