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UEFA yesterday revealed more information about investigations into over 200 individuals alleged to have fixed matches in nine different countries with a press conference. This revealed that the vast majority under suspicion are domestic matches, with the German authorities having requested information from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System in a number of cases, making 17 arrests yesterday.

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I just saw a news report on Goal.com saying that Mexican striker Antonio DeNigris has died on a heart attack yesterday. He was 31. He had played in Turkey and Greece in recent years (his last club was Larissa). Sixteen caps for the Mexican national team. More later. Wow. RIP. Click to continue reading...

Unprofessional Foul found a local news report on a high-school girls soccer fight.
Vicious.
So after that New Mexico brawler, do we have a pattern? A trend? Click to continue reading...

Suchao Nutnum, the TOT defender, had shots fired at him in the early hours of Friday morning, news report here, but I understand he made training and gave no indication of anything untoward happening.
Can you imagine if it had been an English player? He would be on the phone to his pet journo, he'd have sympathetic photos of him and his suitably concerned looking WAG staring puppy like out of the tabloid before checking themselves in counselling, booking a couple of TV shows then writing a book about it. Click to continue reading...

US Soccer has been a little slow to update news-starved fans on whereabouts of the USWNT. And almost as if Abby Wambach knew a few tweeters were loudly voicing their complaints (in 140 characters or less), on Oct 20th she updated her twitter: leaving for germany tonight. i will keep you more up to date while i'm there.

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There's ridiculous, and then there is this.

A self-proclaimed 'witch' is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame after making the bold claim that he had placed a 'hex' on Cristiano Ronaldo at the request of a jaded ex-lover. Pepe (that's the witch, not the ex-lover) is positively gloating after watching Ronaldo injure his ankle during the international break and is predicting that CR will be forced to stop playing football in four months.

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Well today has been a long day for most US Soccer fans. We all know that US striker Charlie Davies was involved in a car accident early this morning with two other people, one unfortunately died in the incident. The AP is reporting that Davies is listed in serious condition after emerging from surgery. Click to continue reading...

The Beauty: Miss Luli Fernandez is a South American goddess. Born in Argentina, she became the Messi of modeling at a young age. But then again, if she had never done any modeling, she wouldn't be able to satisfy all the pre-requisites to become a WAG, of course.

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Newcastle managed only a goalless draw last night against Leeds United. According to the Club Site, Ryan Taylor had the best opportunities for the home team before the break, with Bassong and Coloccini having the best opportunities in the second half. The Northern Echo contains a better report. As reported by my colleague, it appears that [. Click to continue reading...

There's not many times we will call a news report as sensational, but we that to be true tonight with the Sunday Times reporting that Mike Ashley will sell Newcvastl;e for 100M. in what emounts to a fire sale,. Alan Shearer - wage demands reported to be excessive And the Telegraph is now reporting that Shearer's wage [. Click to continue reading...

One news report out of Vietnam is reporting that both Vietnam and Indonesia will co host the 2010 AFF Cup next December with the qualifying rounds taking place in Laos a couple of months earlier.
No confirmation of this yet on the AFF website.
Bit of a surprise that Indonesia was chosen again after they shared the 2008 competition with Thailand, I was thinking perhaps next time round Malaysia would have been involved, but at least the Indonesians get bums on seats. Click to continue reading...

Where were you on April 15th 1989? I was at Clarence Park in St Albans, for a Vauxhall-Opel League Premier Division match between St Albans City and Barking. It was a beautiful spring day, but there was little excitement in the air. City were just safe from relegation, whilst Barking were mid-table.

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Bob Jordan, over Glendale Soccer, has a nice write up on yesterday's anniversary of the first official High School game played within the Springfield Public Schools between Glendale and the Central Bulldogs. He's got details from the Springfield Daily News report of the game that day, check it out.

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With Gary Neville injured and Ryan Giggs only making an appearance from the bench, Rio Ferdinand was entrusted with the captain's armband for Manchester United's appearance in the European Cup final last season. "He dominated on the ground and in the air" read the Manchester Evening News report on Ferdinand in that match. Click to continue reading...

If Brazil win the Olympic football title next month, Singapore can take a little credit. Samba stars Alexandre Pato and Anderson took time out yesterday to praise the Republic for a job well done. They said their training stint here will go a long way towards ending Brazil's Olympic jinx. Said AC Milan's Pato: 'For sure, we can [. Click to continue reading...

Close-up with the Brazilians.... Alexandre Pato (AC Milan) Ronaldinho (AC Milan) Diego (Werder Bremen) Jo (Manchester City) Anderson (Manchester United) Breno (Bayern Munich) Click to continue reading...

Raddy announces squad for match against Brazil Olympic Team Goalkeepers Lionel Lewis (Home United) Hassan Sunny (Tampines Rovers) Defenders Baihakki Khaizan (Geylang United) Valery Hiek (Home United) Juma'at Jantan (Home United) Kenji Arai (SAFFC) Daniel Bennett (SAFFC) Afiq Yunos (Young Lions) Ismail Yunos (Young Lions) Midfielders Shahril Ishak (Home United) Shi Jiayi (Home United) John Wilkinson (SAFFC) Ridhuan Muhamad (Tampines Rovers) Fahrudin Mustafic (Tampines Rovers) Isa Halim (Young Lions) Miroslav Latiak (Geylang United) Forwards Fazrul Nawaz [. Click to continue reading...

Video of the brawl everyone has been talking about:
And an official statement from the Crew:
The Columbus Crew issued the following statement regarding an altercation that took place at Crew Stadium during halftime of Sunday's exhibition between West Ham United and the Crew which has been exaggerated in at least one news report:
"While a skirmish among a very small group of West Ham and Crew supporters did occur on Sunday, media reports referring to it as a "brawl" or "fights" are gross mischaracterizations. Click to continue reading...

Irfan and Ikhsan have been invited again by Valencia for a two weeks trials in September.This time, if they excel,the club will look into securing their signature when the duo turn 14. Both players passed the first trial with flying colours.Miguel Tendillo, co-ordinator for the club's Under-12 set-up, described Ikhsan as 'a great talent and a [. Click to continue reading...

Ticketing detals: Tickets for the match go on sale from Tuesday, July 22 at all Sistic outlets Grandstand:$120 Gallery:$60 Student U-16:$15 Click to continue reading...

Shamsul Maidin will be the first referee from Southeast Asia to work as referee instructor with FiFa.Three other Asians - from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Japan - will come under the Fifa referee assistance programme, launched by Fifa president Sepp Blatter last December. Shamsul and his colleagues are tasked with raising refereeing standards in South-east and [. Click to continue reading...

According to Brazilian FA site,their Olympic Football team will be facing the Singapore National Team for their Beijing Olympic preparation.The match is now confirmed on Brazilian FA website. The match will be held on 28 July and it seems to be Brazil Olympic NT only friendly before Olympics. The venue for the match is yet to be [. Click to continue reading...

Their father was the first Singapore footballer to stamp his mark on Europe. Now, two of Fandi Ahmad's sons are set to retrace his famous footsteps - although at a much younger age. Irfan, 10, and Ikhsan, eight - Fandi's elder sons - have been invited by Spanish club Valencia for a stint with their academy team [. Click to continue reading...