Goals: Lyon (Pjanic 3, Govou 14, Lisandro 80, Lisandro pen 83, Bastos 90); Marseille (Diawara 11, Cheyrou 43, Kone 47, Brandao 79, Toulalan og 92)
Sanctions: Lyon (Makoun 20, Cris 54, Lisandro 86); Marseille (Niang 74, Diawara 87)

No words can adequately describe what will for sure end up being the match of the year.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) kindly announced today that they would grant Chelsea's request for a stay in the club's transfer ban, meaning Chelsea will now be free to flash the cash in January. Of course their final judgement over the club's alleged wrong-doing over the signing of Gael Kakuta is still to come, but in the short-term Chelsea will be able to strengthen the squad if Ancelotti feels reinforcements are needed.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) kindly announced today that they would grant Chelsea's request for a stay in the club's transfer ban, meaning Chelsea will now be free to flash the cash in January. Of course their final judgement over the club's alleged wrong-doing over the signing of Gael Kakuta is still to come, but in the short-term Chelsea will be able to strengthen the squad if Ancelotti feels reinforcements are needed.

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We had reported in September that Chelsea were banned by FIFA till 2011 for their alleged involvement in inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens. However the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS) has temporarily stayed the sanctions until it takes a final decision in the matter. "Such sanctions are now stayed until [. Click to continue reading...

Time to get the chequebook out Roman.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their transfer ban.

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Chelsea's transfer ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) pending a final decision on the matter.

Fifa had ruled the club could not sign players until 2011 after inducing Gael Kakuta to break his Lens contract. But Chelsea appealed to Cas, which said on Friday:

"Such sanctions are now stayed until the Cas renders its final decision in this matter.

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Chelsea's transfer ban has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) pending a final decision on the matter.

Fifa had ruled the club could not sign players until 2011 after inducing Gael Kakuta to break his Lens contract. But Chelsea appealed to Cas, which said today:

"Such sanctions are now stayed until the Cas renders its final decision in this matter.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their two-year transfer ban pending a final decision into their case.
Chelsea were handed a two year ban by UEFA for the Gael Kakuta situation, Chelsea have appealed to the CAS and the statement released today is as follows:
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Chelsea must have lost their "hand" altogether because now they might be dealt a whole other blow to their already fragile stance at the top of the Premier League. By some miracle they are ahead of ManU by two points and I can't imagine how they've gotten this far considering all the things that have happened.

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OK no TGIF for two weeks due to International duties, and I thought that today I would discuss non Arsenal matters on and off the field. The most obvious topic that gets me hot under the collar is what I perceive to be FA bias towards SAF. Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Man U. Now I have in the past called the FA the Ferguson Association for they seem totally unable to act with any kind of authority against him.

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OK no TGIF for two weeks due to International duties, and I thought that today I would discuss non Arsenal matters on and off the field. The most obvious topic that gets me hot under the collar is what I perceive to be FA bias towards SAF. Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Man U. Now I have in the past called the FA the Ferguson Association for they seem totally unable to act with any kind of authority against him.

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Could Serbian hooligans solve all our problems?

From Prost Amerika Soccer:

FIFA have already fined the Serb FA $40,000 for incidents in all their previous world cup matches against France, Austria and Romania, and now they have finally lost patience.

Once more, the authorities have stepped in ahead of a match with Romania.

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Sulley Muntari's agent, Frank Schreier, said that both Inter and Spurs are in talks. I'll tell you what, this is one deal that I'd be over the moon at.
Harry has said a few times that we lack bite and he's not wrong. We saw what happened in the Manchester United, Chelsea and Bolton games. Click to continue reading...

Flailing arm could cost Argentine a suspension.

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Javier Mascherano could face a violent conduct charge from the Football Association after appearing to swing an arm and strike Jermaine Beckford on the back of his head during Liverpool's 1-0 Carling Cup win at Leeds United last night.

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Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has welcomed the Premier League's new rules on home-grown players and club finances as being good for the long-term health of football.
The 20 clubs have agreed to name 25-man squads with at least eight players 'home-grown' - trained for three years under the age of 21 in England or Wales. Click to continue reading...

In what appears to be a fillip to divers everywhere, UEFA last night rescinded Eduardo's two match ban. The ban, retrospectilvey meted out for his theatrics against Celtic, was seen as an attempt to crack down on the cheats - this turn of events will only serve to encourage them... Or will it?

The strangest thing about this whole shambles is that UEFA say Arsenal have proved there was contact - how on earth have they done that?

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Adebayor will almost certainly be banned for three matches for the stamp on Robin van Persie that left the Arsenal striker with a gashed cheekbone and accusing his former team-mate of a "mindless and malicious" assault. City's £25m summer signing will also face sanctions for celebrating his goal by running the length of the pitch to antagonise the away supporters. Click to continue reading...

