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A first-half goal from Gabriel Heinze vaulted Marseille back into the French title race on Friday, securing a 1-0 win at the Stade Velodrome over Paris St Germain. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/marseille-edge-psgFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25:09 GMT A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) reiterated on Friday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/french-football-federation-say-non-to-ireland-replayFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:08 GMT Former French international Eric Cantona launched a stinging attack on national coach Raymond Domenech on Friday following France´s controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/cantona-slams-domenech-and-henryFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:12 GMT Irish football chiefs renewed Friday an appeal for FIFA to order a handball-marred World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, after Thierry Henry said a re-match would be the "fairest solution." http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/ireland-renews-appeal-to-fifa-for-france-replayFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:08 GMT World football´s governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) until further notice "because of government interference". http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/fifa-ban-iraq-from-international-footballFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:08 GMT Thierry Henry, in the eye of a storm surrounding his handball in Wednesday´s World Cup play-off against Ireland, received welcome support Friday from his club manager at Barcelona. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/guardiola-backs-henry-in-cheating-rowFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:09 GMT Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/uefa-overturn-dinamo-zagreb-points-penaltyFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:10:08 GMT Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists his friend Thierry Henry shouldn´t be blamed for the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the Republic of Ireland´s expense. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/federer-supports-henry-over-handball-stormFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:08 GMT Roy Keane has denounced FAI’s request for a rematch and believes Ireland have only themselves to blame for their failure to qualify for the World Cup finals. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/roy-keane-slams-faiFri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:42 GMT Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal admitted on Friday that his job will be in danger if his side fail to improve, starting with their match at home to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/bayerns-van-gaal-accepts-need-for-improvementFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:07 GMT Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic brimmed with confidence here Friday despite having to face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the African Nations Cup ´Group of Death´. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/icoast-coach-confident-in-group-of-deathFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:07 GMT France captain Thierry Henry said on Friday that "the fairest solution" to the row surrounding his handball in the World Cup playoff against Ireland would be to replay the match. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/thierry-henry-says-replay-fairest-solutionFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:07 GMT Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games this season are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/new-match-fixing-scandal---200-matches-implicatedFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT Walter Smith, the Rangers boss who had been regarded as one of the favourites to become Scotland´s next manager, on Friday ruled himself out of a return to the helm of the national squad. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/smith-rules-out-second-stint-with-scotlandFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:07 GMT Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger joined forces Friday to call for video technology to be used in football to avoid controversies like the one that has marred France´s qualification for the World Cup. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/ferguson-and-wenger-back-calls-for-video-ref-helpFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Egypt following the violence before their World Cup qualifier with Algeria in Cairo last week, world football´s governing body said. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/fifa-opens-disciplinary-action-against-egyptFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:00 GMT Craig Bellamy fears he might have to put an end to his career within two years from now because of his injury-ravaged body. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/bellamy-my-career-could-be-over-in-two-yearsFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:09:40 GMT In what one UEFA official called European football´s worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted 10 million euros rigging 200 games in nine countries. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/europe-match-fixing-probe-targets-200-gamesFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT Protestors hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/egyptians-clash-with-police-at-algerias-cairo-embassyFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:00 GMT 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. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/fifa-refuses-irish-request-for-replayFri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:00 GMT Egypt, whose state-owned media staked so much on qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in two decades, vented its anguish on Thursday in an escalating diplomatic row with its Algerian vanquishers. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/stung-egypt-in-diplomatic-row-after-algeria-lossFri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMT Paul Le Guen will lead Cameroon to the World Cup next year. After he managed to qualify for the World Cup with the Africans, he now has extended his contract with seven months. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/cameroon-extends-le-guens-contractFri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:49 GMT Japan coach Takeshi Okada has insisted that his squad´s target of a semi-final spot at next year´s World Cup remains unchanged no matter who may stand in their way, according to reports. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/japan-coach-targets-world-cup-last-four-spotFri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:00 GMT Angry Ireland called on FIFA to allow its World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, as a dispute over Thierry Henry´s blatant handball threatened to become a diplomatic row. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/ireland-asks-fifa-for-france-world-cup-replayFri, 20 Nov 2009 06:30:00 GMT African superstars Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto´o and Michael Essien will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/african-superstars-await-nations-cup-fateFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:50:00 GMT Australia has recruited successful German consultant Andreas Abold to orchestrate its bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup, reports said on Friday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/australia-boost-football-world-cup-bid-team-reportFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:25:00 GMT League leaders Bordeaux and closest rivals Lyon will hope to restore French football´s battered reputation on Saturday, as league action returns to focus minds away from World Cup controversy. