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Belgium finally has its very own galactico, no really. This week, their PM Herman van Rompuy romped to victory in the race to become President of the European Council. So how to celebrate this historic moment here on EFW!? Well, I thought we'd blow the cobwebs off our Belgian history books and delve deeper into this wonderful country. Click to continue reading...

Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has recently been handed a two-game touchline ban but he will be allowed to be in the dugout this Saturday. The Football Association (FA) has said that the ban does not start until 14 days after the disciplinary hearing, which was last week.
This means that Sir Alex will not be in the dugout for a Premier League game against Portsmouth and the Carling Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have paid an undisclosed fee for the Luton youngster Dave Moli. The 14-year-old forward had been part of the Hatters' under-15 side but will now move with his family to Merseyside, where he will continue his schooling and train at the Reds' academy.
Luton reported another Premier League club to the Football Association for making an illegal approach for the player, but Liverpool's approach through the Blue Square Premier club has been accepted. Click to continue reading...

Although football today is a multi-billion dollar globalised industry which has spread its commercial influence to all corners of the planet, sometimes it pays to look back into the game's annals and revisit the humble origins of what has now become the most popular sport in the world.

In this article I look at the ten oldest football clubs still in existence today and try and put the magnitude of their impact upon the game into some sort of historical perspective.

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A smart Alex.

Sir Alex Ferguson was given a four match touchline ban and a fine for 20,000 pounds following his attack on Alan Wiley's fitness. But the referees union is still baying for evermore blood. Here is Alan Leighton of Prospect, the referees union.

"From our point of view it is disappointing.

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has received a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley's fitness. The Football Association handed the 67-year-old a four-game ban, with two of those suspended until the end of the 2010/11 season. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has received a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley's fitness.

The Football Association handed the 67-year-old a four-game ban, with two of those suspended until the end of the 2010/11 season.� Ferguson has also been fined £20,000 and warned about his future conduct.

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has received a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley's fitness.

The Football Association handed the 67-year-old a four-game ban, with two of those suspended until the end of the 2010/11 season.� Ferguson has also been fined £20,000 and warned about his future conduct.

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adidas and the Japanese Football Association (JFA) have officially launched the adidas Japan World Cup 2010 � home kit under the theme Samurai Blue. The new kit comes in two versions one featuring adidas Techfit technology and another featuring adidas Formotion technology. The new Japan adidas 09/10 home kit is expected to see action during November 14th [. Click to continue reading...

A top referee has been arrested for alleged murder, police said yesterday.
Thanom Borikut, a contender to officiate at the 2010 World Cup, was arrested in Saraburi yesterday for allegedly killing his boss Thammanoon Prathumman with a bomb.
A man was captured on CCTV planting a bomb which later exploded and killed Thammanoon, a director at Saraburi's education department. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pela segunda semifinal da Cosafa Castle Cup 2009, em Bulawayo, no Barboursfield Stadium, as seleções de Moçambique (84º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Zâmbia (96º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
16-04-1989 - Moçambique 0x1 Zâmbia (Eliminatórias Copa África)
30-04-1989 - Zâmbia 3x0 Moçambique (Eliminatórias Copa África)
06-10-1996 - Zâmbia 1x0 Moçambique (Eliminatórias Copa África)
22-06-1997 - Moçambique 2x2 Zâmbia (Eliminatórias Copa África)
02-08-1997 - Zâmbia 2x1 Moçambique (Amistoso)
17-02-1998 - Zâmbia 3x1 Moçambique (Copa África)
16-05-1998 - Zâmbia 1x0 Moçambique (Amistoso)
07-08-1999 - Zâmbia 1x1 Moçambique (Amistoso)
06-07-2002 - Zâmbia 3x0 Moçambique (Amistoso)
27-07-2003 - Zâmbia 4x2 Moçambique (Amistoso)
29-09-2007 - Zâmbia 3x0 Moçambique (Amistoso)
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Tebogo Israel Ramocha ([[Botswana Football Association|BOT]])
Aos 8 minutos do primeiro tempo, Enock SAKALA, abriu o placar para a seleção da Zâmbia. Click to continue reading...

Songsak Chaisamak, young (DOB 10/07/1983) defender (stopper) of Thailand is arriving at Kolkata for trial tonight.
He was part of the Thai Port FC team which won the Thai FA Cup recently organized by Football Association of Thailand, to become the Champion Team of Thailand. He was also part of the Fifa U-17 World Cup (final rounds) held at Napier in 1999. Click to continue reading...

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Big Story
Jack Warner has returned a handbag given to him by the England World Cup bid because of "embarrassment", launching even by his absurd standards a bizarre rhetorical attack on the Football Association.

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Calm down, big guy. Before you go and try to waddle off to Thailand, just know that FAT stands for Football Association of Thailand. That has nothing to do with you, no matter how much you want those free hamburgers. Yes, it is true that you're a fat player, but you're not a FAT player. You're actually more of an f-f-f-a-t-t-t player.

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Ronaldo? Andy Reid? A bloated Ronaldinho after a night on the town? Hardly. Thailand's top footballers will receive free burgers as part of their new three-year, £545,000 sponsorship deal with the fast food giant McDonald's. According to the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), McDonald's will provide £450,000 in cash and the rest in products in exchange for [. Click to continue reading...

