UEFA President Michel Platini on Monday hailed the unifying force of football after the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Armenia and Turkey at the weekend was accompanied by an historic visit of the Turkish president to Yerevan. -- read full article
Beleaguered Brazil coach
Dunga hit back at his critics on Monday and said his team's 3-0
World Cup qualifying win over Chile proved he was doing a good
job.
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Argentina forward Carlos
Tevez apologised on Monday after being sent off in the first
half for the second time in three international appearances.
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Romania added Ciprian Marica
and Daniel Niculae to their growing injury list on Monday after
both forwards were ruled out of Wednesday's World Cup qualifying
trip to the Faroe Islands.
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Brazil's 3-0 World Cup
qualifying win away to Chile on Sunday has given some breathing
space to coach Dunga, who had been facing the possibility of the
sack in the case of defeat.
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi on Monday called up midfielder Antonio Nocerino in place of injured Gennaro Gattuso for the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Georgia midweek. -- read full article
French first division side Nantes have been ordered to pay 879,462 euros (1.2 million dollars) compensation to former coach Georges Eo for unfair dismissal. -- read full article
Rangers midfielder Lee McCulloch has retired from international football, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) confirmed on Monday. -- read full article
Newcastle assistant manager Terry McDermott and reserve team coach Adam Sadler have both left the Premier League club following the departure last week of manager Kevin Keegan. -- read full article
Carlos Tevez and his former
Manchester United team mate Gabriel Heinze were both in the
doghouse on Sunday after a comedy of errors in the first half of
Argentina's 1-1 draw at home to Paraguay.
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Mohamed Aboutrika scored the
winner as African champions Egypt beat the Democratic Republic
of Congo 1-0 away in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday.
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England's senior players, including David Beckham and John Terry, are attempting to quash any talk of revenge as they prepare for a World Cup qualifier against Croatia in Zagreb on Wednesday that could begin to define the new Fabio Capello era. -- read full article
Striker Razak Omotoyossi scored
twice on Sunday in a 3-2 win over Angola in Cotonou to hand
Benin a place in the last round of the African qualifiers for
the 2010 World Cup finals.
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Italian defenders Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Gamberini, who got injured in their 2-1 opening World Cup qualifying win in Cyprus, will not be replaced, Italian coach Marcello Lippi said on Sunday. -- read full article
