FIFA left red-faced after chaotic Confederations Cup draw
SAO PAULO, Brazil ● Hosts Brazil will face Japan in the opening match of next year’s Confederations Cup in Brasilia on June 15 although FIFA were left red-faced following a chaotic draw on Saturday. The draw should have been simple as hosts Brazil and world champions Spain were automatically placed at the [...]
New sponsor Chelsea
LONDON, England ● Chelsea have revealed that they will announce a new sponsor in two months’ time. Having announced a profit of £1.4 million for the year ending June 2012, the Blues are set to bolster their income with a new sponsor for both Chelsea and the Sauber F1 team. Chelsea have been in partnership [...]
FIFA strips Sudan’s WCup win for ineligible player
ZURICH , Switzerland ● FIFA has stripped Sudan of its 2-0 win against Zambia in a 2014 World Cup qualifier because one of its scorers was ineligible to play. FIFA says its disciplinary committee ruled that Saif Ali shouldn’t have played in the June 2 match in Khartoum and is therefore “lost by forfeit by [...]
Thiago Silva is not going anywhere
MILAN, Italy ● AC Milan defender Thiago Silva has spurned the attentions of PSG and Barcelona and has signed a new deal that will keep him at the San Siro until June 2017. Thiago Silva, 27, is highly-rated in Italy and has risen to become one of the best defenders in world football [...]
Players back on the field
DONETSK, Ukraine ● The game is back on. The lightning storm passed the stadium in Donetsk and the Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers resumed the Euro 2012 match between Ukraine and France. The game was earlier suspended after five minutes because of severe weather. The score was still 0-0.
Revs leave it late against Fire
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. ● Second-half substitute Kelyn Rowe broke a scoreless game in the 70th minute to lift the Revolution to a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire. Rowe, who came on in the 64th minute, gave the Revolution the advantage while Benny Feilhaber added another in the 73rd minute. Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis made three [...]
M’Vila confident he will be fit for Euro’s
PARIS, France ● Yann M’Vila is confident his ankle sprain will not keep him out of Euro 2012. The Rennes midfielder limped out of the friendly against Serbia after just four minutes on Thursday night and was later seen in tears on the bench. And although he initially feared the injury would keep him [...]
No tweets from Spanish players during Euro’s
MADRID, Spain ● The players on defending champion Spain have been banned from tweeting during the European Championship. Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas wrote on his Twitter account that beginning Friday ”we are not allowed to use social networks.” Gerard Pique tells his fans he won’t be in touch during the tournament that runs from June [...]
England fears for Frank Lampard
LONDON, England ● Frank Lampard will go for a scan on Thursday after suffering a thigh injury in training. The midfielder only joined up with the England squad for the first time on Tuesday after playing in Chelsea’s Champions League final win over Bayern Munich on May 19. But already it appears that his Euro [...]