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/bordeaux-lyon-look-to-restore-french-prideFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:15:00 GMT Los Angeles Galaxy and USA forward Landon Donovan was named the 2009 Major League Soccer´s Most Valuable Player on Thursday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/donovan-named-mls-mvpThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT A huge week in French football continues on Friday when the country´s two biggest clubs, Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, meet in a re-arranged league fixture at the Stade Velodrome. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/marseille-psg-resume-hostilitiesThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:00 GMT Egypt suspended its membership of the Union of North African Football Federations on Thursday, complaining that Algerian fans had thrown stones at their supporters during the country´s World Cup exit. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/egypt-quits-n-africa-league-after-algeria-defeatThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT Barcelona´s Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of Saturday´s clash with Athletic Bilbao and could also miss Tuesday´s crucial Champions League tie against Inter Milan. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/barcelona-suffer-ibrahimovic-injury-blowThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT Former France international defender Basile Boli, under investigation by prosecutors here for embezzlement and handling stolen goods, said on Thursday that he had been "unfairly accused". http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/boli-claims-innocence-over-fraud-probeThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT Thierry Henry´s handball that helped France reach the World Cup finals triggered fresh calls for referees to be given more help to get decisions right, either from video technology or extra officials. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/henry-handball-row-fuels-calls-for-video-extra-officialsThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:45:00 GMT Amid the turmoil, France coach Raymond Domenech was told Thursday that he would keep his job and lead ´Les Bleus´ to the World Cup finals in South Africa next summer. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/bulletproof-domenech-survives-another-close-callThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT The Football Association of Ireland called on Thursday on FIFA to order the World Cup playoff with France to be replayed after France´s Thierry Henry helped knock out Ireland with a clear handball. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/ireland-calls-for-france-world-cup-replayThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:00 GMT Police have arrested several people in Germany and abroad suspected of bribing players and officials to fix matches in top European football leagues, German prosecutors said on Thursday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/suspected-football-match-fixing-ring-raidedThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:00 GMT Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal has come under fire from the club's senior management ahead of the German giants' Bundesliga clash with league leaders Leverkusen. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/van-gaal-under-fire-from-bayerns-bossesThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT Angry Ireland called on FIFA Thursday to allow its World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, as a dispute over Thierry Henry´s blatant handball threatened to become a diplomatic row. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/ireland-asks-fifa-for-france-world-cup-replayThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT Angry Irish commentators blasted Thierry Henry as "Le Cheat" on Thursday after the French football skipper helped knock Ireland out of the World Cup with a clear handball. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/ireland-blasts-le-cheat-henry-as-wcup-dream-endsThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT Alberto Aquilani wait for his first start for Liverpool could be prolonged, after his summer move from AS Roma. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/aquilani-keen-on-reds-startThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:22:00 GMT Bavaria based Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich host league leaders Bayer Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena on Sunday, in what is being touted as the "game of the season" by their general manager Uli Hoeness. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/bayerns-moment-of-truthThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:55:00 GMT Italian international Giorgio Chiellini denies he hurt Robin van Persie. A challenge by Chiellini led to torn ankle ligaments that will keep the Arsenal man sidelined for several months. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/chiellini-i-didnt-hurt-van-persieThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:01:00 GMT The referee who mistakenly allowed the goal that sent France to the World Cup succumbed to pressure created by FIFA, Ireland's assistant manager Liam Brady claimed on Thursday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/handball-ref-buckled-under-pressure-irelands-bradyThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:00 GMT A "saddened" Giovanni Trapattoni hit out at match officials but refused to blame Thierry Henry for the handball which helped France controversially dump the Republic of Ireland out of World Cup qualifying here on Wednesday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/henry-handball-ends-irish-world-cup-hopesThu, 19 Nov 2009 10:40:00 GMT Obviously, he was disappointed after his team was eliminated for the World Cup, but Russia coach Guus Hiddink remained realistic after the 1-0 loss in Maribor against Slovenia. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/hiddink-all-credits-to-the-sloveniansThu, 19 Nov 2009 10:23:10 GMT Boru Pahor is a man of his word. Last month, the Slovenian Prime Minister promised to clean the shoes of the players of the national team if they would reach the World Cup. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/slovenian-pm-keeps-promise-and-becomes-shoe-shine-boyThu, 19 Nov 2009 09:44:00 GMT Ireland will be absolutely mad for a few days considering the way they were dumped out of the World Cup. William Gallas' decisive goal was set up by Thierry Henry who handled the ball twice before crossing it to Gallas. The Irish players were devastated, with Robbie Keane and Kevin Doyle blasting the Fifa and Uefa presidents claiming they would be "delighted" with France reaching the World Cup. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/keane-doyle-hit-out-at-platini-and-blatterThu, 19 Nov 2009 09:22:00 GMT The Los Angeles Galaxy cancelled their planned post-season German tour, citing organizational hitches and a need to focus on their upcoming Major League Soccer championship clash with Real Salt Lake. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/mls-cup-contenders-galaxy-cancel-german-tourThu, 19 Nov 2009 05:25:00 GMT Uruguay finished the job, qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a 1-1 draw against Costa Rica. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/uruguay-qualify-for-world-cupThu, 19 Nov 2009 02:05:00 GMT A "saddened" Giovanni Trapattoni hit out at match officials but refused to blame Thierry Henry for the handball which helped France controversially dump the Republic of Ireland out of World Cup qualifying here on Wednesday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/19/henry-handball-ends-irish-world-cup-hopesThu, 19 Nov 2009 01:50:00 GMT