17 arrests for a match fixing scandal which affects 200 matches in nine European countries.

The matches include the Bundesliga second division, and the leagues in Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia and Austria. 12 Europa matches and 3 CL matches are said to be manipulated this year, and it is unclear as to whether it is the group stage or qualifying rounds.

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Sorry I haven't been around lately, it's been a bit hectic over here recently. Luckily it was an international break and nothing much happened in my absence, but I now dutifully bring you what did.

As you may have read in TheSpoiler (highly recommended by the way), Darius Vassell, ex-Man City striker, has been experience a few bumps over in Turkey.

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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...

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Darius Vassell's future in Turkey has been cast into doubt after he was thrown out of his hotel where he was staying late at night.

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Clint Dempsey has scored from the spot for Fulham in the first half against Wigan, earning him a league turkey for strikes in three consecutive frames. That game is ongoing, knotted at ones.Yesterday, we had Leeds United's Mike Grella and Wycombe's Jon-Paul Pittman bag their first career FA Cup goals. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipedia Although many have called it unfair, the seeding system adopted for the play off matches to decide the final four European teams that will make it to the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa, has produced four potentially exciting match ups. The two leg matches will be played on November 14th [. Click to continue reading...

Remember a few years ago how everyone --myself included-- was all OMFG when "How Soccer Explains The World Came Out"? I was all tits-over-tail about and then my man Tom Fina, The Angriest Man in Metrolandâ„¢, hit me with the heat one night that "Frank Foer is just Kuper light".
Intrigued, I had to find out who this Simon Kuper was so I read his engrossing "Soccer Against the Enemy" and found myself swiftly agreeing with Fina. Click to continue reading...

While everyone was busy anxiously awaiting FIFA's latest release and the seeding for the playoff spots, UEFA was busy concocting a ranking of their own and releasing it under unsuspecting eyes. At this point it means little and will only serve to put Euro 2012 qualifying seeding into perspective, still some way off yet, but it's always interesting to see how others differ from the entirely rubbish FIFA ranking system.

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GALATASARAY CLOSING ON FENERBAHCE....

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GALATASARAY CLOSING ON FENERBAHCE....

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FENERBAHCE GOES DOWN IN GAZIANTEP!...
THERE IS NO UNBEATEN TEAM IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE AFTER FENERBHACE LOSS IN GAZINATEP,,,

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FENERBAHCE GOES DOWN IN GAZIANTEP!...
THERE IS NO UNBEATEN TEAM IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE AFTER FENERBHACE LOSS IN GAZINATEP,,,

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14.10.2009 - FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Turkey - Armenia 2:0

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Turkey ran out winners over Armenia thanks to goals from Altintop and Cetin.

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Terim has managed Turkey since 2005 and took them to the semi-finals of Euro 2008, where they lost narrowly to Germany.
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Turkey's World Cup dream ended as they were easily beaten by a Belgian side with nothing to play for.

1-0 Mpenza

2-0 Mpenza

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In the world of football Armenia is not exactly considered an awesome team with an unbelievable history. In fact you could compare them to the MLB's Kansas City Royals for you Yanks out there. Armenia's biggest career matches have been in World Cup qualifiers if you get my drift. In other words Armenia has never been good enough to make the Cup in the first place, so their World Cup history is as limited as it can get.

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Unbeatable England
20 Countries That Have Never Won A Football Match Against England
1. Albania (4 attempts)
2. Bulgaria (8 attempts)
3. Cameroon (4 attempts)
4. Canada (1 attempt)
5. China (1 attempt)
6. Colombia (5 attempts)
7. Ecuador (2 attempts)
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Turkey hope to sustain their World Cup qualifying hopes in Belgium, but the hosts will just want to avoid another fiasco.
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Arsenal play host to Olympiacos, the Greek champions, on Tuesday evening. The Greek outfit, who played out a 1-0 victory over the final member of Group H AZ Alkmaar, are managed by Brazilian legend Zico, who has been in the post since mid-September after spells managing in Turkey and Russia. The previous manager was removed from the [. Click to continue reading...

GALATASARAY CAN'T MAKE IT SEVEN IN A ROW IN THE TURKISH TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE..GALATASARAY 1- ESKISEHIRSPOR 1
Galatasaray's perfect start to the Super Lig season was ended after they were held 1-1 by Eskisehirspor.

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GALATASARAY CAN'T MAKE IT SEVEN IN A ROW IN THE TURKISH TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE..GALATASARAY 1- ESKISEHIRSPOR 1
Galatasaray's perfect start to the Super Lig season was ended after they were held 1-1 by Eskisehirspor.

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FENERBAHCE STILL PERFECT AFTER SEVEN WEEKS IN THE TURKISH TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE... FENERBAHCE TAKES THE TOP SPOT FROM GALATASARAY FOR AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY!!!!!

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FENERBAHCE STILL PERFECT AFTER SEVEN WEEKS IN THE TURKISH TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE... FENERBAHCE TAKES THE TOP SPOT FROM GALATASARAY FOR AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY!!!!!

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Paul Kennedy of Soccer America previews the United States Under-20 team as they head into the FIFA Under-20 World Championships.
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I didn't get to watch the BeÅŸiktaÅŸ match this week. Considering they lost this week, I'm sure it wasn't a sight to see. I keep wondering what is wrong with that club. Is it because they didn't make the transfers needed? Maybe Mustafa Denizli can't repeat the same success in the season following a double winning season.

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When it comes to antagonizing opposition fans, Emmanuel Adebayor is a mere amateur next to Graeme Souness. Souness was managing Galatasaray in 1996, and his team faced eternal rivals Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Cup final. It was a two legged cup tie, with Galatasaray winning 1-0 at home in the first leg, then claiming the cup [. Click to continue reading...

. Prior to this game, Manchester United had won only once in their last four trips to Turkey, but they turned that into two from five, owing to a header by Paul Scholes with less than 15 minutes to go. After a lengthy unbeaten run in the Champions League, ending in a bitter defeat against Barcelona in [. Click to continue reading...

Last night, Man United got their Champion's League campaign off to a great start after a 1-0 win over Besiktas out in Turkey. Paul Scholes redeemed himself after a red card sending off on Saturday...
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A solitary goal from Paul Scholes was enough to give Sir Alex's side all three points from this tricky trip to Turkey.

0-1 Scholes

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With the Champions League beginning today I thought it would be a good idea to handicap the groups.
GROUP A
Should Go Through: Juventus and Bayern Munchen
Clearly the top two teams in the group and two of the larger clubs in Europe. While neither team has a cake walk to the second round, both should progress without too much difficulty. Click to continue reading...

Over the last week and a half I missed out on quite a bit of stuff so I felt tonight would be a good way to recap some things and give you all my opinion on each. We've had plenty of new players get signed this past week, including one Designated Player...which in Major League Soccer is always a big deal.

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Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United won't have a problem when facing Besiktas in their Uefa Champions league first game this Tuesday at BJK ?nönü Stadium. Click to continue reading...