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    Fifa Award Finals To Debutant Hosts
    Share Russia have won the race to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. After evaluating the competing bids in Zurich  this afternoon, the 22 members of the FIFA Executive Committee chose Russia as host nation for the tournament in eight years’ time. The global showdown will thus return to Europe for the first time since the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. Joseph Sepp Blatter...
    by at December 2nd, 2010 at 06:12 pm
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    FIFA Vote Buying Scandal For 2018 World Cup Bid
    Share Sportspeak understands that England are the new red hot favourites to host the 2018 World Cup Finals after news that Fifa is investigating allegations two of its officials offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 tournament. Reporters from an English broadsheet posed as lobbyists for a consortium of American companies who wanted to bring the tournament...
    by at October 17th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
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    Irish Robbed As Dodgy Penalty Sees Japanese Into Semis
    Share U17 Womens World Cup A hugely contentious penalty decision put paid to Ireland’s hopes of being the first ever team from this island to make a World Cup Semi Final. The decision came in the 34th minute to give the Asian Champions a lucky lead. Megan Campbell executed a great tackle on Yokoyama but the Japanese girl’s momentum saw her fall, the blind-sided...
    by at September 18th, 2010 at 02:09 am
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    Republic Of Ireland Women March On In World Cup
    Share U17 Women's World Cup The Republic of Ireland women’s U17 side continued their historic World Cup journey with a 3-0 victory over Ghana in their final FIFA World Cup, Group D match. That result, coupled with Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Canada in the same group, means that the young ‘Girls in Green’ advance to the quarter-finals of the competition as group...
    by at September 14th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
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    Espanyol Ecstatic Dutch Duffed As It Ends Not With A Bang But A Whimper
    Share Spain 1 ( Iniesta 116) Netherlands 0 A game that had been hyped to the heavens was a real damp squib as the occassion seemed to get to two of the best footballing sides in the world. The Spanish just about deserved to win it although the Dutch showed superb steel defensively to stop the Spanish having too much joy. The joy came in the closing seconds of extra time...
    by at July 11th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
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    Sportspeak Calls For Seven Goal Thriller To Settle World Cup Final 2010
    Share Soccer City will look like a colour blind clown’s wardrobe tonight as Holland & Spain’s fans shake their flags & blow their vuvuzeelas to cheer on the two sides who will contest the World Cup final. A tournament that has been a huge success financially & socially for the host nation of South Africa has had it’s moments of laughter(Engerlund’s...
    by at July 11th, 2010 at 01:07 pm
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    Paul Predicts Spain To Win The World Cup
    Share Eyes around the world were on Germany’s octopus oracle Paul today as he made his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final. Paul’s prescient picks in the World Cup _ he has yet to predict a match wrong _ have propelled him to international fame from obscurity a month ago in an aquarium in the western city of...
    by at July 9th, 2010 at 02:07 pm
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    Spain & Holland Face Off To Join The Magnificent 7
    Share Spain 1(Puyol 73) Germany 0 Spain put in a battling performance tonight in Durban and in doing so earned their place in the final of the World Cup against The Netherlands on Sunday. The shaggy haired Spaniard Carles Puyol scored the games only goal to send Spain to their first ever final The Spaniards came into this evenings do or die encounter knowing that maintaining...
    by at July 7th, 2010 at 09:07 pm
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    Wag Scorers See Clockwork Oranges Pip Uruguay
    Share Netherlands 3 (Van Bronckhorst, Sneijder,Robben) Uruguay 2 (Forlan, Pereira) The air in Amsterdam will be thick with marajuana smoke after the Dutch made it to their third world cup final beating Uruguay 3-2 this evening. The Dutch side held on in a dramatic finale and move on to their first World Cup final since 1978. The Dutch, who have twice gone to a final without...
    by at July 6th, 2010 at 09:07 pm
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    World Cup Semi Final Preview Uruguay Vs Holland
    Share Uruguay are preparing for their biggest game in 40-years. They’ve not reached the semi-finals of the World Cup since 1970 – and take on Holland in South Africa tonight. The South American country are two time winners of the competition but haven’t made it this far since 1970. The Dutch are two time finalists but they have never gone the full distance...
    by at July 6th, 2010 at 01:07 pm
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