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Qatar Airways will replace the Qatar Foundation as the next shirt sponsor for La Liga giants FC Barcelona however UNICEF logo will appear till 2016.

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Money can buy a lot of things, but not necessarily instant UEFA Champions League success. Cash-rich Manchester City and Chelsea FC can attest to that.

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Alas, ’tis that time of year again when thoughts invariably turn to the ‘new’ and stock is taken of the twelve months that played out hence – and we forthright bods at Soccerlens are no different. As we yet again …

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FIFA awarding the World Cup to Qatar in 2022 has certainly caught the imagination of the footballing public. For the first time ever the competition will make its way to the Middle East, where a vast untapped footballing community awaits …

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‘Twas only a matter of weeks ago that, courtesy of infamous whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Manchester United found themselves to have been the subject of a $1bn takeover bid from Than Shwe, i.e. the despotic conker-box that currently heads up Burma’s …

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FIFA’s erstwhile despot president Sepp Blatter has branded the English as ‘bad losers’ in the wake of the recent World Cup auction which saw Russia and Qatar purchase the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments respectively. Upon crashing …

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Welcome to Fergie Time, a roundup/newsletter type deal that delivers news, opinion and links directly to your screen. As the name suggests, there will be some exaggeration, nsfw moments, canceled press conferences (oh, who are we kidding) and late, late, …

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It’s tempting to claim that bribes, favours, politics and financial opportunity determined the fates of World Cups 2018 and 2022 long before the staged drama of bid presentations yesterday and today. It’s easy to say that Blatter is taking the …

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