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Inter Milan and Juventus, the top two teams in Serie A, are desperately trying to avoid talking up their looming table-topping clash. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/inter-juve-try-to-forget-looming-title-showdownMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:15 +0200 Walter Smith will ignore speculation surrounding his future as he concentrates on leading his team to victory against Kilmarnock on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/smith-shrugs-off-scotland-speculationMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:14 +0200 Fresh from winning his 100th Spain cap, goalkeeper Iker Casillas returns to club duty with Real Madrid insisting they mustn´t start thinking about the ´Clasico´ against Barcelona in 10 days´ time. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/centurion-casillas-tells-real-to-forget-barcaMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:13 +0200 Hanover 96 return to German league action on Saturday having bid farewell to Robert Enke who committed suicide last week, but with memories of their tragic goalkeeper still fresh in their minds. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/hanover-ready-for-schalke-after-enke-tragedyMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:12 +0200 Liverpool´s ability to resurrect a campaign that is in danger of collapsing around them goes under the microscope when Manchester City visit Anfield on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/desperate-liverpool-face-city-crunchMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:11 +0200 European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent´s worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/europe-stunned-by-football-match-rigging-bombshellMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:10 +0200 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/21/europe-match-fixing-probe-targets-200-gamesMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:09 +0200 England midfielder David Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/injured-beckham-vows-to-play-mls-cup-finalMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:06 +0200 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-psgMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:04 +0200 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-replayMon, 18 May 2009 11:10:00 +0200 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-henryMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:57 +0200 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-replayMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:56 +0200 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-footballMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:54 +0200 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-rowMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:50 +0200 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-penaltyMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:49 +0200 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-stormMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:47 +0200 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-faiMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:44 +0200 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-improvementMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:41 +0200 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-deathMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:39 +0200 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-solutionMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:25 +0200 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-implicatedMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:21 +0200 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-scotlandMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:13 +0200 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-helpMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:07 +0200 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-egyptMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:03 +0200 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-yearsMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:02 +0200 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-gamesMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:01 +0200 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-embassyMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:57 +0200 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-replayMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:55 +0200 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-lossMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:54 +0200 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-contractMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:51 +0200 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-spotMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:48 +0200 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-replayMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:45 +0200 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-fateMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:44 +0200 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-reportMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:43 +0200 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-prideMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:42 +0200 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-mvpMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:40 +0200 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-hostilitiesMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:35 +0200 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-defeatMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:32 +0200 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-blowMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:31 +0200 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-probeMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:28 +0200 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-officialsMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:26 +0200 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-callMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:24 +0200 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-replayMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:17 +0200 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-raidedMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:16 +0200 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-bossesMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:14 +0200 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-replayMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:12 +0200 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-endsMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:11 +0200 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-startMon, 18 May 2009 11:08:03 +0200 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-truthMon, 18 May 2009 11:07:58 +0200 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-persieMon, 18 May 2009 11:07:57 +0200