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David Gold: Video technology is unlikely to work as well in football as it does in tennis because of grey areas in the rulebook

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Last Sunday the merits of video technology in sport were there for all to see as Roger Federer swept his way to equalling Pete Sampras’ Wimbledon record of seven titles at the expense of Andy Murray. Two players, both with three challenges during each set of a tennis game, with an extra one in the event of a tie-break.

To football fans watching, it must have begged the question, “Why can we not do this in football?”

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Giggs hopeful of future Team GB Olympic squads following London 2012

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By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

July 17 – Ryan Giggs, captain of the first all-British team to take part in the Olympic football tournament in the modern era, hopes London 2012 can act as a springboard for future participation in the Games.

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Bin Hammam hit with AFC ban over financial wrongdoing

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 17 – Former Asian football supremo Mohamed Bin Hammam’s hopes of restoring his power base have been effectively dashed after he was sanctioned by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) when an audit of AFC accounts revealed allegations of financial wrongdoing.

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Sturridge must be fully fit to compete at London 2012, insists British coach

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By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

July 16 – Team GB head coach Stuart Pearce says he will not take a chance on his main striker Daniel Sturridge – unless he is 100 per cent convinced of the player’s fitness ahead of the country’s opening London 2012 fixture against Senegal at Old Trafford on July 26.

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Dundee step up to Scottish Premier League to replace demoted Glasgow Rangers

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 16 – Dundee, who finished runners-up in the Scottish First Division last season, seem certain to replace ailing Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premier League (SPL) next term.

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Brazil embraces Football for Health programme based around 2014 World Cup

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By David Gold

July 16 – The Confederation of Brazilian Football (CBF), FIFA and the Organising Committee for Brazil 2014 have joined together to launch a Football for Health programme.

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Eltham College transformed for Team GB’s London 2012 football squad

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By Sara Evans

July 16 – Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) have overhauled the pitches at London’s Eltham College in preparation of the arrival of Team GB’s Olympic football squad.

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Philip Barker: How Britain’s footballers’ bid for 1968 Olympic glory was scuppered by the Spanish

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Stuart Pearce’s Great Britain squad begin their Olympic preparations in Spain with a behind closed doors friendly against Mexico. For the only previous British Olympic team to play on Spanish soil, a place at the 1968 Olympics IN Mexico was at stake.

The Great Britain manager at the time was Football Association staff coach Charles Hughes, much later vilified for his long ball theories.

“The training was really professionally run. It was stuff that we hadn’t been used to,”

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Germany “appalled” by ISL affair as calls come in for Blatter to quit

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 16 – The pressure on FIFA President Sepp Blatter over the ISL bribery affair shows no sign of relenting after German football officials said they were “appalled” and one of them suggested he step down.

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Blatter wants Havelange stripped of honorary FIFA Presidency

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 15 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants his predecessor, Joao Havelange, stripped of his honorary Presidency because of his role in the ISL bribery scandal.

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No goal-line technology in next season’s UEFA competitions

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 14 – UEFA President Michel Platini’s disdain for the advent of goal-line technology has been made abundantly clear with the announcement that his preferred “human” system of two additional assistants will continue in the Champions League and Europa League next season.

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Enrique Sanz appointed as new CONCACAF general secretary

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 14 – Colombian-born Enrique Sanz has been appointed the new general secretary of CONCACAF, effective July 25, as the Confederation of North and Central America and the Caribbean continues its attempt to restore its credibility.

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Terry acquitted of racism charges

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 13 – Former England captain John Terry was cleared of racial abuse today as one of the highest profile court cases involving a globally recognised sportsman reached its conclusion after five days of evidence.

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New Rangers to start life in Scottish Third Division

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 13 – Scottish giants Rangers were sensationally ordered to start life in their new guise in the lowest tier of Scottish football today, the ultimate humiliation for one of most iconic names in European football.

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Barclays secures new £40 million Premier League deal

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 13 – Barclays may be embroiled in an unprecedented rate-fixing scandal that has plunged its global reputation into disarray but that has done little to affect its involvement in football with the announcement that the banking giant has extended its sponsorship of the English Premier League until 2016 in a three-year deal worth £40 million ($62 million/€51 million) a season from 2013.