| Inter's Eto'o scores 3 in Champions League Samuel Eto'o kickstarted Inter Milan's defence of its Champions League title with a hat trick in the 4-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen on Wednesday and Rubin Kazan again frustrated Barcelona by holding the Spanish giants to a 1-1 draw in Russia. cbc.ca |
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Arsenal 2 Birmingham City 1: match report Arsenal come from behind to beat Brimingham in a match where the issue of dangerous tackles was to the fore again. telegraph.co.uk |
Hamburg stops Mainz winning streak at 7 The amazing run of Mainz ends in a 1-0 loss to Hamburg on a last-gasp goal on Saturday, costing Mainz the lead in the Bundesliga and its seven-win streak to start the season. cbc.ca |
Blatter bemoans vote-selling allegations • Fifa president Sepp Blatter writes to executive committee• Fifa to begin investigation into newspaper allegationsThe Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, said today that allegations of vote-selling by two Fifa executive committee members, ahead of the decision on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts, had had "a very negative impact" on football's world governing body.In an open letter to the executive committee that was published on Fifa's website, www.fifa.com, Blatter said: "I am sorry to have to inform you of a very unpleasant situation which has developed in relation to an article published today in the Sunday Times, entitled 'World Cup votes for sale'."The information in the article has created a very negative impact on Fifa and on the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups."Blatter said that Fifa would begin an investigation into the allegations immediately and asked Fifa executive committee members to refrain from making public comments on the matter.FifaWorld Cup 2018Sepp BlatterFootball politicsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |