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Five of the Best Goals from this week’s International Break – essentiallysports.com

From Cristiano Ronaldo to Lucas Podolski, here are five of the best goals from this week's International break.
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Top 5 Largest Football Stadiums in the World – essentiallysports.com

The Largest Football Stadiums In The World. Rungrado May Stadium,North Korea. The Salt Lake Stadium, India. Camp Nou. Estadio Azteca.
Top 5 Largest Football Stadiums in the World – essentiallysports.com

Famous players who won the Ballon d’Or before Messi and Ronaldo-essentiallysports.com

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been dominating the Ballon D'or trophy for the past eight years. But let's take a look at some of ...
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The World Cup to Involve 48 teams – FIFA

The 48-team world cup announced by FIFA and its pros and cons
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Iraq edge Qatar for final Olympic berth in Asia

Iraq booked a spot at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics after edging hosts Qatar for third place at the Asian Football Confederation.

UEFA finally agrees to accept goal-line technology

UEFA finally overcame its reluctance to adopt goal-line technology, approving its use at this year's European Championship and next year's Champions League.
Youths take pictures near a decorated giant UEFA Euro 2016 soccer ball, dubbed “Beau Jeu”, in downtown Beirut

China dismiss soccer head coach Perrin – reports

Frenchmen Alain Perrin was dismissed as the coach for the Chinese football team after their failure to perform,
China’s coach Alain Perrin talks to reporters after his team drew Group C in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers during the preliminary joint qualification round 2 draw in Kuala Lumpur

Argentina, Uruguay want to co-host 2030 World Cup

COLONIA, Uruguay (Reuters) – Argentina and neighbouring Uruguay will bid to co-host the 2030 World Cup, Argentine President Mauricio Macri said at a joint news conference on Thursday with Uruguayan leader Tabare Vazquez. “We have decided that our best opportunity is to jointly nominate ourselves as candidates,” Macri said during a visit to Colonia, Uruguay. […]
Uruguayan President Vazquez and his Argentine counterpart Macri embrace each other during a joint news conference after their meeting at the Uruguayan Presidential ranch of Anchorena near Colonia City

FIFA ethics committee extends Valcke suspension

ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA’s ethics watchdog has extended Secretary General Jerome Valcke’s suspension from world soccer as it prepares a ruling over accusations of corruption involving the sale of World Cup tickets. The French administrator has denied any wrongdoing in the case, which is among dozens of allegations rocking soccer’s governing body, caught up in […]
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke attends a news conference in Samara

Ethics watchdog recommends nine-year ban for FIFA’s Valcke

ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA’s ethics watchdog has recommended a nine-year ban for secretary-general Jerome Valcke over alleged corruption involving the sale of World Cup tickets, among the dozens of scandals rocking soccer’s crisis-plagued governing body. Cornel Borbely, chief investigator for FIFA’s independent ethics committee, requested that Valcke be fined 100,000 Swiss francs after completing an […]
FIFA Secretary General Valcke arrives for news conference in St. Petersburg

Top 5 worst title defences

Many teams find it tough to hold onto their titles and crumble under pressure . Chelsea isn't the only team to have defended their title so poorly . We tell you who else couldn't .
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Scandal-hit Sepp Blatter named ‘Swiss of the Year’

Suspended world soccer chief Sepp Blatter was named "Swiss of the Year" on Thursday by a weekly magazine in his native Switzerland.
Former FIFA President Blatter reacts during a news conference after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich