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| Nine nations from the South America's soccer confederation will urge FIFA's executive body to exempt the Bolivian mountain city of La Paz from its ban on international matches played at high altitude. FIFA's executive leadership is to meet May 27 in Sydney, Australia, for a regular session at which Conmebol president Nicolas Leoz is expected to lead appeal efforts. |
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| FIFA have done an about-turn on their high-altitude policy by allowing Bolivia to play their 2010 World Cup qualifying matches in the capital La Paz, announced the South American football federation (Conmebol) on Saturday. |
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| The South American soccer federation was not pleased that the United States left Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley and other top players off the team it sent to the Copa America. "We like for the continent's most important competition to be respected with the best players," CONMEBOL general secretary Eduardo Deluca told The Associated Press on in a telephone interview on Wednesday. |
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| The South American soccer federation is set to confront FIFA in another effort to persuade world soccer's governing body to overturn its ban on international matches at high altitude. CONMEBOL will present its position to the FIFA medical commission director, and FIFA's executive committee will review the issue Wednesday. |
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| The South American football confederation (CONMEBOL) confirmed Friday that they will be calling on FIFA to temporarily suspend their ban on high-altitude stadiums being used for international matches. |
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| An additional English club will
qualify for next season's UEFA Cup after England topped Europe's
fair play rankings, UEFA said on Friday.
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| Injured Czech Republic midfielder
Tomas Rosicky has been ruled out of Euro 2008, his English
Premier League club Arsenal said on Friday.
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| The Czech Republic's injured captain Tomas Rosicky announced Friday that he will not be taking part in next month's European Championships due to a recurring knee injury. |
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| Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that title rivals Chelsea's final fixture of the season will be against a Bolton side that has "been out celebrating all week" and hit out at claims Manchester United will have it easy at Wigan. |
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| Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is concerned that his Euro 2008 side could be handicapped by the absence of talismanic players like Inter Milan veteran Luis Figo and PSG skipper Pedro Pauleta. |
