Zenit St Petersburg coach Dick
Advocaat has agreed to take over as Belgium coach with the deal
due to be finalised this week, a spokesman for the Belgian
Football Association said on Wednesday.
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:04:16 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
FIFA will continue exploring a much-debated plan that would restrict clubs to a maximum of five foreign players in starting lineups, yet stopped short for the second straight year of calling for a definitive vote on the idea. The so-called "6+5" rule, which is strongly backed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, has raised the ire of the European Union, which says the policy would violate... -- read full article
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:07:52 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
FIFA president Sepp Blatter held
back from forcing through his plan to limit teams to five
foreign players asking for a further year to investigate the
legality of the proposal.
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:13:17 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Palermo president Maurizio
Zamparini would consider appointing former Juventus coach
Claudio Ranieri after falling out with current boss Davide
Ballardini.
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Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:03:30 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
CONCACAF's fourth-place team in World Cup qualifying will host South America's fifth-place team in a home-and-home series starting Nov. 14. The series will conclude in South America on Nov. 18, with the winner qualifying for the 32-nation World Cup field in South Africa next year. The matchups won't be known until group qualifying play ends. -- read full article
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:41:48 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Iran coach Afshin Ghotbi has
called on Chinese officials to be impartial in their next 2010
World Cup qualifier, saying poor officiating led to a 1-0 upset
loss to hosts China on Monday.
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Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:13:42 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Of the 24-man roster that traveled to Costa Rica for Wednesday's game, only seven have experience playing with the national team in Estadio Saprissa. -- read full article
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:37:19 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
