|
|
| Round-up of the weekend soccer
action in eastern Europe:
|
|
| For nearly 75 minutes, it seemed the Columbus Crew would see their winning streak and stint atop the Eastern Conference come to an end. That all changed in 11 minutes. |
|
| Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were relegated from the Bundesliga on Saturday while champions Bayern are on the verge of the record for the least amount of league goals conceded in a season. |
|
| Werder Bremen won 1-0 at Hamburg
SV on Wednesday despite finishing with nine men to clinch a
top-three finish, and at least a place in the Champions League
qualifiers, for themselves and chief rivals Schalke 04.
|
|
| FIFA president Sepp Blatter will
propose stricter rules on switching nationalities later this
month to prevent World Cup finals becoming dominated by
Brazilians.
The head of world soccer's governing body said many
countries, notably in Africa and Europe, had abused the current
rules whereby a player can play for a country other than the one
of their birth if he has lived in a country for at least two
years, or has a parent or grandparent who was born there.
|
|
| England coach Fabio Capello believes he will be able to meet the Football Association's demand to see the national team reach at least the semi-finals of the next World Cup or Euro 2012. |
|
| The Football Association wants
coach Fabio Capello to take England at least to the semi-finals
of the 2010 World Cup or Euro 2012, the FA said in a review
published on Tuesday.
|
|
| Fabio Capello has been told he is expected to take England to at least the semi-finals of the next World Cup or Euro 2012 as part of ambitious targets announced by the Football Association. |
|
| Thierry Henry has insisted he will stay for at least another year with Barcelona despite a mixed first season in Spanish football. |
|
| Russia?s foreign ministry eased the visa process for English soccer fans traveling to Moscow for a big game, lessening tensions generated by the murder of Aleksander V. Litvinenko |
