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World football’s ruling body said in a statement it would announce the official candidates on Monday “following a thorough verification process”. A spokeswoman would not comment on the number of

“Blatter mustn’t worry, the (construction) time frame will be met,” Lins said in an interview with Reuters. FIFA president Blatter criticised on Monday what he called Brazil’s day-after-tomorrow attitude to

Villarreal striker Rossi, who have flattered to deceive for Italy in the past, shone throughout the game and fired his side into the lead on the 28th minute when he

Pilavios told Reuters he also expected the federation’s general assembly to approve the banning of flares and firecrackers at Greek stadiums from next season. “We are trying to make our

Both men spent part of the day at the same luxury hotel near the Arc de Triumph where members of all 53 European associations are gathering for Tuesday’s UEFA Congress.

Terry will resume the duty permanently, starting with England’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales on March 26, taking over from Rio Ferdinand who is likely to miss that match with

The 41-year-old German is manager Arsene Wenger’s solution to his goalkeeping crisis after injuries to Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone left the Premier League club with only one

Pep Guardiola’s side had their usual swagger in the first half at the Sanchez Pizjuan and looked to be cruising when substitute Bojan Krkic, who replaced the injured Pedro, put

The France striker struggled to live up to his 35 million euro price tag after joining from Olympique Lyon in 2009 but has looked close to his best in the

Samuel Eto’o struck from close range to give the champions an early lead and after the hosts missed a succession of chances in the second half Caracciolo finally equalised five