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Europe
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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 18:16
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 - After years of delays, postponements and foot-dragging, English football's new £105 million ($170,000/€130,000) centre of excellence was finally opened today with the aim of revolutionising the game from grassroots to national level.
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Olympics
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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 17:56
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 - The Olympic football tournament will no longer feature a men's British team, the Football Association (FA) confirmed today.
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Russia 2018
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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 11:07
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 - Russia 2018 has reiterated plans to scrap visa requirements for fans – provided they have FIFA World Cup tickets.
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Olympics
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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 10:39
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 - FIFA has mysteriously postponed its verdict into Park Jong-Woo, the South Korean footballer who was banned from receiving his Olympic bronze medal for displaying a political message at London 2012.
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News
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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 10:19
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 - England defender Ashley Cole has been charged by the Football Association (FA) following comments he made on Twitter.
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Africa
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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 11:44
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 - The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has lost out on a grant to help fund match-fixing investigations after failing to meet a deadline set by FIFA.
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News
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Published on Monday, 08 October 2012 11:51
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 - Jérôme Champagne, an influential former FIFA administrator says the reform process instigated by Sepp Blatter, while "starting to adapt to the 21st century", fails to address the need for greater democracy within the organisation.
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Brazil 2014
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Published on Monday, 08 October 2012 17:23
By Tom Degun
October 8 - Eduardo Paes has been re-elected as the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil's municipal elections meaning that he will hold the prestigious position when the country hosts the FIFA 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup, as well as the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Russia 2018
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Published on Monday, 08 October 2012 15:12
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 - Fans of Russian Premier League club Kuban Krasnodar have written to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and FIFA boss Sepp Blatter protesting that their city was not chosen as one of the host venues for the 2018 World Cup.
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