All bets off as FA clamps down on English pros
May 22- All professional footballers in England will be banned from betting on football matches from next season following a string of damaging incidents that have rocked the domestic game.
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FIFA move Sao Paulo stadium test date to ensure a big crowd
By Andrew Warshaw
May 22 – A vital final test event at the troubled stadium that is hosting the opening game of the World Cup has been postponed for three days, raising fresh concerns that the Sao Paulo venue will be far from ready for the June 12 kickoff.
Right places, right time: Brazil 2014 digital football guide launches
May 22 – Fans looking to find the authentic Brazilian football experience in Rio or Sao Paulo at the World Cup this summer should download a couple of digital guides written by Brazilian journalist Qiana Martin and writer of the of www. http://eatsoccer.wordpress.com/ blog.
Lee Wellings: World wide Webb tackles racism his way
Jeffrey Webb knows it should be harder to find examples of racism in football
While in London to speak at an event marking 20 years of the trailblazing anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, yet another example of racism in football reared its ugly, pointless head.
The morning of our meeting in a London hotel, Mario Balotelli had been abused by a group of Italy fans at the team’s training base in Florence.
Brazilian players go legal with FIFA, complaining it is too hot for early kick offs
By Andrew Warshaw
May 22 – FIFA is holding firm on kickoff times for the World Cup despite being threatened with legal action by Brazil’s athletes’ union (Fenapaf) which is calling for two-minute water breaks at the midway point of each half.
More than a marketing tool: Barça strikes deal with Stanley Black & Decker
May 19- Highlighting football’s perceived ability to provide a marketing push to a vast array of brands in different fields, Barcelona has unveiled a partnership with the power tools group, Stanley Black & Decker.
Female football executives are not puppets or tokens, says Dodd
By Andrew Warshaw
May 19- Every national footballing federation should consider appointing at least one woman representative at board level, according to Australia’s Moya Dodd, vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation and one of the sport’s most influential female administrators.
World Cup alone won’t put football on the map in United States
By Andrew Warshaw
May 19- United States soccer chief Sunil Gulati admits the game has some way to go at professional level to reach the levels of established domestic sports like American football and baseball – and, for that matter, to match the interest in football overseas.
Cyprus title decider abandoned after shameful flare episode
May 19 – Cypriot football, which has often been in the news for positive reasons in recent months as officials try to unify the sport on both sides of the island, has been rocked by an unwanted end-of-season incident that saw one of its many foreign players hit by an object thrown from the crowd.
Scores of injuries as barrier accidentally collapses in Spain
May 19- The climax to the Spanish league season luckily avoided tragedy when a barrier collapsed during the relegation clash between Osasuna and Real Betis, causing almost 70 injuries.
Scolari embroiled in tax allegations just when he is focussing on World Cup
May 16- Just when he is trying to focus on preparing the host nation for the World Cup, Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has the unwanted distraction of being named as a formal suspect in a tax fraud investigation in Portugal but has not been arrested or charged.
David Owen: Plea bargaining & doping – you ain’t seen nothing yet..
When the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s Foundation Board, whose members include FIFA President Joseph Blatter, assembles in Montreal this weekend, it could helpfully reflect on the kerfuffle stirred up by this month’s announcement of the sanction meted out to Tyson Gay, the US sprinter, in the wake of his adverse analytical finding.
Gay received just a one-year suspension, and a loss of results dating back to July 2012, including an Olympic silver medal,
Staggering new figures reveal scope of sports betting fraud
By Andrew Warshaw
16 May- The most comprehensive survey ever conducted into the extent of Asian-dominated betting fraud has revealed that criminal gangs are laundering a staggering $140 billion, mainly on football.
Summer 2022 is a “mistake” but Blatter backs Qatar
By Andrew Warshaw
May 16- The award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar has again found the spotlight after comments by FIFA President Sepp Blatter were reported – wrongly according to his office — as describing the December 2010, decision as a “mistake”.
Brazil street protesters get organised and gain momentum
By Andrew Warshaw
May 16- Just a month before the start of the World Cup, some of the most co-ordinated street protests of recent months have swept through Brazilian cities, once again targeting the huge cost of the tournament.