Zenit St Petersburg take sanction appeal to CAS

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 30 – In a rare move, Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg are going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after the Russian Football Union (RFU) turned down their appeal against being punished following serious crowd trouble at the recent domestic fixture at Dynamo Moscow.

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Beckham tipped for move to Monaco

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 30 – David Beckham, one of the icons of his generation, has been heavily linked with a career-ending move to French club Monaco as he prepares to round off his time with LA Galaxy in the United States.

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Mihir Bose: Ivan Bravo – I can die happy now Spain have won the World Cup

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It is not often in football you hear many people talk about Roman Abramovich, Florentino Perez and Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar being “visionary men”, and all in the same breath.

The first two are widely regarded as using football clubs, Chelsea and Real Madrid, as their play things, an impression strengthened in the Russian’s case by the way he got rid of his last manager Roberto Di Matteo.

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Arsenal’s Gazidis elected to ECA board

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 29 – The English Premier League has maintained its decision-making status on the top table of the European Club Association (ECA) with Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis elected to the organisation’s executive board.

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