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Blatter Fears Global Influence Of Premier League
by Mitch Phillips (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - March 6)
The increasing worldwide appeal of the Premier League is having a detrimental effect on other countries’ domestic competitions, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Friday. more details | go to article

Coe Joins England's World Cup Bid Campaign
by Mitch Phillips (Profile/Interview | Reuters - February 18)
Sebastian Coe, the driving force behind London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, will add his weight to England's campaign to host the 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup, the FA said on Wednesday. more details | go to article

Clubs All Behind Overseas Plan Says Premier League Chief
by Mitch Phillips (Article | Yahoo - February 13)
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said he still has the backing of all 20 clubs to investigate the idea of playing 10 matches overseas from 2010 and stressed fans would be consulted on the controversial proposal. more details | go to article

Constant Cheating Leaves Bitter After-Taste
by Mitch Phillips (Commentary | Yahoo - July 9)
BERLIN (Reuters) - For many people the abiding memory of the 2006 World Cup will be the diving, cheating and feigning of injury that has permeated the tournament and held football up to ridicule in the eyes of other contact sports. more details | go to article

World-If It Goes To Penalties, Back Germany And Portugal
by Mitch Phillips (Commentary | Yahoo - July 3)
ESSEN, Germany, July 3 (Reuters) - Football purists, neutrals and Italians will be hoping that this week's World Cup semi-finals are settled within 90 or 120 minutes. more details | go to article

Ecuador Shock Poland With 2-0 Victory
by Mitch Phillips (Result | Yahoo - June 9)
GELSENKIRCHEN (Reuters) - Ecuador produced the first shock of the World Cup in the tournament's second match when they beat Poland 2-0 with goals in each half by Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado in Group A on Friday. more details | go to article

Good Grammar And Shiny Hair: Welcome To 21st Century Fan
by Mitch Phillips (Article | Yahoo - January 20)
When 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' - a stinging polemic on the decline of English punctuation - is listed as his favourite book, it is clear that the 21st century soccer fan has come a long way. The biggest annual outlay of today's supporter is on health and beauty products, gym membership and haircuts, where a combined average of almost 700 pounds ($1,306) is spent, more than on clothes. more details | go to article

Exeter Gear Up For Sequel To Greatest Day
by Mitch Phillips (Preview | Yahoo - January 17)
Manchester United taste the extremes of English football this week when, four days after beating Liverpool at Anfield, they travel to Devon for their FA Cup third round replay with minor league Exeter City. United got the ideal preparation by beating Liverpool 1-0 while Exeter took a leaf out of Alex Ferguson's Cup tactics book by resting several players as they also stepped down a level in a 2-2 FA Trophy draw at Billericay. more details | go to article

Nervy Arsenal Must Look Beyond Beating Rosenborg
by Mitch Phillips (Preview | Yahoo - December 6)
Having booked their place in the Champions League by winning the Premier League unbeaten, Arsenal must be wondering how they find themselves needing to beat Rosenborg Trondheim on Tuesday to ensure they stay in the competition. more details | go to article

Man United And Arsenal Suspend Hostilities For League Cup
by Mitch Phillips (Preview | Yahoo - November 30)
Manchester United and Arsenal will dust down their reserve teams for a low-key renewal of their usually spiteful rivalry when they meet in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday. Managers Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger thrive on the mind games surrounding what has developed into the biggest fixture in the English game but even those two heavyweights seem prepared to call a pre-Christmas truce. more details | go to article

City leave Man Utd title hopes in tatters
by Mitch Phillips (Result | Yahoo - March 14)
Manchester United's slim hopes of retaining the premier league title disappeared in the most painful way possible on Sunday when they were beaten 4-1 at arch rivals Manchester City. With 10 games left, United are now 12 points behind league leaders Arsenal and three behind second-placed Chelsea. more details | go to article

Blatter moves towards forcing leagues to cut numbers
by Mitch Phillips (Article | Yahoo - March 1)
After years of asking countries to cut the number of domestic club matches FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday he had taken the first step towards forcing the issue. Blatter has long argued that 20-club leagues, combined with domestic and European cup competitions, makes for too many matches and means that it is impossible for the sport to fit in with the coordinated calendar agreed upon four years ago. more details | go to article

Blatter takes Ferdinand complaint to the top
by Mitch Phillips (Article | Yahoo - March 1)
"I told him (Blair) we had a very good example of how not to deal with a matter of doping, which was the Rio Ferdinand case," Blatter told a media briefing in London. Also: The FIFA president said the two men had also discussed the London bid for the 2012 Olympics and Blatter assured Blair his organisation would not stand in the way of Britain entering a team in the Olympic soccer tournament. more details | go to article

Manchester United, Juventus Lose in Champions League
by Mitch Phillips (Article | Yahoo - February 25)
Manchester United and last season's runner-up Juventus will have to come from behind to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League after losing away legs Wednesday. Two goals by South Africa striker Benni McCarthy gave Porto a 2-1 comeback win in Portugal in the first leg of their first knockout round clash. more details | go to article

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