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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon Brown intervened today to shore up England's troubled bid for the 2018 World Cup when he met a veteran Fifa vice-president who has dismissed England's chances. The prime minister took time out from the Commonwealth summit to meet the Trinidadian Jack Warner who recently criticised the England bid leadership as "lightweight". Downing Street described the 20-minute meeting...
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Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
From RTE FIFA President calls extraordinary meeting Monday, 23 November 2009 17:45 FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
• Betting irregularities in football also on agenda • Meeting to take place on 2 December in Cape Town Fifa's president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee in response to the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat by France in the World Cup play-offs. The meeting in Cape Town next week has also been called in...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary general meeting for December 2 following the Thierry Henry handball incident and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Europe. A FIFA statement released by world football's ruling body said Monday: "Due to recent events in the world of football, namely incidents at the play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World...
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Extravagant Nonsense (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
FIFA have taken swift action to calm the troubled waters of world football after the Thierry Henry scandal, announcing that from next year, all top-level matches will be refereed by a taskforce of twenty-eight officials. The system, secretly trialled at the last World Cup (see picture above), could be in place as early as January 2010, if two million new referees can be trained in time. The...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee in response to the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat by France in the World Cup play-offs.
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Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee following the incidents which occurred during the World Cup play-offs...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee in response to the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat by France in the World Cup play-offs.
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Cape Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting of its executive committee ahead of the World Cup draw in South Africa to deal with the fallout from Thierry Henry's handball, violence at Algeria-Egypt games and match-fixing allegations in Europe.
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Pretoria News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting of its executive committee ahead of the World Cup draw to deal with the fallout from Thierry Henry's handball, violence at Algeria-Egypt games and match-fixing allegations in Europe.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary general meeting following Thierry Henry's handball and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing.
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee in the wake of the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat by France in the World Cup play-offs.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body’s executive committee in response to the Republic of Ireland’s controversial defeat by France in the World Cup play-offs.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
THE Republic of Ireland's controversial exit from the World Cup will come -under the spotlight at a special FIFA meeting in South -Africa next week.
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee in response to the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat by France in the World Cup play-offs.
