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• in Sports
  Ireland Demand Replay of World Cup Qualifier With France
  Will FIFA finally end Ireland's run of bad luck?
  by Rheality / on Nov 19, 2009
• in Sports
  Holy Cow! Animal Sacrifice at Football World Cup?
  Why are all the cows running away from South Africa ahead of the 2010 Football World Cup?
  by Rheality / on Oct 24, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “fifa”

• FIFA expert says match fixing is as bad as doping

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Hamburg, Nov 22 (DPA) A betting expert of football’s controlling body FIFA, Wolfgang Feldner, has described match fixing as dangerous as doping.Match-fixing for betting purposes is one of the biggest threats to football, as dangerous as doping, the German said in an interview published in Sunday’s Frankfurter ...
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• FIFA World Cup™ balls

  
  The Bristol Blogger — Authority: 421
  From the Fifa.com website earlier this week: “Fifa President Joseph S. Blatter is using the FIFA World Cup™ qualifying matches to urge footballers around the world to show ‘More fair play, please!’ Blatter said: ‘Fair play should come before anything else … These qualifying matches must epitomise fair ...
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• President Jacob Zuma Believes Miss World Contestants Can Play a Significant Role in Changing the World

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 157
  President Jacob Zuma believes that the Miss World contestants can play a significant role in addressing challenges face the world. “There are many challenges facing the world such as poverty, disease and conflict, Miss World contestants can play a role in addressing these challenges,” Zuma said during a welcome ...
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• Do not heed the moaners and whingers

  
  Football Banter — Authority: 124
  I keep hearing this "Yet watching TV the day after the match, I saw footage of the Ireland/Georgia game that took place in February. "Ireland won a penalty that should never have been given. The resulting goal put the team through to the play-off against France" - Matthieu Barbarin, writing in the Guardian Not ...
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• Zambias James Chamanga Hat-Trick Buries North Korea

  
  Goal.com — Authority: 716
  China-based front man grabs a hat-trick against World Cup finalists North Korea...
  12 hours ago

• The Daily Habit: Government

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 141
  World Cup Court http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_africa_afp/safricajusticecrimefblwc2010
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• Say bye to variety for me

  
  TV Tonight — Authority: 542
  The Noughties will end with a nail in the coffin of variety after Rove McManus announced he was winding down his show last Sunday. It closed a ten year chapter for the genre with a string of Logies , A-List guests and live memories to take home. Without any advance warning it also didn’t pull the kind of figures ...
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• FIFA & UEFA rankings

  
  Portugal World Cup Blog — Authority: 409
  Thanks to winning both matches of the play-offs Portugal climbed up FIFA’s ranking to a surprising 5th place. This might stir up talks on whether we should go into the 1st pot of the WC2010 draw next December. I don’t think it will happen, but… A day before UEFA released their ranking featuring Spain on top ...
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• The Great Debate: Should Video Technology Be Introduced in Football?

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 779
  It has been just three days since Thierry Henry used his hand to help send France through to the 2010 World Cup, but already it has passed into international folklore. The furore surrounding the incident has been unprecedented, and has raised a number of questions to which many are demanding answers. One ...
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• Ireland admits defeat in World Cup replay bid

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 158
  Ireland has failed in its bid to have their World Cup play-off against France replayed, the Football Association of Ireland recognised in a statement issued on Saturday. Ireland had appealed to football’s world governing body FIFA and to the French Football Federation (FFF) to have the second leg of the play-off ...
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• Arsenal and India: all you never knew

  
  Arsenal News — Authority: 131
  By 11 GunnersWhen David Beckham curled one of his trademark free kicks at the ‘Theatre of Dreams’, little he would have known that a nation was awakening into a sporting renaissance of sorts.The day was 18th August and the year was 2001, when Premier League games were being aired Live for the [...]
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• Galaxy Wins MLS Cup ... in FIFA 10

  
  Goal — Authority: 572
  The Los Angeles Galaxy defeat Real Salt Lake, 2-1, to win MLS Cup 09 in a computer simulation from the EA Sports game FIFA 10.
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• Ireland: France Replay Request Has "Fallen On Deaf Ears"

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 461
  DUBLIN — Ireland has given up hope of a World Cup playoff replay against France because of Thierry Henry’s hand ball. Henry’s deliberate handling set up a goal for William Gallas in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw that sent France to next year’s tournament and knocked out Ireland. Excerpt from:  Ireland: France ...
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• How to stop diving in football

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 502
  When people think of diving, they automatically cringe at the thought. Usually the word cheat starts getting branded and the people who are divers are automatically crucified. However, looking at diving in a cold dispassionate way will reveal that diving is only considered a yellow card offense. This puts diving on ...
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• Getting the job done – the Henry hypocrisy

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 502
  Every now and then when trouble’s a-brewing, the ability to reminisce seems to go on the up. Of the good old days when opposition players were best chums, the games were hard but fair, and sport was always the winner. It’s an apt feeling currently, as Irish heartache still resounds around the globe. France may ...
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• Switzerland vs Uruguay Soccer Live Streaming//FIFA Beachsoccer//On Your PC

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 178
  Switzerland vs Uruguay Soccer Live Streaming FIFA Beachsoccer European Union All kind of Beach Soccer events, like World Cups and local tournaments Watch Switzerland vs Uruguay Online TV Match scheduled:21-11-2009 from 18:00 until 19:30
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• Egypt Striker Amr Zaki Out For Three Weeks

  
  Goal.com — Authority: 716
  The former Wigan frontman has suffered another hamstring injury...
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• WORLD FOOTBALL: THE GAME FIXING CANCER

  
  SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPORTS — Authority: 436
  Is this the "new" mass threat to World Football (Soccer)?Dodgy referee decisions, intencional red cards to leave your team with less men, own goals, off-sides not called, goalkeeping mistakes...theoptions are long as "betting" money has entered as a possible factor ingame results. In Germany they are investigating up ...
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• Chelsea fans will get chance to see controversial teenager Gael Kakuta

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov 21 (ANI): Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti will today give the club fans their first glimpse of Gael Kakuta whose signing could see the club banned from the transfer market for 18 months.Blues’ supporters will get the chance to see what the fuss was all about, as Ancelotti suggested Kakuta would become the ...
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• FIFA World Rankings, November 2009: Spain Topple Brazil

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 779
  Spain have returned to the top of the FIFA World Rankings, as published yesterday, replacing Brazil, who had held the No. 1 position for the previous four months. The Confederations Cup champions now occupy second place after friendly wins over England and Oman last week.  Spain beat Argentina 2-1 in Madrid before ...
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