England coach Fabio Capello has dismissed the relevance of FIFA’s rankings after seeing his team rise to fourth. England jumped above Uruguay and Brazil over the last month despite winning just five of its nine matches since exiting the 2010 World Cup in the last 16. “I am happy, but the ranking is only one value,” Capello said.
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As Nigeria get set to lock horns with Russia in the first group match of the FIFA Beach Football World Cup which kicks off on Sptember 2 in Ravenna, Italy, former coach of the team Kelechi Emeteole has said that they can surpass the country’s previous outings in the competition if they work extra hard.
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The Canadian men?€™s soccer team has shaken up its roster in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualifying matches in Toronto and Bayamon, Puerto Rico, next month.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland ?€” The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set dates to hear three former FIFA executive committee members appeal their bans for corruption. CAS says Amos Adamu of Nigeria will challenge his three-year ban from all soccer duties on Oct. 4. Adamu became the first FIFA official sanctioned for bribery last November, after a British newspaper alleged vote-trading in the 2018 and …
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for the opening match of the 2014 World Cup to be played at Brazil’s most famous football stadium – the Maracana in Rio – and not in Sao Paulo.
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ZURICH ?€” FIFA banned North Korea from the 2015 Women?€™s World Cup after five players tested positive for steroids from traditional musk deer gland therapy at the tournament last month. FIFA on Thursday imposed bans of up to 18 months on all five players, who North Korean officials said were treated with traditional therapy after being struck by lightning at a pre-tournament training camp. Jong …
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ?€” Three former FIFA executive committee members banned in a World Cup bidding scandal will have their appeals heard no sooner than October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday.
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Three former FIFA executive committee members banned in a World Cup bidding scandal will have their appeals heard no sooner than October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday.
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Socceroos striker Scott McDonald has succumbed to a hamstring strain and will miss Australia’s coming World Cup qualifiers.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for the opening match of the 2014 World Cup to be played at Brazil’s most famous football stadium – the Maracana in Rio – and not in Sao Paulo.
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