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The Guardian
It seems like scandal revelation is becoming a daily occurrence at FIFA-affiliated soccer organizations across the globe. The biggest scandal of the day involves South American Confederation (Conmebol) President Nicolas Leoz, who has been accused of bribery in connection with the collapse of ISMM in 2001, FIFA's former marketing partner. ...
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Times Online
Another of English soccer's lingering scandals came to resolution Tuesday after Jonathan Barnett, Ashley Cole's agent, was fined $190,000 and had his license suspended for his part in the infamous "tapping-up" affair of 20 months ago. An independent Football Association committee found sufficient evidence that the secret meeting between Chelsea ...
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New York Sun
Paul Gardner, writing for the New York Sun, talks about Warnergate, yet another scandal hanging over FIFA at the moment. Earlier this month, FIFA Vice President Jack Warner came under suspicion of making a lot of money scalping World Cup tickets. Associated with a travel company called Simpaul, run by ...
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Times Online
Since his $57 million move to Chelsea, striker Andriy Shevchenko has looked a shadow of the player who netted 127 goals in 207 appearances for AC Milan. But as the Independent's Glenn Moore points out, many of the EPL's foreign legends started out their Premierships stumbling. Among them, Dennis Bergkamp ...
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Houston Chronicle
It should be another fantastic weekend for Major League Soccer as the regular season inches closer to an end and just about every team with hopes of making the playoffs faces a do-or-die situation. With DC United, the Chicago Fire and FC Dallas the only teams to have booked safe ...
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