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Webb calls for more education and tougher sanctions in the fight against racism

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 21 – The FIFA vice-president leading the campaign to wipe out racism in football says there must be no let-up in the effort to spread the message and punish the offenders. Jeffrey Webb, President of CONCACAF and head of FIFA’s anti-discrimination Task Force, was a guest speaker at Tuesday night’s star-studded 20th anniversary of Britain’s Kick It Out movement and called for collective solidarity and inclusion.

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BSports releases Power50 rankings, Suarez tops list

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By Paul Nicholson
May 21- Bloomberg have released their ‘BSports Power 50’ ranking of the top European footballers over the 2013/14 season. Liverpool’s Luis Suarez tops the ranking while, not surprisingly, Spain’s Atlético de Madrid were the top represented club with eight players in the top 50.

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FIFA call for extra test event in Sao Paulo as Pele turns up the heat on corruption

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 21 – Brazilian legend Pele says the delays that have plagued the World Cup in his country have been “a disgrace” as FIFA called for a further test event at the stadium that is hosting the opening game. Sao Paulo’s Itaquerao, Cuiaba’s Arena Pantanal and Curitiba’s Arena da Baixada are all unfinished despite the tournament starting in less than a month, and Pele is dismayed.

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INSIDE nominated in World Soccer Talk Awards; help David beat the Goliaths

May 21 – With good fan support upstart minnows can occasionally knock out the bigger and bullying football fish. INSIDEworldfootball has been nominated for a Readers’ Choice award in two categories in the 2013/14 World Soccer Talk Awards. Nominations are for Best Online Coverage for insideworldfootball.com, while Matt Scott has been nominated in the Best Writer category for his columns on the site.

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Matt Scott: FFP Judgement Day tests the work clubs have done

“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw – each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.” Corinthians 3:12-13

When the angel comes out of heaven with the key to the Abyss and holding that great big chain thingy,

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UNCAF to play its 2014 Cup in the US in September

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May 21 – The US has rapidly become the country of choice for Central and South American championships. Earlier this month CONCACAF announced it would be hosting the Copa America Centenario in the US in 2016. Now the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) have confirmed they will play their 25th anniversary Central American Cup in the US.

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Premier League backs Scudamore but the ‘sexual’ tension continues

Peter Scudamore

May 20 – The Premier League has given its chief executive Richard Scudamore a vote of confidence following his now infamous emailed sexism comments that were published in an English Sunday newspaper. But the adverse reaction to his comments has kicked up a storm that shows no sign of abating.

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AFC Challenge Cup kicks off in the Maldives

By Mark Baber
May 20 – Monday’s kick-off of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup final is being hailed as a remarkable achievement for the Maldives (total population 340,000) which has managed to refurbish two stadiums to bring them up to AFC standards.

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Van Gaal promises history-making as he heads for Manchester

Louis van Gaal

May 20 – The announcement of Louis van Gaal as Manchester United manager – football’s most open secret – has been widely hailed as the best possible appointment to restore the club to its former glories at home and in Europe after the one-season disaster under the luckless David Moyes.

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Twitter takes the social media lead as fans get voting

By Tom Parsons
May 20 – Football clubs and media have increasingly turned to Twitter as their platform of choice for getting their audiences to vote for events and individuals as the end of term football awards season gets into full swing.

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Totolotek stakes sponsorship money on growth of Poland’s Gornik Zabrze

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By Jaroslaw Adamowski
May 20 – Gornik Zabrze has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with betting operator Totolotek who will become the Polish club’s new main sponsor.

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Brazil races towards stadium handover day, as FIFA chiefs set up camp

Jerome Valcke at Itaquerao stadium

By Andrew Warshaw
May 20 – FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has arrived in Brazil for the final time to oversee the run-up to the start of the World Cup, saying he expects “busy days ahead” to make sure everything is ready on time. Valcke arrived 24 hours after Brazil held the last two test events at its delayed stadiums, notably at the Sao Paulo venue that will host the opening game, and will visit all 12 host cities one last time “to see that the finishing touches”

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Qataris release more detail of Al Wakrah Stadium schedule

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May 20 – Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organisers have announced the second phase of construction at Al Wakrah, the first of the proposed venues to stage the finals. Last week the Qataris announced sweeping changes to their own labour laws though there was still criticism from pressure groups that they hadn’t gone far enough.

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CSKA pulls out of public listing as share sale falls flat

CSKA shares fail

By Alexander Krassimirov
May 20 – Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia has failed in its bid to become a public company listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. The failed IPO sold only 360,000 shares – the minimum requirement for the club to become publicly traded was 1.4 million. 3 million shares had been released for sale at the nominal price of BGN 3 (€1,5).

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Cup Final blunder puts goalline technology back on the German agenda

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 20 – Two months after its top clubs voted against goalline technology, the subject has moved back into the spotlight in Germany following a controversial decision in last weekend’s domestic cup final between rivals Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.