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Lionel Messi Wins FIFA's Player of the Year Award Despite Poor World Cup

It's hard to argue with anyone who claims that Lionel Messi is the best soccer player in the world. But was he the player of the year? For the first time since it was introduced in 1991, the FIFA player of the year award has gone to someone who did not lift the World Cup the preceding summer. Fifty-eight goals in 54 club...

Will Israeli Soccer Team Be Banned Over Country's Treatment of Palestinian Players?

(Oct. 6) -- The head of European soccer's governing body, Michel Platini, says Israel may be banned for limiting the movement of Palestinian athletes, reports the Israeli daily Haaretz following accounts of Platini's statements in the Arab press. "We accepted Israel into Europe and it must abide by the laws and...

Extra Officials Added to Champions League

The powers running the various soccer leagues and international competitions across the globe will never be mistaken for a group of progressive politicians. The status quo is more than all right for Sepp Blatter et al. Yet the billions of worldwide eyeballs watching the World Cup in South Africa saw a tournament fraught...

All Eyes on Mourinho in Champions League Final

Never mind the fact that Saturday's Champions League final pits the current champions of Italy and Germany vying for their third major trophy of the season. Never mind, either, that the match between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu in Madrid serves as a perfect preview of next month's World Cup. The...

Rooney Returns, But Bayern KO Manchester United

Less than 24 hours after Lionel Messi got the soccer world buzzing with his amazing four-goal display for Barcelona against Arsenal in the Champions League, another mega-headline emerged with Wayne Rooney working his way back into the Manchester United starting lineup for Wednesday's game against Bayern Munich. While...

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05/21/12 NFF Congratulates Mikel Obi Over UEFA Champions... Source: AllAfrica.com The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated Nigeria's international midfielder, John Mikel Obi, over the UEFA Champions League victory.
05/19/12 With a close team of officials alongside him, Pedro... Source: UEFA UK In theory his is a lonely, isolated role â a man who hopes to do his job so well that he is barely noticed, a support actor primed to work so that the stars can shine.
05/13/12 Juventus ensured they finished their title-winning... Source: UEFA UK Having secured the Scudetto last weekend for the first time since 2002/03, Juventus ensured they finished their 38-game season unbeaten with a 3-1 victory against Atalanta BC.
05/09/12 Fox Sports Media Group Sets 'Survival Sunday' Soccer... Source: Multichannel News Fox Sports Media Group has set its "Survival Sunday" lineup.

Background on uefa champions league

The UEFA Champions League known simply as the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe.

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