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Kolkata sports firm plans ISL-style league in Bangladesh
Football | Dec 28, 2014, 07:41 PM ISTKolkata: A city-based sports event management company has put forth a proposal to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for organising a football league emulating the highly successful Indian Super League (ISL).Celebrity Management Group (CMG), which
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Indian football team drops to worst-ever FIFA ranking of 171
Football | Dec 28, 2014, 08:42 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a year when cash-rich ISL created waves and brought Indian football to the notice of the world, its national team slumped to its worst-ever FIFA rankings dropping to 171st in the 209-nation
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Mamata: Ready to provide land to develop new football stadium in Kolkata
Cricket | Dec 24, 2014, 06:22 PM ISTKolkata: With an eye on developing infrastructure for the 2017 Under-17 World Cup, to be hosted by India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said her government was willing to give land to build
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FIFA will not reopen 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes
Football | Dec 19, 2014, 09:27 PM ISTMarrakech: FIFA will not reopen the vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and will publish at least some of the confidential report into the bidding process, President Sepp Blatter said today.The 78-year-old Blatter,
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Blatter insists 2022 World Cup will be staged in Qatar
Football | Nov 30, 2014, 08:12 PM ISTManila: FIFA president Sepp Blatter said here Sunday that the 2022 World Cup will in all surety be staged in Qatar."Believe me, if we see what has been said, what's told around the world, it's
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FIFA bans former AIFF Gen Secy Colaco on bribery charges
Football | Nov 27, 2014, 10:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former All India Football Federation General Secretary Alberto Colaco was on Thursday banned by FIFA for three years from any activity related to the game for taking a bribe in a controversial election
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UK mulls criminal probe into FIFA bids case
Football | Nov 27, 2014, 08:15 AM ISTLondon: A criminal investigation into allegations of World Cup bidding corruption could be opened in Britain, with authorities urging whistleblowers to come forward with information.The Serious Fraud Office is pursuing "every reasonable line of inquiry,
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Ronaldo goal lifts Real Madrid to 1-0 win at Basel
Football | Nov 27, 2014, 08:12 AM ISTBasel, Switzerland: Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half goal helped Real Madrid beat Basel 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, and tie a club record with a 15th straight win.Ronaldo's 71st career goal in the Champions League,
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Valcke: FIFA faces 'years' to rebuild reputation
Football | Nov 26, 2014, 09:03 AM ISTBelfast, Northern Ireland: FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke acknowledged Tuesday that it will take "years to rebuild our reputation" following the World Cup bidding corruption investigation.But Valcke insisted that Sony and Emirates airline are not
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FIFA to review World Cup corruption report
Football | Nov 21, 2014, 10:55 AM ISTGeneva: FIFA will further review the 2018 and 2022 World Cup corruption investigation, putting the status of hosts Russia and Qatar back in question.The head of FIFA's auditing committee will examine the full 430-page confidential
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India's new football league making a big splash
Football | Nov 20, 2014, 06:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: When the Indian Super League kicked off, it certainly seemed to add the zing that football needed in a country which FIFA chief Sepp Blatter once called "a sleeping giant" of the game.But
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English FA to Blatter: Release World Cup report
Football | Nov 18, 2014, 08:35 AM ISTLondon: The English Football Association has written to FIFA President Sepp Blatter demanding the release of the full World Cup bidding corruption investigation.FIFA judge Joachim Eckert's summary of the investigation into the 2018 and 2022
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Qatari whistleblower protests FIFA judge's report
Football | Nov 18, 2014, 08:22 AM ISTGeneva: A Qatari whistleblower has lodged a complaint about her treatment in the World Cup bid corruption report by FIFA's judge, and the English Football Association demanded the release of the full corruption investigation on
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German league president says UEFA could leave FIFA
Football | Nov 16, 2014, 10:36 AM ISTBerlin: UEFA would have to consider leaving FIFA if world football's governing body does not publish in full American attorney Michael Garcia's report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, says German Football
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FIFA rebukes England, Australia World Cup bids
Football | Nov 13, 2014, 04:17 PM ISTA FIFA ethics judge rebuked England and Australia on Thursday for their conduct during their failed World Cup bids, using harsher language than directed toward the winning bids from Russia and Qatar. Judge Joachim Eckert
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Suarez says painful to miss Copa America
Football | Nov 13, 2014, 12:55 PM ISTMontevideo: Uruguay star striker Luis Suarez said being barred from playing in the 2015 Copa America was "very painful".In June, FIFA banned Suarez for four months and suspended him from nine competitive international matches after
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No risk of Qatar losing 2022 World Cup
Other Sports | Nov 12, 2014, 08:10 AM ISTDoha, Qatar: With FIFA taking a 2022 summer World Cup off the table, Qatar's tournament head now agrees that a winter tournament would be ideal.And although FIFA's investigators are preparing to release the findings of
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Germany's World Cup win immortalized in film
Football | Nov 11, 2014, 12:06 PM ISTBerlin: Germany's World Cup winners were given the Hollywood treatment Monday for the premiere of a film celebrating their victory.Players, coaching staff, football emissaries and invited guests gathered at glitzy Potsdamer Platz in Berlin to
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FIFA rules panel to study video replay options
Football | Nov 07, 2014, 11:50 PM ISTZurich: FIFA says football's rule-making panel is preparing to study options for video replays to help referees. A call by FIFA President Sepp Blatter for coaches to challenge on-field decisions could be assessed when the
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MP calls for UK to investigate FIFA corruption
Football | Nov 05, 2014, 09:28 AM ISTLondon: A British member of parliament wants the country's serious fraud office to investigate allegations of FIFA corruption after a report that American former executive committee member Chuck Blazer bugged meetings in London during the