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ZURICH: The International Football Association Board has rejected the introduction of goal-line technology, sparking an angry reaction from some football managers.
The decision was taken after a presentation of experiments during which cameras were placed on the goal posts and electronic chips inserted in the ball to determine if it had crossed the goal line. Hawk-Eye [...]
MEXICO: Paraguay international Salvador Cabanas is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in Mexico City.
The 29-year-old Club America striker was taken to a hospital intensive care unit following the incident on Sunday night.
Mexico City attorney general Miguel Angel Mancera told TV station Televisa: “We don’t know the motive behind the injury. [...]
Debts at the parent company of Manchester United have increased to £716.5m ($1.17bn), according to its latest accounts.
The company, called Red Football Joint Venture, is owned by the Glazer family and secures its debts against the football club.
The accounts, for the year to June 2009, show United’s debts passing £700m for the first time.
More than [...]
Newcastle United has signed a new four-year sponsorship deal with Northern Rock worth up to £10m.
The deal will see the nationalised bank remain as Newcastle’s main sponsor from season 2010/11 to 2014.
Northern Rock’s chief executive Gary Hoffman said the agreement represented a good deal for taxpayers.
The bank, which is based in Newcastle, was taken into [...]
Togo’s footballers arrived home from the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday as the tournament got under way in Angola.
The players had been keen to stay but Togo president Faure Gnassingbe urged them to withdraw after Friday’s gun attack, which killed three people.
The country’s sports minister has since suggested Togo could return if the Confederation [...]
CAPE TOWN: The gun attack on Togo’s team bus in Angola before the start of the African Nations Cup will have no impact on the World Cup in South Africa this year, chief World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan said on Saturday.
Two members of Togo’s national football delegation died on Saturday following an ambush on Friday, [...]
NAIROBI: A bus carrying the Togo national football team, including the Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor, was attacked by gunmen as it travelled to the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in Angola yesterday.
The driver was killed and two players were among nine injured in the ambush, which a separatist rebel group claimed to have [...]
David Beckham enjoyed a winning return to the AC Milan side as they outclassed Genoa 5-2 at the San Siro.
Watched by England coach Fabio Capello, Beckham impressed on the right side of a three-man attack in his first game since beginning a second loan spell.
“I was happy with the game and happy with the win [...]
EDINBURGH: Ten out of the weekend’s 16 Scottish Cup ties have been called off because of freezing temperatures.
Thursday pitch inspections ruled out the fourth-round ties being hosted by Albion Rovers, Ayr, Edinburgh City, Forfar, Raith Rovers and Ross County.
Road conditions put paid to games at Inverness and Livingston.
Kilmarnock’s game was also postponed because of police [...]
MUMBAI: Three members of Goa’s leading football club Churchill Brothers were today granted bail after they were arrested in Mumbai for allegedly misbehaving with an airhostess and other cabin crew members on board a SpiceJet plane.
Nigerians Odafe Okolie (25) and Ogba Kalu (20), and goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya (20) were arrested last night from the Mumbai [...]
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has ruled out a return to the Premier League until his after his contract in Italy expires in 2012.
Mourinho, who was Chelsea boss from 2004-07, stated last week that he would be keen to manage in England again.
However, he has since said: “I was happy in England and when I [...]
LONDON: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is willing to sell disenchanted striker Roman Pavlyuchenko if the club receive a suitable offer for the Russian.
The 28-year-old Russian international has started just one League game this season as well as one Carling Cup tie.
“If he wants to leave and somebody wants to come in and pay the money [...]
BARCELONA: Barcelona pulled back from bidding for Manchester City’s unsettled Brazilian Robinho because of a veto from key players among the world, European and Spanish champions.
Reports leaking out of Camp Nou over the Christmas holiday indicate that coach Pep Guardiola finally decided against asking president Joan Laporta to press a formal bid for fear of [...]
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insisted that he has no problem with Craig Bellamy after leaving the striker out of the 2-0 win over Stoke City.
Bellamy became a crowd favourite under previous boss Mark Hughes, but new manager Mancini opted to play Robinho in his first game in charge.
“Bellamy is my friend,” said Mancini. “There [...]
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