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Matt Scott: The hard times are over – Villa is no longer a bleak house

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.” David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

Sixpence a year of overspending was all it took to bring misery to the burghers of 19th Century London, as Wilkins Micawber famously observed. Although life in the Premier League today could not be more different to that of Dickensian England, Micawber’s lesson is well heeded,

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Cola wars: Coke fizzes to US finish line to oust Pepsi deal

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April 14 – US soccer is changing its Cola brand. PepsiCo, which has been a core sponsor of the MLS since 1996, is making way for Coca-Cola who take over as the official non-alcoholic beverage of the MLS and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).

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Russia to replace imports with domestic products for World Cup 2018

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By Mark Baber
April 14 – The Russian government has extended their import substitution policy to construction projects for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in response to fall of the rouble, oil price fall and Western sanctions.

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Figo keen to exploit fertile CONCACAF lobbying territory

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By Andrew Warshaw
April 14 – The Fifa presidential campaign swings into the Bahamas this week, with Concacaf the latest battle ground for those bidding for power on May 29.

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Former top-flight player acted as game-rigging fixer, court told

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April 14 – An Ex-Premier League footballer searched for players to help “fix” lower-league matches, a English court has been told.

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Bruised Australia not keen on World Cup sharing idea

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April 14 – Australia has given a lukewarm response to the idea of co-hosting the World Cup with New Zealand. Oceania is the only Continent still to stage the tournament and the Kiwis are apparently eyeing up the possibility of sharing the tournament with their neighbour.

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Webb gathers his federations for congress as new era readies for new challenges

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April 14 – This Thursday the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) will gather its national federations in Bahamas for what will be the third annual congress under the presidency of Jeffrey Webb. It has been a period of dramatic transformation and reform for the confederation and produced a regional governing body that is virtually unrecognisable in comparison to what had gone before.

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Shaky start for Russian legacy as Rotor Volgograd goes bust

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April 14 – World Cup legacy is championed as an important ingredient of hosting the world’s biggest sporting event and generally the build-up to the event generates enthusiasm and excitement for the game – it is a catalyst for the growth of the game in the country. So the news that Rotor Volgograd, one of Russia leading clubs in the 1990s has gone bust, is a an unfortunate counter to the legacy proposition.

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For and against: someone’s backside will get spanked in the FIFA elections

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April 14 – Ask two former legendary players from two different continents and you will likely get two different viewpoints on the upcoming FIFA presidential election.

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FC Augsburg signs new lead sponsor in increased revenue deal

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By Jaroslaw Adamowski
April 13 – German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg has secured a new sponsorship deal with Germany’s insurance group WWK Versicherungsgruppe. The insurer will tale over as the club’s main sponsor in a deal estimated to be worth €3 million per year.

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Mihir Bose: So what will Blatter do after May 29?

No, this is not a joke question but a very serious one. The jokey part of it is that once on the afternoon of May 29 in Zurich, the national associations re-elect Sepp Blatter for a fifth term as President, the 78 year old will cavort on stage possibly with a football as he acknowledges the hosannas of his followers like a medieval monarch. He has done that in the past and, as in 2002,

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Peace in Africa: Morocco and Tunisia say war with CAF is over

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April 13 – Morocco and Tunisia say they have settled their differences with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following their respective spats over the African Cup of Nations.

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Chinese whispers: could AC Milan sale be crowdsourced to 500,000+ buyers?

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By Mark Baber
April 13: A report by the Chinese Xinhua news agency, quoting the vice-president of the Italy-China Chamber of Commerce, has ignited a new bout of media speculation about the future ownership of Italy’s AC Milan.

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Man City’s Kompany slams FFP saying it preserves the old order

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April 13 – The captain of English champions Manchester City has taken a swipe at UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) rules by saying they simply protect the old order rather than assist clubs like his that challenge for major honours by heavy investment.

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FIFA and Indonesians stand off over government meddling in Super League

By Andrew Warshaw
April 13 – Indonesian authorities are at loggerheads with FIFA over alleged government interference amid continuing uncertainty afflicting the domestic game.