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Big moment for the Ev, this. Could be a win in the Liverpool Being Investigated by Uefa Cup.

Saw that earlier, interesting take on PED. Put me in mind of that Hammer Horror flick Countess Dracula when the quare one bathes in virgins' blood to keep herself young.

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FFS. Wouldn't it be nice if this absurd case was a catalyst for Uefa to reform and regulate the agency industry.

I keep finding myself being reminded of Robbie Keane when I watch him.

There is nothing that I can see about the story on the Guardian Football home page just now. Not a mention of his name apart from under 'Sports Quiz Of The Week'. Edit: Found it, right at the bottom as Number 1 story under "Most Popular". But that's the only link I can see.

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Olé olé. England/London – semi-finals and final Azerbaijan/Baku – three group games, one quarter-final Belgium/Brussels – three group games, one round of 16 game Denmark/Copenhagen – three group games, one round of 16 game Germany/Munich – three group games, one quarter-final Hungary/Budapest – three group games, one round of 16 game Italy/Rome – three group games, one quarter-final Netherlands/Amsterdam – three group games, one round of 16 game Republic of Ireland/Dublin – three group games, one round of 16 game Romania/Bucharest – three group games, one round of 16 game Russia/Saint Petersburg – three group games, one quarter-final Scotland/Glasgow – three group games, one round of 16 game Spain/Bilbao – three group games, one round of 16 game Stockholm Cardiff Sofia Minsk Skopje and Jerusalem miss out.

Wasn't a similar deal done before WC 2006...? How did that turn out?

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Fifa ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert has set a target of the “end of October, beginning of November” to finish investigating the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests. Eckert said at an ethics in sport conference at Fifa on Friday that “I understand it is urgent.” The German judge is “very precisely” reading 430 pages of investigative reports from Fifa prosecutor Michael Garcia. Garcia and his investigators quizzed Fifavoters and officials from the nine bidders, including Russia and Qatar. Eckert says only four ethics committee members have seen the reports. He says no one at Fifa has read them, and no one under investigation has “applied pressure” on him to reveal details. Eckert says Fifa’s ethics code demands confidentiality so “you cannot expect for anything to be disclosed to the public.”

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I thought Turkey had been given the nod for 2024.

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Euro 2020. FFS, clown.

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Decision day today about the 13 host cities. I thought this idea was a bit of a mockery when it was first announced but I'm all right with it now, since they say it's a once off. Whether that holds or not, we'll see. But it'll be good with something new. Seems like Dublin will have a good chance, which will be unprecedented. And London looks like getting the final. It would be hard to stop sniggering up the sleeve if Scotland Very Northern Britain didn't get the nod today of all days.