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Landon Donovan has won over everyone from Everton's manager to teammates to the UK media since
his loan spell in England began early last month.
Now he has won over Everton's fans as well.
Donovan was named Everton's Player of the Month, an award voted on by the Toffees'
supporters.
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By AVI CREDITOR
Landon Donovan has won over everyone from Everton's manager to teammates to the UK media since
his loan spell in England began early last month.
Now he has won over Everton's fans as well.
Donovan was named Everton's Player of the Month, an award voted on by the Toffees'
supporters.
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The Asian Football Confederation appears to be still looking for a challenger to Australia's
application to host the 2015 Asian Cup; the continent's major sporting tournament.  Australia was
the only country to put in an intensive bid to host before AFC's original March 2008 deadline and
an AFC delegation carried out a formal inspection of the country's prospective stadiums and
facilities in
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The Asian Football Confederation have released the official fixtures for the 2010 AFC Cup. Thai
Port are in Group H alongside Woofoo Tai Po (HK), and Geylang United (Sin). There is still one
place left open in the group, that will be filled by either Sriwijaya (Indo), or SHB Da Nang (Vie)
depending on which teams lose in the Asian Champions League qualifying stage.
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Doha, Qatar, 4 January
Australia and Japan, two of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) powerhouses, can book their
places in the finals of Asian Football Cup 2011 when 18 Asian nations battle it out on Wednesday in
the penultimate round of the tournament's five qualifying groups.
Hosts Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Korea Republic, India, Uzbekistan and Syria have already qualified
for the 16-nation competition but at least another four nations can join them in Doha next January.
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Thai Port plan to open Museum at PAT Stadium
According to Siam Sport website: Thai Port are planning to open a Museum at PAT Stadium, to
celebrate the clubs history. Port Authority of Thailand Football Club (now known as Thai Port) were
founded in 1967, and are one of the oldest teams in the country.
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Former top Thai striker Kiatisuk Senamuang will return to V-League club Hoang Anh Gia Lai as head
coach to prepare the team for the 2010 season, club manager Doan Nguyen Duc said on Thursday.
Kiatisuk came to Vietnam to play for HAGL from 2002 to 2006, helping the club win the V-League and
super cup titles in 2003 and 2004.
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Vietnam's national football coach said on Monday that he was very pleased with the debut
performance of Vietnamese football ace Le Cong Vinh in round seven of Portugal's premier league on
Sunday.
Vinh, who signed a four-month contract with Liga Sagres club Leixoes in August, played the full 90
minutes in his side's 3-2 home win over Leiria.
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HA NOI — Viet Nam's U-19 national football squad will replace Iran's U-21 team to compete in the
International U-21 Football Tournament from October 9-18, the event's organising board has
announced.
According to the official announcement of the Iran Football Federation, the Iranians are too busy
competing in their ongoing National Football Championship so are unavailable to take in part in the
International U-21 Football Tournament as planned.
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If Frank Lowy knows anything then Canberra are "unlikely," to get an A-League spot on Monday. But
Canberrans shouldn't panic just yet.
And you know Frank isn't always in tune with his CEO and his team and Mike Cockerill is hardly
renowned for getting to the bottom of a story is he?
He still thinks it's Wollongong or no-one or maybe he's looking for a job in West Sydney, either
way coming from Mike.
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SoccerLens 04 July @ 04:56 PM EDT
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) governs the footballing community of Asia and also now
includes Australia, but it doesn't include a number of Asian (or part-Asian) countries, who are
part of UEFA. The headquarters are located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
The AFC was formed in 1954 (believe it or not on the sidelines of a game), by Afghanistan,
Burma, Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Pakistan,
Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam.
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Halfway through the Confederations Cup group stages we're getting a better sense of what to expect
next summer, both on and off the field. Here's a look at some of the story lines.
Not much has changed for the US since 2006: The US appears no better or no worse than the
team that went 0-2-1 at the 2006 World Cup.
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PETALING JAYA: England-based youngster Haziq Zikri Elias is set to join the Harimau Muda (national
Under-19) squad for two major international assignments this year.
The 18-year-old Haziq, who plays for Stevenage Borough FC in the Conference National League in
Hertfordshire, will attend trials here tomorrow.
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It's yet another four-all draw...
Both Rupert Murdoch and Leonard Blavatnik are worth $4.0 billion.
The match that will determine the future of world football is on the verge of becoming a
Reality.
Can Setanta be saved by Blavatnik?
Is the Murdochracy on the wain?
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Canberra has produced a number of Socceroos, A-League players and currently has 4 Canberrans in the
Joeys squad.
So when they announced the first Under 13 boys Australian team ever....thirty spots mind you..I
felt sure with thousands of kids playing football, Coerver Coaching, and various Academy and
Clinics around town surely we'd be able to get one or maybe two players into the squad.
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An early start, (Aug 6th) and much later finish (March 20). Which extends the season by about 6 or
7 weeks.
We're getting closer to a real football season. 27 games plus finals...in A World Cup Year...it's
only going to get better and better for Aussie football fans.
New teams, new players, more games.
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Aussie Under 13 boys and 14 girls teams will be selected from this weeks State trials in Canberra
starting Sunday.....oh and btw the fields chosen for our nation's best should suit the least
talented!
Fixtures and squads below....
As part of our new place in Asia apparently we need a young girls and boys team.
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Vietnam will host the AFC U-14 women's Football Festival from June 17 through 30.
The event will attract eight members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) including
Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and host Viet
Nam.
This year, the Ha Noi women's football club will represent Viet Nam in the event.
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If Ernesto "Che" Guevara was alive today, he would find Japan a maddening place to launch
a revolution.
It's not because he polarises opinion in The Land Of The Rising Sun. There's no debate over whether
he was a freedom fighter or blood-thirsty mercenary on the streets of Tokyo - most young Japanese
are familiar with his face only because it adorns the tackiest of designer handbags in the
capital's upmarket boutiques.
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