Following the riot after Persipura's 1-0 home defeat by Persija, which saw the visiting team forced to leave the stadium three hours after the game ended by boat, the Indonesia Super League in their wisdom have seen fit to impose no sanction on the home team.
This is of course bollocks and double standards.

Firstly, a big hello to all the Chinese Spanish Football Sports readers. Secondly, you maybe in good luck as Chinese Sports Authority Li Yingchuan has let known in a public act that they are in close negotiations with the Spanish Football Authorities to play the Spanish Super Cup Final in Pekin in 2013.

This bungling ultra finds out the hard way why footballing authorities are not particularly keen on you bringing flares to matches. Spotted on Dirty Tackle

It's not often visiting teams get a result in Papua. I have no idea how that can be. Without games from there being shown live, and even then the coverage ain't always the best and controversial incidents get overlooked, there is little in the way of openness and transparency. Rumours aplenty from people in the game who have been involved in games there but nothing more than that.

Juventus and their fans celebrated the club's first Serie A title since the 2002-03 season with all the fervor and joy that you would expect. It's been a long wait for The Old Lady who have finally returned to the top of Italian football after some dark years in the wake of the well publicized Calciopoli scandal that saw them stripped of two league titles.

Bad news in general, particularly so in the light of the traveling bullseye that will be descending on the Ukraine in under six weeks: a series of bombs spread through Dnipropetrovsk, injuring a minimum of 27.

With Euro 2012 due to kick off shortly, the resulting worry that this may be in some way related to the tournament is understandable, even though Dnipropetrovsk isn't one of the host cities.

szólj hozzá: c,4-4gv[Matchhighlight.com] A warrant for the arrest of Everton hero Steven Pienaar was issued just a day after his dramatic equaliser against Manchester United. The South African midfielder's Aston Marton DBS was caught speeding twice on the same road in the space of 11 days. But he failed to inform authorities who was driving [.

I will let Ashley Young's acting do the talking, I do not need to condemn him with words, his actions do that on their own. It is beyond a disgrace that we are having to see cheating like this week in week out and the authorities are doing absolutely nothing to stamp it out. It would be easy to retrospectively ban players found guilty of clear diving in the penalty box for three games,

As the season draws to a close, Chris Lines attempts to measure the success of this, Wimbledon's first year back in the League. "It only took nine years," was the chant as AFC Wimbledon edged Luton Town on penalties at Eastlands last May. Nine years after their club had been shamefully ripped away from them by the authorities, Wimbledon were back in the Football League.

These simple questions have been sent to the Premier League and PGMOL repeatedly. These authorities have not even sent a response to these questions, not even a statement saying that they cannot answer the questions despite their silence making it very clear that they have something to hide. Here are the simple 8 questions that the Premier League refuse to answer: "1.

Italian defender Andrea Masiello, who yesterday admitted scoring an own goal to help throw a match, is being kept in a prison hospital amid fears he will be attacked by fellow in-mates. Masiello has confessed to his part in fixing a match between Bari and local rivals Lecce last year. He admits he was offered [.

So Long, LukeThe long-running Luke Rodgers visa saga came crashing to a finish this afternoon when the New York Red Bulls revealed that the English striker had been denied re-entry into the United States. As a result, his contract has been voided, and the club will now be free to pursue a replacement.

By Chris Wright

Over in the Brazilian ftop flight, Caxias striker Vanderlei was assaulted by a canine's canines at the weekend after being bitten on the leg by a police dog.

Having conceded a goal against Novo Hamburg, Vanderlei and his teammates swarmed the referee and his assistant overturned their decision to chalk off the goal and allow Paulinho Macaiba's opener to stand.

Their Words "Please allow me, though I may sound repetitive, to stress how much work there is still ahead of us – and here I mean for the authorities, the host cities and states, and FIFA/LOC." FIFA's Jerome Valcke on Brazil 2014. Other Sources Chelsea could take lesson from MLS - from MLSsoccer.com's Jonah Freedman: You don't establish consistency by constantly changing things up.

Should football introduce the 'Vanishing Spray'? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The 'vanishing spray' is used by the referee to mark 10 yards between the ball and the wall at free-kicks. This line is a clear indicator of where the opposition teams should be standing before the free-kick is taken and was introduced in an effort to stop the attacking team gaining advantage by moving closer to the goal and the defensive side from encroaching towards the ball.

