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Brazil races towards stadium handover day, as FIFA chiefs set up camp

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 20 – FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has arrived in Brazil for the final time to oversee the run-up to the start of the World Cup, saying he expects “busy days ahead” to make sure everything is ready on time. Valcke arrived 24 hours after Brazil held the last two test events at its delayed stadiums, notably at the Sao Paulo venue that will host the opening game, and will visit all 12 host cities one last time “to see that the finishing touches”

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Qataris release more detail of Al Wakrah Stadium schedule

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May 20 – Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organisers have announced the second phase of construction at Al Wakrah, the first of the proposed venues to stage the finals. Last week the Qataris announced sweeping changes to their own labour laws though there was still criticism from pressure groups that they hadn’t gone far enough.

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CSKA pulls out of public listing as share sale falls flat

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By Alexander Krassimirov
May 20 – Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia has failed in its bid to become a public company listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. The failed IPO sold only 360,000 shares – the minimum requirement for the club to become publicly traded was 1.4 million. 3 million shares had been released for sale at the nominal price of BGN 3 (€1,5).

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Cup Final blunder puts goalline technology back on the German agenda

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 20 – Two months after its top clubs voted against goalline technology, the subject has moved back into the spotlight in Germany following a controversial decision in last weekend’s domestic cup final between rivals Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

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54 year old Bolivian president signs first for division club Sport Boys

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May 20 – In what is surely one of football’s most bizarre transfers, a first division Bolivian professional side has signed up the country’s 54-year-old president Evo Morales (pictured) to play in midfield at a reported token salary of $213 per month.

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More than a marketing tool: Barça strikes deal with Stanley Black & Decker

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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.

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Female football executives are not puppets or tokens, says Dodd

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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.

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World Cup alone won’t put football on the map in United States

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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.

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Cyprus title decider abandoned after shameful flare episode

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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.

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Scores of injuries as barrier accidentally collapses in Spain

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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.

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Bayern Munich supply most players to World Cup provisional squad lists

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By David Owen
May 19 – German giants Bayern Munich are the club providing most players to the provisional 2014 World Cup squad lists circulated by FIFA last week. The Bundesliga champions have 18 players on FIFA’s release list, two more than Manchester United, who were comfortably the most heavily-represented Premier League club, despite their difficult 2013-14 season.

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Bulgarian Cup Final chaos as fans set stand alight

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By Alexander Krassimirov
May 18 – There were further scenes of crowd chaos in Bulgaria this weekend which led to the suspenison of the Bulgarian Cup Final between Botev Plovdiv and Ludogorets when the Ultras of Botev started a fire in one of the stands of the Lazur stadium in Burgas, where the final was played.

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Romania’s LPF to cut teams in Liga I as it bids to boost profile

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
May 18 – The Romanian football league association, LPF, has announced plans to drop the number of teams competing in Liga 1, the top tier of the league, from the current 18 clubs to 14. The streamlined league will come into effect for the 2015/2016 season.

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US to host CONCACAF 2014 Women’s Championship

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May 17 – The US will host the CONCACAF Women’s Championship 2014 this Autumn. The championships also serve as the finals of the Confederation’s qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.

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PSG and Man City hit hardest as UEFA serves FFP sanctions

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 17 – Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain, Europe’s two Middle East-backed powerhouses with seemingly limitless funds in their quest to dominate the Continent, were brought down to earth with a jolt today when UEFA, after a week’s delay, finally announced their raft of sanctions on nine clubs deemed in breach of financial fair play (FFP) rules.