Mitt Romney is so far removed from how conservative Republicans perceive their representative for the party's presidential nomination should be that his winning could spur a break-off candidate.
Newt Gingrich looks the part to take this on if Romney wins the Republican nomination.

Kop legend John Barnes has spoken of his pride after taking over the presidency of Liverpool's Disabled Supporters Association.
At a gala Christmas dinner at Anfield last week, attended by first team defender Sebastian Coates and outgoing president Alan Kennedy, Barnes addressed over 200 members of the LDSA and revealed the huge sense of honour he feels at being asked to assume such a prestigious position.

Barnes pride at new LFC role

Kop legend John Barnes has spoken of his pride after taking over the presidency of Liverpool's Disabled Supporters Association.

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For some time, Texas has been considered untouchable for Republicans. Major elections have been owned by them. Texas has voted Republican for President, Governor and Senators for years.
But, Rick Perry is pushing hard to give Democrats a chance in these next elections by acting like a person confounded by his beliefs, tongue-twisted with his verbal skills and unaware of the impact of his actions.

Don't you just hate those arrogant, talented, supremely handsome Americans? Me too. Well, this American had the pleasure of writing for and speaking with some friends from across the Atlantic, and the results were marvelous. At least in my humble imperialist American opinion.

First, I penned a piece for the excellent 200 percent.

Juventus: Old Lady, new lease of life is a post from: Just Football

by Gianfilippo Scarpati

The 8th of September 2011 marks an historic date for the old lady of Italian football. The opening of a new state of the art stadium is every bit reflective of the new lease of life she has had breathed into her.

Some scattered thoughts on the season just gone, which like a good adventure movie had its highs and lows before the uplifting, happy ending.
the boardroom and the locker room
For all the talk of a steady transition, the election of Sandro Rosell bought about a revolution in the board room at the beginning of this season.

Prince Nawaf bin Faisal, the president of the Saudi Arabia Football Association, reportedly sees the suspension of Mr Mohamed bin Hammam from the FIFA executive committee and the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation as an international rather than regional issue. Mr Bin Hammam has been temporarily suspended from all football positions by the FIFA Ethics Committee pending an

- Nicholas Calta

Sepp Blatter is going to be the president of FIFA for at least four more years.

Technically, he's running for office this year, but as is customary, he's running unopposed. There are a wide variety of reasons why this is a bad thing, and the problems with Sepp have been outlined in a variety of places by a variety of people.

Qatar may lose the World Cup.

A Fifa inquiry into persistent claims of corruption during the bidding process could lead to the FIFA executive committee making the unprecedented move of redoing the vote that gave Qatar the victory.

Blatter,who has his beady eyes firmly fixed on being reelected to the the post of FIFA president said.

LONDON, England The English Football Association (FA) is to abstain from voting in the upcoming FIFA presidential election between Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam, it was announced Thursday. FA chairman David Bernstein said in a statement there were a "range of issues" which made it "difficult" to vote for incumbent Blatter or Asian [.

Their Words "At the end of the day I am eagerly looking forward to our return game in Portland." Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid, speaking to The Seattle Times' Joshua Mayers. Other Sources Football Association snub Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam to abstain in the vote for Fifa presidency - from The Telegraph's Paul Kelso: "The FA Board has today agreed to abstain in the vote for the Presidency of Fifa.

In yesterday's interview with Primera Hora's Esteban Pagán, Mr. Eric Labrador, the president of the Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF), vigorously defended himself and the organization.

Labrador responded to comments made by the president of River Plate-Puerto Rico, Mr.

Following the latest events linked to the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), the FIFA Emergency Committee decided on 1 April 2011 that, in accordance with article 7 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes, a Normalisation Committee will take over from the current PSSI executive committee.
The FIFA Emergency Committee estimated that the current PSSI leadership was not in control of football in Indonesia as proven by the failure to gain control of the run-away league (Liga Premiere, LPI) set up without the involvement of PSSI or by the fact it could not organise a congress whose sole goals were to adopt an electoral code and elect an electoral commission.

Fifa and Uefa have suspended Bosnia-Herzegovina from world football, because its federation refuses to replace its three-member presidency with a single leader.

That's what FIFA members are going to be asked to choose between on June 1. Sepp Blatter or Mohammad bin Hammam. And surprisingly, it's not an easy decision.Here's the deal. Everyone knows Sepp is corrupt. And for his part bin Hammam has stated that his corruption will only last two terms... I mean, his presidency, will only last two terms.

Grant Wahl is everywhere at the moment, from Bloomberg TV and CNN International, to BBC and international outlets of the soccer/football variety. He was also kind enough to give me some of his time to talk about his candidacy for the presidency of FIFA, a conversation that covered just how serious this thing is, how making himself the story fits with his role at SI, the various planks of his platform (including the two women he believes are qualified to be General Secretary), and the response to his bid from around the world.

NEW YORK, NY In an article on Sports Illustrated titled "It's time for someone to depose Sepp Blatter as FIFA's leader" journalist Grant Wahl has announced his intentions to run for FIFA's presidency. Current FIFA president Sepp Blatter is running for his fourth term, with elections falling on June 1.

Likely inspired by events in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Algeria, Libya, Iran.... Grant Wahl, US soccer journalist, wants to shake up FIFA. He doesn't want you to take to the streets. He just wants a little bit of support.

And to run against Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of FIFA.

Chung Mong-Joon, the former FIFA Vice-President, today tweeted that his close friend and AFC President Mohamed Bin-Hammam is to challenge Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of FIFA in June.

"It seems he will challenge the FIFA presidential election in June," wrote the Korean who was unseated by a Blatter loyalist Prince Ali Bin Hussein of Jordan at the AFC Congress in Doha in January.

By Chris Wright

Brazilian side Flamengo have announced the signing of former AC Milan wastrel Ronaldinho on a four-year deal, thus ending Blackburn Rover's pie-in-the-sky hopes of landing the 30-year-old show-pony during the January transfer window.