By Alan Duffy

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Once one of the country's most highly-rated young players, 32-year-old Michael Ball has been punished by The FA for an offensive Tweet he sent to Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton.

Mirror: Police investigate racist abuse received by Stan Collymore on Twitter

Former footballer decided enough was enough and contacted authorities

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Goal: Liverpool to join police in investigation into allegations of racist abuse aimed at Oldham Athletic's Tom Adeyemi

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By Alan Duffy

It may well be the season to be jolly, but after reading a list of Tweets highlighted by TalkSport presenter Stan Collymore, it's hard to keep in a positive frame of mind.

The former Liverpool player has been receiving a large amount of abuse for his views on the Luis Suarez racism affair, which he has been re-Tweeting along with racist abuse by various morons aimed at Patrice Evra.

It was a story that started almost a year and a half ago in a blaze of publicity which involved a major newspaper, allegations of corruption in another sport, a non-league football club and suicide. Now, with the half-way point in the following season fast approaching, it seems almost certain that the final chapter to play out in the life of Croydon Athletic Football Club will end in the collapse of a club which found itself thrust into the front page of newspapers around the world and, as the authorities pick over the carcass of this club over the next few weeks and months, a question well worth asking will be that of how nobody came to recognise the signs that there was something terribly, horribly wrong at this club earlier than it was.

It's not entirely shocking that a team with a -13 goal difference over 5 games and which was down to ten men before the half hour was bludgeoned like a horror movie victim. However, the exceptional swing in goal differential was exactly that which was needed to move Lyon above Ajax and into the Champions League knockouts.

By Alan Duffy

While he will no doubt now be steeling himself for the indignity of Thursday night European football, Wayne Rooney at least received some good news on the morning after United's shock exit from the Champions League.

The re-haired striker rocked up to UEFA HQ this morning, along with Fabio Capello and host of FA bigwigs, in attempt to get his three-game EURO 2012 ban (for kicking out at Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovic) decreased.

By Alan Duffy

While he will no doubt now be steeling himself for the indignity of Thursday night European football, Wayne Rooney at least received some good news on the morning after United's shock exit from the Champions League.

The re-haired striker rocked up to UEFA HQ this morning, along with Fabio Capello and host of FA bigwigs, in attempt to get his three-game EURO 2012 ban (for kicking out at Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovic) decreased.

1. It could definitely have been worse for England. Far, far worse. Yet the caution about our prospects against the likes of the Ukraine and Sweden is reassuring. 2. England v France at the European Championships just won't be the same without a vomiting Zinedine Zidane. 3. Spain, Italy and the Republic of Ireland make [.

Celebrations, due to the sad and untimely death of the manager of the national team at the weekend, were perhaps more muted at The Racecourse Ground this evening than they might otherwise have been. There should, however, be a pause this evening for Wrexham supporters to celebrate a life well lived as well as the opportunity for a rebirth of their club following the news this afternoon that the authorities have finally granted their approval for the take-over of the club by the Wrexham Supporters Trust.

It's time black players took a stand against racism in football Carla Palmer Footballspeak.com.

With all the furore kicked up by FIFA President Sepp Blatter a couple of weeks ago regarding his stupid and senseless comments regarding racism in football, needless to say that subject has grabbed the headlines back again in the blogosphere.

Kenny Dalglish recently criticised the Football League for the 'disgraceful' scheduling of Liverpool's Carling Cup game against Chelsea, and this week, Dalglish has taken another (well-deserved) swipe at the football authorities, arguing that the Premier League is ignoring vital rest-periods required by players after international breaks.

Kenny Dalglish has been on one this season, demanding meetings with the Head of Referees every time he doesn't get a decision, hilariously claiming Luis Suarez doesn't dive and he's now complaining about Liverpool's fixtures.

"When we ask the Football League to move our game to a later date, we're told it's impossible.

Dalglish's fixture fury

Kenny Dalglish has attacked the authorities for failing to rearrange fixtures and stop Liverpool playing twice in 48 hours.

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Referee chiefs are sticking two fingers up at fans by refusing to punish blunderers like Martin Atkinson

How depressingly predictable that Martin Atkinson found himself gainfully employed in the Premier League last weekend. And how depressingly predictable that Sam Warburton, the captain of the Wales rugby union side, was given a three match ban after being sent off in the semi final of the World Cup.