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Mihir Bose: Schmid on getting more for less, a winter World Cup and managing social media deluges

Last Sunday Marcel Schmid was at Wembley to watch the New England Patriots play the St Louis Rams. Nothing remarkable in that you may think, some 84,000 others were also there as NFL made its annual foray outside its homeland in an effort to reach a worldwide audience.

But for Schmid, chairman of the International Football Arena (IFA), it provided renewed focus for one of the themes that will dominate this year’s conference in Zurich on November 12-13.

Africa

Khoza to challenge Sam for Presidency of SASCOC

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By Duncan Mackay

November 1 – Irvin Khoza, one of South Africa’s most influential football administrators who was chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is to challenge Gideon Sam for the position of President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) later this month, it has been revealed.

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England’s Caulker, Lees and Wigley charged by Serbia for on-pitch brawl

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 1 – Serbian authorities have now named Steven Caulker (pictured, right), Thomas Lees and assistant coach Steve Wigley as the three members of the England party charged over the mass brawl that followed the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship playoff in Kruševac last month.

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FIFA to announce 2013 Confederations Cup venues next week

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 1 – FIFA is to confirm next week whether it will have to drop any of the six venues being slated to stage matches at next year’s Confederations Cup, the traditional World Cup dress rehearsal.

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Havelange brands Menezes a “moron” and calls for the return of Scolari

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 1 – Brazil’s former FIFA President João Havelange has launched a scathing attack on national team coach Mano Menezes and has called on Felipe Scolari to return to the helm.

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Blatter always had a problem with the England game, claims Coe

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 1 – Fresh revelations as to why England gained only two votes in its bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup have been disclosed in a new autobiography by Sebastian Coe, who was regarded as one the country’s most influential 2018 voices before going on to organise the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Bin Hammam loses appeal against latest suspension

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By Andrew Warshaw

November 1 – Mohamed Bin Hammam has lost the latest round of his ongoing campaign to clear his name and regain a place at the top table of Asian and world football.

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South Korea’s Park to receive London 2012 Olympic bronze

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 31 – Park Jong-Woo, the South Korean footballer who sparked a diplomatic row with Japan at London 2012 by waving a political placard and was subsequently banned from the medal ceremony, is finally set to receive his Olympic bronze.

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Jamaica heads to England recruit new players for World Cup

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 31 – Jamaican officials are heading to England to try to sign up as many players as possible in an attempt to qualify for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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Italian football is in serious trouble, warns Juventus President Agnelli

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 31 – Juventus President Andrea Agnelli has told shareholders that Italian football is in serious trouble and needs to take urgent action.

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FIFA’s Task Force Football 2014 disbands

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 31 – A star-studded FIFA panel charged with finding ways to make the game more of a spectacle in time for the next World Cup in Brazil has been disbanded.

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Serbian police issue criminal charges following England match

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 31 – Serbian police have filed criminal charges against 12 players, fans and officials, including three from England, following last month’s explosive European under-21 playoff encounter that was marred by allegations of racism and a post-match melee.

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Scot chosen as new coach of US women’s football team

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By Duncan Mackay

October 30 – Former Blackpool and Torquay United player Tom Sermanni is to take over as coach of the United States Olympic gold medal winning women’s football team, it was announced today.

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FA launches investigation into Clattenburg’s “inappropriate language”

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 30 – The English Football Association (FA) has launched an official investigation into allegations against FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg for allegedly using bad language towards two Chelsea players in Sunday’s (October 28) explosive Premier League clash with Manchester United.

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PAOK forced to play three matches behind closed doors after riot

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By Andrew Warshaw

October 30 – Greek club PAOK Salonika have been ordered to play their next three European home games behind closed doors after losing an appeal against sanctions imposed by UEFA following a riot in August.