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The tall hitman, who left Arsenal this summer in a £25 million deal, could also face sanctions for making contact with Robin van Persie's head, an incident that the Dutchman has insisted was maliciously deliberate.

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The FA is fast tracking the stamping incident and Adebayor will miss the upcoming derby against Man Utd. There are additional sanctions in store for his celebrations that the police is now saying caused a crowd surge in the stadium which led to a steward being injured.

Seems like justice is being served.

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As Chelsea face a long transfer ban for being naughty when buying young players, and other top clubs prepare to endure similar sanctions, let's look back 10 years to a simpler time.

 Jermain Defoe decided to leave Charlton to sign for West Ham aged 16... because West Ham promised to buy his mum a fridge!

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There is, of course, a lot of reaction to digest on the FIFA action against Chelsea announced yesterday for inducing Gaël Kakuta to break his contract with Lens and sign with the London club.

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FIFA has hit Chelsea with an astonishing transfer ban that will stop manager Carlo Ancelotti signing players until January 2011.

The punishment is for luring 16-year-old Gael Kakuta from Lens in the summer of 2007.

Lens, who lodged a complaint with FIFA when Kakuta signed for Chelsea two years ago, wanted £4.

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Chelsea have made a statement in response to FIFA's ban as reported earlier today. It reads:"Chelsea will mount the strongest possible appeal following the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber of Gael Kakuta. The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea have made a statement in response to FIFA's ban as reported earlier today. It reads:"Chelsea will mount the strongest possible appeal following the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber of Gael Kakuta. The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed. Click to continue reading...

FIFA, the world's governing body for soccer (football) has issued a transfer window ban to English Premier League Chelsea. The ban comes after Chelsea signed French Ligue 1 player Gael Kakuta from Lens. The French club issued a complaint and the Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA recently came out with their decision.

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I'm not sure there's much point to the rest of the Sweeper given the dominance of today's Chelsea news: the club have been banned by FIFA from signing players for the next two transfer windows, meaning they won't be able to register a new player until January 2011.

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Wow. I wonder what the Carlo's fellow top four usual suspects, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, make of this!

Fifa have banned Chelsea from registering any new players in the next two transfer windows.

The world's governing body have handed down the punishment after French clubs Lens made an official complaint over Chelsea's signing of their young player Gael Kakuta in 2007.

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FIFA have banned Chelsea from signing new players for the next two transfer periods (that is, the January 2010 and Summer 2010 transfer windows). This comes as part of a decision by FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) on a contractual dispute regarding Gael Kakuta between Lens and Chelsea.

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Football experts have been debating for quite while about the penalty a player should receive for cheating the referee but no general consensus has been made. The latest incident involving Arsenal player Eduardo has set the pulses rising, especially after UEFA officials announced the player could get a two-match ban for cheating the referee for the penalty in the Champions League match against Celtic.

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Even though Franck Ribery was widely tipped to leave Alianz Arena this summer, he could stay for another season and then leave for just €22 million. It's clear that Real Madrid is Ribery's next destination and Los Merengues are likely to save around €60 million under Article 17 of FIFA Regulations.

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After last months riots when one of their own supporters was killed, there was always going to be trouble after Huracan lost 1-0 to Velez Sarsfield in Sunday's title decider, especially after the referee admitted afterwards that he made a few mistakes!
Hundreds of Huracan fans demonstrated outside Argentine Football Association headquarters on Wednesday to demand life bans for referee Gabriel Brazenas and linesman Ricardo Casas to be suspended. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea reacted with dismay last night after being stung by Uefa sanctions that could potentially mean Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa will be banned for six and four European games respectively for their misdemeanours after last month's Champions League semi-final elimination by Barcelona. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea handed Uefa sanctions Didier Drogba has been banned for four Champions League matches, with a further two-match ban suspended for two years following Chelsea's Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona. Jose Bosingwa received a three-game ban, with a one-match suspended ban, and Chelsea were fined £85,000. Click to continue reading...

Inside Minnesota Soccer was informed this afternoon that the Minnesota Thunder Academy has handed down sanctions to Technical Director Mark Abboud. The Minnesota Thunder Academy Executive Board's decision can also be found on their website.

MTA Decision

The Minnesota Thunder Academy Executive Board has met with regard to the incident that occurred during the Minnesota State Cup on May 17, 2009, where a Minnesota Thunder Academy East team voluntarily ceded a game to a Minnesota Thunder Academy Elite team.

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Inside Minnesota Soccer was informed this afternoon that the Minnesota Thunder Academy has handed down sanctions to Technical Director Mark Abboud. The Minnesota Thunder Academy Executive Board's decision can also be found on their website.

MTA Decision

The Minnesota Thunder Academy Executive Board has met with regard to the incident that occurred during the Minnesota State Cup on May 17, 2009, where a Minnesota Thunder Academy East team voluntarily ceded a game to a Minnesota Thunder Academy Elite team.

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