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By John Burn-Murdoch

As London gears up for the Olympics, voices of dissent regarding the costs of hosting the games are widespread. Across the Atlantic, the mood in Brazil ahead of the 2014 World Cup is not dissimilar.

As well as the all too familiar problem of construction delays there have been some more serious issues – issues of a humanitarian nature – for the government and tournament organisers to contend with.

Everyone should have a dream, an achievable one, as when we are kids we are often told to shoot for the stars.

We are also told to know our limits and that you can't do everything you want in life.

Then there is Daniel Levy, Chairman of an outstanding football team in the white and blue half of North London, a canny businessman yet it seems he doesn't know when to throw in the towel and give up on certain things.

CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's major soccer clubs have urged the country's football federation to quickly lift its month-old suspension of professional league matches imposed at the outset of anti-government protests that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The soccer clubs made their demand known in a meeting to discuss the 2010-2011 season with Egyptian Football Association [.

MELBOURNE, Australia The Melbourne Victory soccer club has angrily denied claims its fans are violent, amid criticisms from police and the state government. A senior Victorian policeman on Friday said members of the force were reluctant to volunteer to work at Melbourne Victory soccer matches because of violence among the team's supporters.

LONDON, England The Great Britain Olympic football team may be forced to withdraw from the 2012 London Olympics completely if the FA board cannot come to a solution to the problems of fielding a side. It has been widely expected that Great Britain would field a combined side for the first time in [.

LONDON, England — A football club based near London's Olympic Stadium has written to British Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to block West Ham's planned move into the venue after the 2012 games. West Ham has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the stadium, beating a rival bid from Tottenham.

LONDON, England - West Ham United have beaten out rivals Tottenham Hotspur to take over the London 2012 Olympics stadium, according to the BBC. The decision is set to be announced later this week after both English Prmeier League sides submitted bids to the Olympic Park Legacy Company, an unsourced report on the BBC's website said.

TEHERAN, Iran Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. A state police agency that monitors Iranian businesses called for the ban because "the presence of women and families at movie theaters increases security risks and inappropriate [.

PORT-HARCOURT, Nigeria Barely two weeks after they were rewarded with cars and cash gifts for winning the West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup by the Rivers State government, the domestic league and indeed the families of Sharks FC of Port-Harcourt players and officials would have been thrown into mourning after the Port-Harcourt side's team [.

ALGIERS, Algeria – The national soccer league in Algeria has canceled matches scheduled for Friday and Saturday after riots in the capital and elsewhere this week. The Algerian National Football League announced the cancellations in Al Watan, a local newspaper. The matches were canceled in an effort to prevent large groups of young people from [.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Melburnians might think they live in Australia's sporting capital but the city has missed out on hosting the Asian Cup soccer final in 2015. However, Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu insists he is not worried that Sydney is likely to host the final after it was announced in the early hours of Thursday that [.