| West Ham United 1 Fulham 1: match report Clint Dempsey comes back to haunt Robert Green once more but Frederic Piquionne scores to salvage a point for West Ham. telegraph.co.uk |
Soccer Roundup: Dempsey Torments England Goalkeeper Fulham and United States midfielder Clint Dempsey again got the better of goalkeeper Robert Green, scoring a goal Saturday in the English Premier League. feeds.nytimes.com |
FIFA looks into allegations of bribery for World Cup votes FIFA said on Sunday it will examine evidence from a British newspaper alleging that two FIFA executive committee members offered to sell their ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Mexico Name De La Torre as Coach For 2014 World Cup MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Jose Manuel de la Torre succeeded Javier Aguirre as Mexico coach on Monday with the task of steering them through to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. feeds.nytimes.com |
Jérôme Valcke to miss goal-line meeting due to vote-selling claims • Fifa's general secretary forced to cancel visit to Wales• Valcke will instead be in Zurich at ethics committee hearingThe Fifa general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, has cancelled a visit to tomorrow's goal-line technology meeting in Wales to deal with the ongoing corruption crisis.Valcke was due to attend the International FA Board business meeting at Celtic Manor but now he will send other officials to meet the chief executive of the four British associations who with Fifa make up the game's law-making body.Valcke will instead be in Zurich where Fifa's ethics committee are due to hear the case of two Fifa executive committee members, Nigeria's Amos Adamu and Tahiti's Reynald Temarii, who it is claimed asked undercover reporters for cash in return for their World Cup votes. The ethics body is also separately to investigate whether at least two countries campaigning to host the 2018 and or 2022 tournaments breached bidding rules.It is expected the IFAB meeting will take the first steps towards introducing goal-line technology, possibly by appointing an independent company to test the 13 systems that have put themselves forward to Fifa. No major decisions will be taken until the full IFAB meeting in March however.FifaFootball politicsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |