17 arrests for a match fixing scandal which affects 200 matches in nine European countries.

The matches include the Bundesliga second division, and the leagues in Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia and Austria. 12 Europa matches and 3 CL matches are said to be manipulated this year, and it is unclear as to whether it is the group stage or qualifying rounds.

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FIFA has made official its National Team Ranking for December issuingtheir table today. As advanced earlier in the week, SPAIN regains theNº1 spot from Brazil.Here are the Top 10 places:1. Spain 1622 pts2. Brazil 15923. Holland 12794. Italy 12155. Portugal 11816. Germany 11707. France 11228. Argentina 10859. Click to continue reading...

Eduardo has committed his future to Arsenal by signing a new long-term contract at Emirates Stadium.
The 26-year-old Brazil-born Croatia international suffered horrific leg and ankle injuries against Birmingham in February 2008 and was sidelined for almost a year as he battled his way back to full fitness. Click to continue reading...

It may only have been a friendly but Croatia were not taking their foot of the pedal as they ran out 5-0 winners over Liechtenstein with Arsenal man Eduardo scoring a brace.

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Croatian national team have arranged an International friendly match with Lichtenstein for November 14th. Croatia still face old injury problems and several new since the announcement of the lineup. Key players Luka Modrić, Mladen Petrić, Ivica Olić, and Stipe Pletikosa remain sidelined, while Vedran Ćorluka took a knock and will . Click to continue reading...

Mladen Petric (Hamburger / Croatia NT) checks to see if his wife Despina has eaten anything this week. We kid, we kid. But still, someone throw this beautiful woman a jacket potato with cheese or something? They're at the GQ awards in Germany, btw. Click to continue reading...

Mladen Petric (Hamburger / Croatia NT) checks to see if his wife Despina has eaten anything this week. We kid, we kid. But still, someone throw this beautiful woman a jacket potato with cheese or something? They're at the GQ awards in Germany, btw. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipedia Although many have called it unfair, the seeding system adopted for the play off matches to decide the final four European teams that will make it to the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa, has produced four potentially exciting match ups. The two leg matches will be played on November 14th [. Click to continue reading...

YouTube videos (and blog posts, including some of mine) often come with hyperbolic titles. So when I see anything titled "Worst _____ Ever!", I immediately reach for my skeptical spectacles. However, the above YouTube video titled "Worst football miss ever!" made me put them down again. I'm not saying that it's categorically, definitely, no takesy-backsies the [. Click to continue reading...

Hajduk Split have had a terrible start to the season in Croatia, especially by their elite standards, sitting 14 points behind leaders Dinamo Zagreb after 12 games up until this weekend. Fan anger though with no reports of any incidents or threats prompted police to step-up security during training and at matches this week.

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Wow, waking up just to see all those journalists crying on how Bilic (or Markovic rather) picks his friendlies ain't the best way to start the morning. But seriously though, the journalism in Croatia is rubbish. Like fast food. It's all around, lacks the attention & nutrition of a real meal, and in the end will leave you plunging the nearest available restroom.

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Henrik Larsson and a teary-eyed farewell. Dinamo Zagreb get a heavy sentence from UEFA. (Dinamo Zagreb Offside) Where are the Carling Cup Cinderellas? (Fanhouse UK) The problems at Real start deep within. (SoccerLens) Sport.co.uk lists ten poor transfers. (Sport) UF gives their take demolishes that list. Click to continue reading...

When a derby, a tried and true proper derby, comes rolling around the corner, the last thing you want as a fan is your team suffering through a dark spell. This goes doubly so if you're a more passionate type with ties to a more 'passionate' fan group, as recent fines from uefa for hooliganism [...] Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's win over Man Utd got all the Premier League attention this weekend, so Ivan Klasnić giving us yet more proof of his indestructibility went a little more under the radar than perhaps it deserved to. You probably remember Klasnić as the Croatian striker who suffered kidney failure while playing for Werder Bremen in 2007, and [. Click to continue reading...

In case you missed it, the match between Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb and Cibalia featured the undisputed miss of the season. Dinamo striker Ilija Sivonjić found himself inches (literally) from the Cibalia goal with the ball right at his feet, but his miscue astonished all onlookers.

Now, in all of its glory, you get to see the miss of the season.

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France and Ireland will square off in the marquee match-up of the UEFA World Cup play-offs after the draw was held on Monday.

France finished second to Serbia in its group while Ireland finished second to Italy in its qualifying group.

In the other drawn match-ups, Portugal will take on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece will face Ukraine and Russia will take on Slovenia.

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.The eight successive International win came to a halt with a loss away to Ukraine in Dnipro Stadium on Oct 10. Ukraine won the match with one goal scored by Sergei Najarenko at 29 minutes. Coach Fabio Capello was disappointed as England failed to impress with big names like Gareth Barry, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, [. Click to continue reading...

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14.10.2009 - FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Kazakhstan - Croatia 1:2

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The game may have been meaningless but Niko seemed to like his last gasp injury time winner against Kazakhstan.

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Niko Kranjcar scored a late winner as Croatia battled in vain for the win that may have given them hope of securing the second spot in Group 6, only for Ukraine to romp past Andorra 6-0.

0-1 Vukojevic

1-1 Khizhnichenko

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1. Even great defenders can forget how to defend Rio Ferdinand picked up from his shocker in the Manchester derby last month with another somewhat dubious display of decision-making as Robert Green became England's first dismissal of the Capello era. However, the game presented a perfect ‘can do no wrong' opportunity for the English: win [. Click to continue reading...

The claim by Croatia that we threw the game against Ukraine because we would prefer them to qualify just doesn't stack up. It might explain why Ferdinand appeared to be asleep at the crucial moment, and why the referee initially went to send him off , but Capello keeping Heskey on and Green completing the move by bringing down Milevski is a conspiracy theory too far. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham full back was among the goals in this exciting friendly.

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England has already qualified for the FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa but looks to remain perfect against Ukraine on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Here's a preview of the UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying match along with a prediction. A video preview of the match can be found here.

Ukraine v England Match Preview and Prediction UEFA WCQ Saturday, October 10, 2009

England has already qualified but the Ukraine is in contention for 2nd place in the group.

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Now this is quite a difficult one. Is it: battling Spurs come from behind twice to salvage a point at Bolton​​? Or is it: Spurs fortunate to rescue a point after a poor display which reminds me of too many occasions when we have failed to step up, away from home, especially at Bolton? They scored before some of our defence had tied their laces, Ricardo Gardner running past three hesitant Click to continue reading...

The Premiership is full of colourful characters. From Robinho's thumb-sucking antics at Man City to Harry Redknapp's wheeling and dealing at Spurs. But Gary Megson looks to have stumbled upon something completely different. Ivan Klasnic is a man on a mission.

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In Arsenal's Champions League match against Olympiakos, in which they won 2-0, Eduardo seemed to aggravate a thigh muscle and will now miss Croatia's friendly with Qatar and most likely their last WC qualifier with Kazakhstan. The Croatian Football Federation announced that despite being injured, Dudu will still join the . Click to continue reading...

Former FC Dallas junior player Alex Molano appears to be making the adjustment to life in Croatia following his recent signing with Dinamo Zagreb. Click to continue reading...

Highlights of England's emphatic victory over Croatia, which includes 2 goals by Steven Gerrard and *shock horror* a genuine penalty that wasn't won by a dive ;-)

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It is a game that brings up lots of memories for both England and Brazil fans. The 23rd meeting between England and the five-time World Cup winners Brazil will take place in Qatar on Saturday, November 14.

The match at the 50,000-capacity Khalifa International Stadium will be a first visit to the Middle Eastern state for England and is payback for Brazil agreeing to be the first visitors to the new Wembley in 2007.

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I've deliberately avoided all the post World Cup qualification hooplah. Mostly because the usual questions: "Can we win it this time?" etc, make me want to stab myself in the leg with a pencil. And anyone who uses the phrase "Can England win it? Yes. Will they win it? No." should be reminded that
a) It's not clever or original if a thousand other people have already said it first, and
b) You deserve to be stabbed in the leg with a pencil.

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Arsenal bounced back from last week's traumatic defeat at Manchester City with centreback Thomas Vermaelen scoring twice in a 4-0 stroll against Wigan. Croatia international Eduardo claimed the third although the ball found the net via a deflection off Emmanuel Eboue and Cesc Fabregas notched a fourth in stoppage time as Arsene Wenger's side turned on [. Click to continue reading...

Croatia have qualified for three successive World Cups since Independence, reaching the Semi Final in 1998. It's a remarkable record for a nation of 4 Million. It could be about to end.
Croatia may have been resurgent under Slaven Bilić, qualifying emphatically for the EURO 2008 tournament, pimping McClaren's England along the way, but 2007-8 was a long time ago.

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Arsenal striker Eduardo, who has recently been a frequent victim of jeering from rival fans around the nation, has finally been vindicated over a diving accusation that marred his reputation of a sincere and hardworking striker. The Croatia international, who was banned for an attempt to� deceive the officials by going down without any contact during Arsenal's Champions League clash against Celtic last month, was exempted from blame on the grounds of a lack of clear evidence.

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Justice prevails or bizarre back tracking?

Uefa has overturned its decision to ban Arsenal striker Eduardo for two Champions League games for diving.
The Croatia international was suspended after being found guilty of diving to win a penalty in the Champions League qualifier against Celtic on 26 August.

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