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Mihir Bose: Lies, damn lies and alienating statistics

One important reason why football of all ball games is the most popular game in the world is because it is simple. Its rules are easy to understand and have none of the complexity that, for example, rugby has. Football’s celebrated off side rule may be a diverting after dinner conversation with which to bait those who do not care about the game but it is nowhere near as mind blowing as trying to work out why a penalty is given in rugby.

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Spurs suffer financial pain of Champions League exclusion

By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent

January 23 – The importance of qualifying for the Champions League has been underlined yet again, this time by Tottenham Hotspur announcing a loss of £4.3m for the year ending June, 2012 compared to the profit of £700,000 they recorded the year before which covered the period when they were competing in the competition.

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Polish to host 2013 Homeless World Cup in Poznan

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By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent

January 23 – It may receive scant global publicity compared to the real thing but 64 countries will participate in the 2013 Homeless World Cup in Poznan, Poland, organisers have announced.

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Materazzi and Benitez slanging match gets personal

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By Andrew Warshaw

January 23 – Marco Materazzi, the former Italian international who was infamously headbutted by Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final, has opened up a war of words with current Chelsea interim boss Rafa Benitez.

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Egypt’s Port Said trials create uneasy tension

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By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent

January 23 – Fresh evidence in the trials of those accused of involvement in last year’s Port Said stadium disaster has been handed over by prosecutors according to reports in Egypt.

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Exclusive: Olympic footballers could face late, late show

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By David Owen

January 23 – Teams qualifying for the knock-out stages of the 2020 Olympic football competitions may face some late nights if Tokyo wins the right to stage the Games.

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Uzbek’s fair play award wins presidential praise and human rights reminders

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By Mark Baber

January 22 – The award of the FIFA Fair Play Award 2012 to Uzbekisan has been met with delight and a reason for national pride by the Uzbek President Islam Karimov and reminders of the Central Asian country’s lack of fair play in the political arena by media and human rights groups.

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Reds take full control of MUTV

By Mark Baber

January 22 – Manchester United have acquired the one-third minority equity stake in Manchester United Television (MUTV) held by BSkyB (Sky) giving the club 100% control of its television channel.

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Ghana FA renews sponsorship with Glo Mobile

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By Mark Baber

Janaury 22 – Glo Mobile Ghana has renewed its sponsorship of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for $2.1 million. The funding will support of the Black Stars (national team) and the Ghana Premier League.

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Sven stops off at UAE on his world tour

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By Andrew Warshaw

January 22 – Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson insists he has not taken up his latest job just for the money after agreeing an 18-month contract as a technical adviser of United Arab Emirates’ Al Nasr club.

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Puma boots up to sell replica African kits in Brazil

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By Mark Baber

January 22 – In preparation for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Puma has signed a new sub-license deal with the Cameroon, Ghana, the Ivory Coast and Senegal aimed at the South American market as well as entering into a partnership with Centauro, one of the largest sporting goods retail chains in Latin America which has over 130 stores in Brazil.

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Man Utd head to Qatar for winter training camp

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By Andrew Warshaw

January 22 – Qatar’s Aspire academy, which has been attracting increasing publicity as one of the world’s most sophisticated sports facilities since the Gulf state won the right to stage the 2022 World Cup, has struck another coup by being chosen by Manchester United for a mid-season training camp this week.

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Wembley to stay a ‘clean’ venue

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By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent

January 22 – London’s Wembley stadium will not be going the same way as other iconic grounds and be re-titled as part of a naming rights deal – at least not yet, according to the English Football Association.

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Platini backs Boateng, financial fair play and, again, a Winter World Cup

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By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent

January 22 – Despite voting for Qatar to stage the 2022 World Cup in the Summer, UEFA President Michel Platini continues to beat the drum for the tournament to be switched to the winter months.

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Beach Soccer expands into India with Goa event

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January 21 – Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) announced today that it is organising India’s first professional Beach Soccer Championship in Goa next month, February 7-10.