Football: Robinho no loss to Chelsea, insists Scolari (AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari insisted Friday that the failure to sign his fellow Brazilian Robinho would be no loss to the Premier League club this season.
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CAS to hear appeal in Mutu-Chelsea cocaine spat (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration for Sport agreed Friday to hear Adrian Mutu's appeal against an order to pay his former club Chelsea 17.2 million euros (C$26.1 million) in compensation following his dismissal for taking cocaine.
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Newcastle target Chelsea legend Zola as man to follow Keegan (Daily Mail)
Former Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola and Spanish coaches Jose Antonio Camacho and Marcelino Toral have emerged as early front runners for the Newcastle manager's job as the club last night launched a stinging attack on former boss Kevin Keegan.
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Chelsea defender banned for spitting at referee (Independent)
The Chelsea and Serbia defender Slobodan Rajkovic has been suspended from football for 12 months by football's world governing body, Fifa, for spitting at the referee during a match at the Olympics.
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Wenger welcomes investigation into club finances (Aresenal-Mania)
Manager Arsene Wenger has said that he welcomes an initiative from UEFA to investigate the finances of every football club under its umbrella.
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Does the buck stop here for international football? (Fox Sports)
WEBSTER: With the transfer window now closed, can international football still compete with club football?
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Newcastle target Chelsea legend Zola as man to follow Keegan (Daily Mail)
Kevin Keegan's departure from Newcastle United descended into a public slanging match last night as the row between the club and their former manager looked to be heading for a multi-million pound court case.
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Football has sold its soul (Times of Malta)
Dr Al-Fahim has promised to deliver trophies and Champions League football to Manchester City by next season. Slowly but surely English football is being destroyed. Not by the fans, not by the players and not, for once, by the people who run the game.
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Football: Knives out for 'disaster' club Newcastle United (Guardian Unlimited)
Both Alan Shearer and LMA chief Richard Bevan have launched stinging attacks on those in charge at Newcastle United
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Rich men’s fantasy football (Sunday Herald)
morning, Alan Shearer was letting it be known that he has no plans to paddle up the Tyne to St James' Park. The former hero of England and Newcastle finds something amiss with the "set up" at his old club. Translation from the Geordie: Catch me being over-ruled by Dennis Wise? No chance.
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