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‘General’ football news - stuff that can’t fit anywhere else.

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Jul
4
2009

AFC (Asian Football Confederation)

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) governs the footballing community of Asia and also now includes Australia, but it doesn’t include a number of Asian (or part-Asian) countries, who are part of UEFA. The headquarters are located in Kuala...

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Jul
4
2009

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)

UEFA is the governing body of European football and is by far the most lucrative and most watched of all the 6 confederations of FIFA. UEFA’s influence over the world of football is unprecedented and in the last 20 years its success has magnified...

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Jul
4
2009

CAF (Confederation of African Football)

The Confederation of African Football (or Confédération Africaine de Football as it’s known to it’s mom) covers the giant continent of Africa and is the federation that follows it’s geographical continent the closest. It has the...

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Jul
4
2009

CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol)

CONMEBOL is the South American Football Confederation (officially known as the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol)...

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Jul
4
2009

OFC (Oceania Football Confederation)

The Oceania Football Confederation is the federation for the pacific islands located around Australia, though since 2006 it no longer contains the Aussies. Without them, the OFC is positively miniscule by comparison with the other federations.

The...

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Jun
28
2009

2009 VIVA World Cup Final - Padania vs. Iraqi Kurdistan - Live Blog Courtesy of Non-FIFA News Agency

This live report was completely compiled by the Non-FIFA news agency (http://non-fifa-news-agency.netau.net/). I give all redit to them, I am maerely bringing it over to soccerlens and making some grammatical corrections.

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Jun
21
2009

Bunyodkor: the Super-club no-one has heard of

In the first half of a month which has seen Real Madrid twice break the football record for player transfer fees paid, the news that World cup winning Brazilian coach Filipe Scolari had recently signed an 18 month contract with the Uzbek champions...

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Jun
14
2009

The 2009 VIVA World Cup in Padania

You may have never heard of the VIVA World Cup. I don’t blame you; it’s quite a low-key affair. But let me explain to you exactly what this obscure competition is.

Every year (previously every two years), the unrecognised peoples...

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Jun
13
2009

The ‘2009 Showdown in Chinatown’ - watch footballing legends in New York City on 24 June

NBA superstar Steven Nash is at it again this summer, bringing together the world’s best football and basketball players on one pitch in the heart of New York City for a game football.

The...

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Jun
7
2009

Signing Coup in Istanbul: Frank Rijkaard to Galatasaray

The news of Frank Rijkaard’s appointment as the new manager of Galatasaray has certainly made head waves across Turkiye. In the wake of Galatasaray’s mediocre season the news of Rijkaard’s signing is a coup in Turkiye and has almost...

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