Tunisia football coach Humberto Coelho has been sacked after failing to take the Carthage Eagles to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.Faouzi Benzarti, coach of Tunisian giants Esperance, will take charge of the national team during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.There has been a huge outcry against Coelho in the Tunisian media and public since the 1-0 loss to Mozambique in Maputo on Saturday.`That...
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Princes William and Harry, who are football-mad, plan to join 60,000 England fans during the 6,000-mile trip to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.Princes William and Harry, who are football-mad, plan to join 60,000 England fans during the 6,000-mile trip to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup., Prince William, the Football Association's president, will play an important role in trying to support...
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size="2"> London, Nov. 20: Football’s world ruling body Fifa on Friday officially turned down a request from the Irish football authorities to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat to France.
Backed by Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the Football Association of Ireland had lodged the request with Fifa on Thursday. However a statement on Fifa’s...
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France's Thierry Henry reacts during the group C match between the Netherlands and France in Bern. Photo Courtesy: APFootball's world ruling body FIFA on Friday officially turned down arequest from the Irish football authorities to stage a replay of theircontroversial World Cup playoff defeat to France.Backed by Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the Football Association ofIreland (FAI) had lodged the...
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for the 2010 World Cup finals, resuming a job he left 18 months ago, the country's football association announced.Parreira is now on course to participate in a record sixth World Cup as coach after being named to succeed compatriot Joel Santana, who was fired, last week after a run of poor results for the World Cup hosts in recent warm-up matches.The 66-year-old Parreira was first approached in 2006...
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Football's world ruling bodyFIFA on Friday officially turned down a request from the Irish footballauthorities to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat toFrance.A statement on FIFA's website said: "FIFA has today, 20November 2009, replied to the request made by the Football Association ofIreland (FAI) to replay the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa play-off match heldon 18 November...
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group which tried to organise the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Kenya and Nigeria without authority from Fifa has backed down.But the Kenya Football Federation (KFF), which is not recognised by the world governing body, says it is not giving up its claim to run the sport as a whole.Fifa recognises Football Kenya Limited (FKL), which protested against the KFF's attempts to organise the matchThe game...
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winger Michael Owen believes Champions League football will be the key for him to regain his place in the England squad for the 2010 World Cup.Michael Owen believes Champions League football will be the key for him to regain his place in the England squad for the 2010 World Cup.Owen (29) has found himself sidelined by coach Fabio Capello due to his lack of first-team games. But with his career revived...
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South Africa's top football officials have appealed for a positive public reaction to the reappointment of Carlos Alberto Parreira as coach following a weekend of criticism.The South African Football Association (SAFA) said it was aware of widespread feeling that a local trainer should have been given the job of leading the side to the 2010 World Cup finals on home soil."We are pleading with the public...
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Fifa has ruled that the controversial World Cup qualifying match between Ireland and France will not be replayed, despite outrage over Thierry Henry’s handball.Responding to demands made by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for the match to be restaged, football's world governing body said that it was unable to sanction a replay, stating that under Law 5 of the Laws of the Game the decisions...
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