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November 30, 2009
By Josh Allen
England’s hopes of hosting the 2018 World Cup have been giving a boost by the news that FIFA’s Jack Warner is now backing the bid.
The FIFA vice-president had previously labelled the bid “lightweight” and said in October: “if they [England] do not get their act together they will lose. You have no divine right to anything — you have to earn it.”
However, following ... Read Full Story
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Home / 2010 News / South African World Cup Stadiums Almost Ready
November 30, 2009
Once a headache for the local organising committee, the 10 South African stadiums for the 2010 World Cup are now pride and joy as they are set to be ready on time for the football extravaganza.
Stadium construction faced many challenges, including strikes in July when more than 70,000 workers asked for salary hikes, countrywide blackouts in January 2008 that crippled the economy, budg... Read Full Story
Russian forward Roman Pavlyuchenko’s agent will fly out to Rome tomorrow to negotiate a deal with representatives of A.S. Roma in an attempt to seal a January move for the out of favour Tottenham Hotspur forward.
Pavlyuchenko has become disillusioned with his lack of playing time at White Hart Lane, with the ex-Spartak Moscow forward behind Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch in the pecking order.
The Russian has been limited to infrequent substitute and Carling Cup appearances... Read Full Story
Reports in Italy today suggest that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to firm up his long-standing interest in Catania’s Takayuki Morimoto.
Ferguson is well-renowned as a keen admirer of the Japanese international and will make an attempt to snatch him away from Gli Elefanti in January.
Morimoto’s stock has risen quite significantly over the past 18 months, becoming an integral part of new coach Gianluca Aztori’s plans.
He has contributed three goals this se... Read Full Story
Saturday 28 November
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Celtic 3 - 1 St. Mirren
Hibernian 2 - 0 Falkirk
Kilmarnock 1 - 2 Heart of Midlothian
Motherwell 2 - 2 Dundee United
St. Johnstone 1 - 1 Hamilton Academicals
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Valencia 1 - 1 Mallorca
Sevilla 2 - 2 Málaga
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Getafe 5 - 1 Deportivo Xerez
Racing Santander 0 - 1 Deportivo La Coruña
Almería 1 - 4 Athletic Bilbao
Real Zaragoza 0 - 1 Osasuna
Barcelona 1 - 0 Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid 4 - 0 Espanyol
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Saturday 28 November
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Genoa 3 - 0 Sampdoria
Sunday 29 November
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Bari 2 - 1 Siena
Cagliari 2 - 0 Juventus
Chievo 1 - 0 Palermo
Internazionale 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Lazio 0 - 0 Bologna
Parma 1 - 1 Napoli
Catania 0 - 2 Milan
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