Wednesday October 31, 2007 John Duerden, Guardian Unlimited After an impressive start in charge of Tehran’s biggest club, American citizen Afshin Ghotbi may soon be invited to manage his native country It didn’t make international news headlines in August when an American citizen was greeted by thousands of people at Tehran airport and carried out
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10/30/2007 Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com Is it me or having the Vice President of a country actively seeking the highest football office in the land, while he is holding on to his vice presidency and other responsibilities, is something peculiar let alone in direct conflict with FIFA’s apolitical football requirement. That is precisely what is happening
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10/30/2007 BANGKOK (Reuters) – Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has suspended Kuwait from all international matches because of governmental interference in the national game. The suspension could rule the Gulf state out of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, qualifiers for which resume in two weeks. Kuwait held elections for key posts in the
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10/29/2007 Kaveh Mahjoob, lastkick.com More Troubles for the BLUEs! Once again the week belonged to Sepahan as this team’s victory over UAE’s Alwahda meant for the first time in the Asian Championship League history, an Iranian team would participate in the finals. Bonacic’s team continued to play smart and with the 3 -1 victory of
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10/28/2007 sportinglife.com Thierry Henry struck late in the first half and substitute Lionel Messi added a penalty late on to give Barcelona victory over Almeria at the Nou Camp on Sunday. The France striker had come in for heavy criticism in the lead-up to the game following a string of disappointing performances and a goal
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Monday October 29, 2007 The Guardian, Kevin McCarra at Anfield On an afternoon such as this it feels as if the long run-in to the title has begun. The prize may still be far beyond view but the match pulsed with urgency, gripped the spectator with the contrast of philosophies and offered everything other than
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10/28/2007 lastkick.com Fans, Did you watch Manchester United v Middlesbrough yesterday? Well if you did, you not only would have been witness to one of the more entertaining matches of this season, but also to one of the most amazing goals of the year. The hero for this goal was none other than Portuguese starlet
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Oct 25, 2007 PA Sport ABU DHABI – Sepahan coach Luka Bonacic was pleased with the professional performance of his side on Wednesday as they played out a goalless draw with Al Wahda at Al Nahyan Stadium to advance to the final of the AFC Champions League. The Hazfi Cup holders were able to defend
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