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| DOHA, Qatar (AP) Al-Jazeera says it will launch two sports channels in the United States in August. |
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| The president of the Egyptian Professional Footballers' Association says "no third party" was behind the rioting by fans at a match last month that killed 74 people and injured hundreds of others in the Mediterranean city of Port Said. Seaking at a sports and security conference in Doha, Magdy Abdel Ghani says he is familiar with the investigation into the riots that has led to 75... |
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| The president of the Egyptian Football Association says "no third party" was behind the rioting by fans at a match last month that killed 74 people and injured hundreds of others. Magdy Abdel Ghany, speaking Thursday at a sports and security conference in Doha, also said the investigation into the riots that have resulted in at least 60 arrests would be finished by next week. |
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It had been a few hours since a Premier League executive made himself look like a twit, so chairman Sir Dave Richards came to the rescue by going on a rant at a sport and security conference in Doha, Qatar before falling in a decorative pool.
From the AP :
"England gave the world football. It gave the best legacy anyone could give. We gave them the game," Richards said. "For 50 years, we owned the game … we were the governance of the game. We wrote the rules, designed the pitches and everything else.
"Then, 50 years later, some guy came along and said you're liars and they actually stole it. It was called FIFA. Fifty years later, another gang came along called UEFA and stole a bit more." [...]
Then after the conference, on his way to a dinner reception, Richards slipped and tumbled knee-deep into a museum pool from which he was rescued by Phil Gartside, the Bolton chairman and fellow Football Association board member.
As you can see, this incident sounds very similar to the time Michael Scott fell in a koi pond on the U.S. version of The Office.
The Premier League was quick to distance itself from its chairman's comments , stating, "Sir Dave is attending the conference in a private and personal capacity; his comments in no way reflect the views of the Premier League."
That's right. As evidenced by The Premier League's latest victory in claiming authority from the FA , it is now clear that the Premier League does not think England owns football, it think the Premier League owns football. |
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| DOHA, Qatar - Premier League chairman Dave Richards went on a rant Wednesday at a sports and security conference, accusing FIFA and UEFA of stealing the game of soccer from the English. |
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| Midfielder Ahmed Hassan is
poised to become the most capped international in world football
on Wednesday when he makes his 179th appearance for Egypt
against Niger in a friendly in Doha, Qatar.
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| Qatar hired its first major contractor for the 2022 World Cup, choosing American consulting firm CH2M Hill to help deliver the tournament in the Gulf nation. The firm will work with the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee to ensure all World Cup-related projects -- including the 12 stadiums, the new Doha International Airport and a metro network -- are built on time. |
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| Iraq have had a 2-0 Olympic
qualifying win over the United Arab Emirates taken away after
fielding an ineligible player in their Nov 27 match in Doha,
Asian officials said on Wednesday.
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David Beckham is set to stay with the Los Angeles Galaxy after turning down a chance to join Paris Saint-Germain, the French club said Tuesday. After weeks of negotiations with PSG, the 36-year-old midfielder and former England captain decided he doesn't want to move his family from the United States.
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David Beckham is set to stay with the Los Angeles Galaxy after turning down a chance to join Paris Saint-Germain, the French club said Tuesday. After weeks of negotiations with PSG, the 36-year-old midfielder and former England captain decided he doesn't want to move his family from the United States.
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