All posts tagged "FIFA"

  • Remember World Cup 2014 – There may not be anything like it in a long time

    Different World Cups are loved for all different reasons. In Germany 2006, it was to bring the World Cup back to Europe, a continent finally regaining supremacy after decades of South American domination. To celebrate the growing...

    • Posted July 24, 2014
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  • Luis Suarez Bite – What Punishment Does He Actually Deserve?

    Learn from your mistakes might be a good rule for Luis Suarez to follow. Less than a year ago he was still under a ten match suspension from biting Chelsea’s Bransilav Ivanovic during a league match with...

    • Posted June 27, 2014
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  • Emotional Ronaldo collects Ballon d’Or

    Cristiano Ronaldo might have claimed the FIFA Ballon d’Or “just a trophy”, but when it came down to it Ronaldo shed tears of joy when it was announced that he finally reclaimed his title of world player...

    • Posted January 13, 2014
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  • Vanishing spray to be used at World Cup

    Newly developed vanishing sprays to spot walls creeping in to block free-kick will be used by referees at the 2014 World Cup according to Fifa president Sepp Blatter. The shaving cream-like spray is already in use in...

    • Posted December 19, 2013
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  • Two arrested over match-fixing allegations

    Two men have been arrested over alleged match fixing in low English football leagues following a mass investigation into match fixing in English football by the Daily Telegraph.  Singapore national Chann Sankaran, 33, and forty-three year old...

    • Posted November 28, 2013
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  • Josip Siminuc defends pro-Nazi chants

    Croatia Josip Simunic claimed he “did nothing wrong” after rallying a pro-Nazi chant after his country successfully qualified for the 2014 Brazil World Cup on Tuesday.   The 2-0 win over Iceland sealed the Croat’s qualification, but...

    • Posted November 20, 2013
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  • Real Madrid to recieve €2.7m FIFA compensation for Khedira injury

    Sami Khedira picked up a serious knee-injury that will keep on the sidelines until the end of the season, according to German doctors, during Germany’s 1-1 draw with Italy, seriously denting his chances of appearing in the...

    • Posted November 17, 2013
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  • 2013 FIFA Puskas Award: Our rankings

    Fifa recently released it’s shortlist for the Puskas Awards, naming the top goals of the year, but which is the best goal? Here, we show off our rankings. 1. Panagiotis Kone – 16 December 2012 – SSC...

    • Posted November 12, 2013
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  • FIFA reveal Puskas Award shortlist

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s overhead goal verses England is among nine other wonder goals listed in Fifa’s Puskas Award shortlist for goal of the year.   Zlatan’s stunning thirty-yard bicycle-kick during his four-goal performance against England almost exactly a year...

    • Posted November 11, 2013
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  • Blatter open to share 2022 World Cup hosting

    Fifa president Sepp Blatter has revealed that neighboring middle-eastern countries could co-host the controversial 2022 Qatar World Cup amid concerns over abuse of workers that are constructing the faculties needed to host the World Cup in Qatar. ...

    • Posted November 8, 2013
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