Lausanne, 1 February 2012 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has decided to grant the provisional measures requested by the Indonesian Football Club Persipura Jayapura and to order the reinstatement of the club in the AFC Champions League 2012.

Persipura was supposed to play the 2012 AFC Champions League Playoffs (East-Zone) on 11 February 2012 against Adelaïde United FC (Australia).

GOKSEL GUMUSDAG(L),LUTFU ARIBOGAN (C) ,MEHMET ALI AYDINLAR (R)
Just before 24 hours before, he said he was going to stay as a boss of Turkish Football Federation, despite the pressure from media and some teams!
What happened in the past 24 hour ,that changed, Mehmet Ali Aydinlar's opinion?

Liverpool will seek urgent talks with the Football Association chairman, David Bernstein, to demand reform of the disciplinary procedures that led to the suspension of Luis Suárez.
Although the Merseyside club has now accepted the eight-game ban, their anger at the guilty verdict has not diminished and the means by which the punishment was reached remains a matter of dispute.

Former CONCACAF interim president Lisle Austin has seen his one-year ban by FIFA upheld on appeal. Austin was banned by FIFA for petitioning an outside court to reinstate him after CONCACAF's Executive Committee removed him from his post for dismissing then CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer. Austin has one more option through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, but it's highly likely that he will remain suspended until June.

By CALEB SONNELAND

All is not well in London — more specifically, at Arsenal.

The club confirmed today that long-time regular right back Bacary Sagna suffered a broken leg in Arsenal's 1-2 defeat at the hands of Tottenham in the North London derby on Sunday.

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David Beckham has a few teams circling in the water for his services once his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy expires at the end of this MLS season, and Paris-St. Germain is the latest to express an interest.

PSG's sporting director, Leonardo, who worked with Beckham when they were both at AC Milan, addressed the possibility of bringing him to France, saying that "the door is open" and that he "would always consider him.

Bin Hammam to continue fight after losing ban appeal

Qatari is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to pursue his case against FIFA

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Bin Hammam to continue fight after losing ban appeal

Qatari is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to pursue his case against FIFA

View the full story here: The Mirror

A news article on 2011-09-16 08:24:59 from: The Mirror

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Former FIFA Executive Committee member, Asian Football Confederation president, and FIFA presidential candidate Mohammed Bin Hammam's appeal of his lifetime ban was rejected by FIFA's Appeals Committee. The decision was announced on Thursday. Bin Hammam has previously promised to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with the expectation that his appeal within FIFA would be unsuccessful.

European football's governing body UEFA has decided against allowing Swiss club FC Sion back into the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League, thus maintaining Glasgow Celtic's place in Group I of the competition which begins this Thursday.

FC Sion qualified for this season's competition following an aggregate victory against the Scottish giants in the Play-Off round but were subsequently expelled following a protest from the Parkhead club who claimed that a number of the Swiss club's players were ineligible.

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The newest edition of the Philly Soccer Show, co-hosted by KYW's Greg Orlandini and PSP's Eli Pearlman-Storch, features an interview with Freddy Adu.

Ives Galarcep has an informative piece on Adu loaded with great quotes.

By Dominic Vieira, writing from Lisbon, Portugal

Unfortunately he earned that label. On occasions he displayed a lethal scoring ability; remember his glorious Parma days partnering an incredible Adriano up front? On the pitch he was a performer, an icon to his country and a symbol.

Blackpool scouts will be in Dundalk this evening to watch Ireland u21 international Daniel Kearns in the Airtricity Premier Division clash between Dundalk & Galway United.
Belfast born Kearns has emerged as a Seasiders target and are considering making a bid for the 19-year-old winger who has caught the eye of Ian Holloway after a string of quality performances for Dundalk.

FIFA Player Eligibility in the Context of Ireland: The Actual Rules, the Real Facts and Dispelling the Prevailing Myths.
By Daniel Collins (daniel_d_collins@hotmail.com).
"National identity ... is the foundation of national teams."- Ángel María Villar, FIFA legal committee chairman (June, 2011).

It's both bewildering and inexplicable how such an astounding level of confusion still reigns over the issue of player eligibility in spite of the fact that there are clear rules in place to govern it (see articles 15-18 of FIFA's Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes), over which an independent judicial body, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, has provided ample clarification in a long, thorough and detailed judgment
You could maybe excuse the general public for not knowing any better – it's often fair to trust that those whose professional duty it is to report reliable facts and information to the masses actually know what they're talking about – but when supposedly serious Northern based journalists and media outlets are continually getting the basics of this issue so unfathomably wrong, it's simply unforgivable.

An election for Football Association of Thailand president will be held on June 17, incumbent president Worawi Makudi said yesterday.

Speaking at a press conference, Worawi said he had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn a Fifa ruling which booted out Thailand from the current Olympic qualifying.

LONDON, England Chelsea forward Gael Kakuta has joined Fulham on loan for the remainder of the season, both clubs have confirmed. Kakuta, 19, completed his move after passing a medical on Tuesday and the deal was sealed after the squad left London for Wednesday's Premier League game at Liverpool. The talented French teenager is [.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland Ukrainian referee Oleh Orekhov has lost his appeal against a life ban from football for helping fix matches. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday dismissed Orekhov's appeal against his expulsion by UEFA last March. UEFA found he breached "principles of loyalty and integrity," but did not say which matches were [.