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In his first interview since his re-election as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter talks to CNN’s Alex Thomas about restoring the credibility of the world’s football governing body and the possibility of re-examining Qatar’s winning 2022 World Cup bid. ALEX THOMAS: Why are you the right man to lead world football for the next four years?…
Simon McMenemy is confident that he will be able to prevent Dong Tam Long An (DTLA) from being relegated from the top flight of the V-League. The Briton signed up with Dong Tam less than three months ago, after a successful stint as the chief coach of the Philippines national team at the last AFF…
People would not be people without their whims, and footballers are no different. As we found out in a previous edition, players and coaches can be a superstitious lot. Some players care little for their personal appearance, but others are concerned about fashion and style. Freddie Ljungberg notoriously stripped for Calvin Klein, and David Beckham…
Global efforts to prevent corruption in football reached a milestone with the announcement that world football’s governing body FIFA, are to work and donate a substantial amount of money to international police agency INTERPOL. The grant from FIFA is the largest donation INTERPOL have ever received from a private institution to create an unprecedented ten-year…
There is no doubt that football is in a constant state of evolution. Though the basic rules have changed little since the sport was first played, advances in physical fitness, training methods and a greater knowledge of the human body have all combined to change the pace of the beautiful game. As such, it would…
A group of young women sporting laced-up football boots and yellow training tops stands at the roadside. It is not yet six in the morning as they await the old pick-up truck that will take them to the wooden huts on the muddy streets of the city’s edge, stopping off at many children’s homes and…