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Post by peter on Aug 28, 2013 12:28:07 GMT 1
For the football (soccer.....) -loving AvGeeks who have not yet seen this: Qatar Airways is now sponsor to FC Barcelona. Sorry, no A380 yet  Qatar Airways Commercial |
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Post by Baroque on May 27, 2015 23:24:09 GMT 1
I didn't know where to put this but I suppose we can rename this thread to just football to keep it going. World soccer rocked by U.S., Swiss arrests of officials for graftThis is simply earth-shattering news to us football fans. Long overdue, and I thought it would never happen. I hope that this is start of FIFA's corruption scandals clean up. |
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Post by stealthmanbob on May 28, 2015 11:06:54 GMT 1
I didn't know where to put this but I suppose we can rename this thread to just football to keep it going. World soccer rocked by U.S., Swiss arrests of officials for graftThis is simply earth-shattering news to us football fans. Long overdue, and I thought it would never happen. I hope that this is start of FIFA's corruption scandals clean up. I agree about time too, the corruption has been known about for 20 years. Get shot of Blatter NOW ! Then canx the world cups in Russia and Qatar and re run the bids which were obviously fixed ! |
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Post by peter on May 28, 2015 14:38:03 GMT 1
..... but I suppose we can rename this thread to just football to keep it going. Done |
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Post by stealthmanbob on May 28, 2015 18:38:16 GMT 1
..... but I suppose we can rename this thread to just football to keep it going. Done Blatter still won't stand down / resign even though he said everyone has lost trust in FIFA and him ! I don't think he can hear, even his best mate Plattini ask him to stand down for the good of the game ! And he said no ! business first ? But it is a game ! |
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Post by stealthmanbob on May 28, 2015 18:43:20 GMT 1
I think that England will resign from FIFA if Blatter is re elected, then we can set up a rival competition for 2018 and hope some other countries join in ?
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Post by Baroque on May 29, 2015 1:29:54 GMT 1
Going beyond the corruption allegations, FIFA under Blatter has been pretty much stagnated. It really needs a refreshed leadership to carry the sport forward.
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Post by stealthmanbob on May 29, 2015 18:55:27 GMT 1
What a farce the FIFA vote ! UK population 65Mil 1 vote, France Pop 67mil 1 vote, Germany pop 70mil 1 vote, Brazil pop 200mil 1 vote, Caymen Islands pop 80k 1 vote !!! Guess Blatter sorts out the small countries and hoovers up all their votes. 5% of world population can give you a 60% majority !! Fair game my arse !!!!
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 2, 2015 17:56:30 GMT 1
Blatter has gone, at last !! Guess he knows they are coming for him ? Great email found that he knew about SA paying 10m to Caribean Federation for their votes. bye Bye
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Post by Baroque on Jun 3, 2015 0:26:15 GMT 1
His resignation is certainly positive news. But given how the elections went, and that he won the presidency after all the firestorm, I'm a bit wary of whether the FIFA organisation will find the right replacement...
One of the changes I hope they bring to their governance is to put term limits on the presidency. I can't believe how one person could be allowed to rule the world's biggest sport for almost 2 decades.
Football isn't the only sport out there, however, that had such a long serving boss. Look how badly F1 racing has deteriorated under Bernie Ecclestone...
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