"If only I could play for Thailand"

Guardian has brought it to my attention that the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) have signed a 3 year sponsorship deal with McDonald's, worth an estimated £545,000.

But thats not the best bit, as part of the deal the Thailand football team gets free big mac's, McFlurrys, and Mc Chicken-ish stuff.

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It looks like the Women's Super League in England, a new semi-professional venture (not fully professional, as some are saying), will finally launch in 2011 and the application process is now open for clubs who wish to participate.

The plan is for eight teams to compete in a summer season from March to October, thus minimising schedule conflicts with the men's game but also going up directly against Women's Professional Soccer in the United States.

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We are twins, lookalikes. But between us, there is a difference of heaven and earth. I'm the most celebrated defender at my club, while he's a young upstart. I'm the most uninspiring captain English football has ever seen, while he's yet to captain any side higher than a reserve side in the Swiss Third Division.

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Manchester United have submitted a claim of mistaken identity to the Football Association after Fabio da Silva was booked by referee Chris Foy against Barnsley in the Carling Cup.

Instead the offender for a challenge on Jamal Campbell-Ryce was his twin brother Rafael.

The only way the twins can be separated around training is because Fabio wears a wedding ring, it begs the question why they don't swap shirts to avoid suspensions, or a free substitution maybe?

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The 23 member shortlist for the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year award has been announced. The winner will be announced on December 21, 2009. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres, who finished first, second and third respectively last year, are also in the running for this year's award. Click to continue reading...

Aunque por su gruesa figura resulta difícil imaginarlos gambeteando, los elefantes fueron elegidos como símbolo de gran cantidad de clubes de fútbol alrededor de todo el planeta. Aquí algunos de los equipos que llevan a un paquidermo en su insignia:
Tres federaciones nacionales exhiben al más grande de los mamíferos terrestres, desde el África hasta el sudeste asiático. Click to continue reading...

Big Story
The Kick it Out campaign for equality and inclusion in English football has been a notable success over the years, and is currently in the midst of a high-profile campaign this month, "One Game, One Community.

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The Football Association has confirmed they are to investigate reports of crowd disturbances in the clash between Barnsley and Manchester United.
There are reports that eight catering staff were trapped inside a food kiosk and had to barricade themselves in a store room for around 25 minutes as fans broke in and stole cash from the till and food from the shelves. Click to continue reading...

Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez has said that the football association is favouring Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Martinez has also said that he sympathises with Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez.
After a 2-2 draw with Sunderland, Sir Alex said that the referee wasn't fit enough. Click to continue reading...

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has accepted a charge of improper conduct after his comments regarding referee Alan Wiley.

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Em artigo esta semana publicado no Futebol Finance, afirma-se que:

"Até há 2 anos atrás o novo estádio de Wembley era considerado o maior elefante branco do futebol mundial. Com um custo de construção superior a 1.000 milhões de Euros e depois de ter ultrapassando em mais de 50% o custo inicialmente previsto, as expectativas não eram famosas para a WNSL (Wembley National Stadium Ltd.

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FIFA have established a new award named after Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas that will be given to the player who scores "the most beautiful goal" of the year.
It will be inaugurated in December during the 2009 FIFA World Player Gala and presented to the player - man or woman - who has scored the "most beautiful goal" during the past year.

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During yesterday's press conference ahead of tonight's Champions League game, Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson walked out. The press kept on asking him about his charge of improper conduct for his comments about referee Alan Wiley.
Sir Alex said that it was a stupid question and that he wasn't going to comment but they weren't going to take no for an answer, so understandably he walked out. Click to continue reading...

The Swede who is director of football at Notts County felt he could combine his position at the club and the coaching job of the Swedish national team. The Swedish football association was on board with the proposal. But Notts County executive chairman Peter Trembling felt that Eriksson could not have his cake and eat it too.

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Here's a story that slipped by us over the weekend Serbian President Boris Tadic (pictured above, center) was charged by police last Friday for allegedly breaking an anti-hooligan law barring the sale or consumption of alcohol in stadiums.

Tadic and other officials reportedly popped bottles of champagne in their VIP lounge at Red Star Belgrade stadium following Serbia's World Cup qualification clinching victory of Romania.

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Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for his rant after United's 2-2 draw with Sunderland three weeks ago. Sir Alex had questioned the referee's fitness.
A statement on the FA's official website says:
"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct. Click to continue reading...

For some reason I thought news out of the South American country would cool down a little since the national team qualified.
It's still crazy.
This story quotes Maradona, Argentine Football Association head Julio Grondona, Juan Sebastian Veron and a country's newspaper.
Questions and issues are still abound. Click to continue reading...

The Liverpool manager, Rafael Benítez, has been cleared of two charges brought by the Football Association following comments he made regarding the referee Phil Dowd after Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Tottenham on the opening day of the season.
Benítez had criticised Dowd for failing to give Liverpool a penalty after Andriy Voronin was levered off the ball in the Tottenham penalty area. Click to continue reading...

It is a little known fact that Charles n Eddie, that legendary duo who were widely regarded as the Lennon and McCartney of the 90s, were Crewe Alexandra fans. Now c'mon, would I lie to you baby?
Which is probably what the spokesman from the Football Association was nervously humming to himself, even as he was dialling the number for Anfield to inform Rafael Benitez that his skipper Steven Gerrard was, in fact, injured after all, and would be allowed to return to Merseyside. Click to continue reading...