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Record revenues but team-building cost weighs on Man Utd’s bottom-line

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By David Owen
November 12 – Manchester United continue to show the financial effects of their attempts to restore their dominance of the English club game, in spite of scoring a near 40% jump in first quarter revenues. A hike in costs, plus a financial hit on transfer dealings as manager Louis van Gaal and colleagues attempt to create a team worthy of the United brand, meant that pre-tax profits in the three months to September 30 were down 36% on a year earlier at £5.2 million.

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Swiss not decided on whether Figueredo sent to US or Uruguay

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November 12 – Former FIFA vice-president Eugenio Figueredo, one of the ‘Zurich Seven’ arrested in May as part of the US-led probe into $150 million worth of financial corruption stretching back 24 years, has instigated a tug of war between the United States and his native Uruguay for his extradition.

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FIFA clears five to go forward to election, Platini must wait

By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – The race for the FIFA presidency will be contested by five candidates, pending Michel Platini’s appeal against suspension, after Liberia’s Musa Bility was unexpectedly ruled out following integrity checks into the potential contenders to take over from Sepp Blatter on February 26.

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Rauball takes charge in Germany but warns crisis will take time to repair

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By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – Germany’s ‘s joint interim FA chief Reinhard Rauball has warned of a long road ahead to pull the country out of its off-the-field political crisis.

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Three extends Irish deal through to Euro 2020, as team battles for Euro 2016 spot

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By Mark Baber
November 12 – CK Hutchison Holdings Limited’s Three-branded Irish telecoms business announced on Wednesday the renewal of its partnership with the Republic of Ireland football team and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), pledging support to Irish football until 2020 in a deal worth €8.9 million.

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Maracanã to host men’s and women’s 2016 Olympic football finals

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By David Owen
November 12 – FIFA has announced that the mythical Maracanã Stadium, spiritual home of the Brazilian football team, is to host both the men’s and the women’s Olympic football finals.

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US avoids concussion lawsuit with ban on U10s heading the ball and education

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By Ben Nicholson
November 12 – In response to a pending lawsuit regarding concussion protection amongst youth ‘soccer’ players, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) has changed its practices so as to improve concussion awareness and education, and ban heading altogether for U10s.

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WADA suspends Moscow anti-doping laboratory

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By David Owen
November 12 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has moved immediately to suspend the accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory in the Russian capital, the Moscow Antidoping Center. The head of the laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, has also resigned.

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Beckham’s Miami dreams falter as they refuse to play ‘stupid’

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By Ben Nicholson
November 12 – David Beckham’s plan to build a stadium in Miami is again faltering following comments made by Tim Lieweke (pictured), who is leading negotiations for Beckham’s group. This time three private parties are holding out on selling their property and holding up Beckham’s MLS franchise dream.

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Happy Hammers still in profit as they prepare to leave Boleyn Ground after 112 years

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By David Owen
November 12 – West Ham United, the east London club gearing up to move to the Olympic stadium next year, has suffered a fall in annual profits owing to rising costs.

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Blatter in hospital after suffering “small breakdown”

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November 11- Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who a few days ago was reported to be suffering from stress, has now been hospitalised for treatment after what has been described as a “small breakdown”.

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‘Many’ opponents have used performance-enhancing drugs, claims Arsenal boss

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By Mark Baber
November 11- In the wake of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) bombshell revelations about doping in Russian athletics, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has suggested that many opponents, both past and present, might have used performance- enhancing drugs, adding to worries about whether football might be drawn into the ongoing scandal.

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Infantino spells out his Fifa vision but everything depends on Platini

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By Andrew Warshaw
November 11- Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino insists he will not give way to Michel Platini if he wins the Fifa presidential election on February 26.

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Instagrammers line up to make FA Cup photo history

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By Tom Parsons
November 11- Will you be following the FA Cup this year? Do you take photographs on Instagram? Well , in a tradition-breaking endeavour by the English FA, your photograph could be used on tickets for this season’s showpiece final.

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Benzema to take legal action over sex video claims

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November 11- Real Madrid’s French international striker Karim Benzema, placed under formal investigation in connection with an alleged sex tape blackmail plot, is to take legal action after a French radio station published extracts of phone taps that could incriminate him, according to his lawyer.