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Football / Honduras v Guadeloupe
« on: June 17, 2007, 05:11:42 PM »
0-2 half timeto Guadeloupe. Bad mind jack cost us this Gold Cup. With the blacklist players, we could have taken this Gold Cup.


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Lakers star Kobe Bryant makes surprise visit to Barcelona practice
 
June 14, 2007

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant made a surprise visit to watch FC Barcelona in training Thursday before the team's final game this weekend.

Bryant, who lived in Europe for eight years and is an avid soccer fan, watched quietly from the sidelines and hugged Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho after the training session.

 
"I came to enjoy my favorite football team," Bryant said after security guards let him into the Nou Camp stadium. "It is a privilege to be able to watch Barca train."

The vacationing Bryant said coach Frank Rijkaard had been his favorite player, calling him a midfielder with a lot of "class."

Barcelona, which trails Real Madrid on head-to-head results at the top the Spanish league with 73 points, plays Gimnastic Tarragona in the team's last match Sunday.



Updated on Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 9:57 am EDT
 

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FIFA conducting study on natural testosterone levels in various ethnic groups
 
By ERICA BULMAN, AP Sports Writer
June 13, 2007

GENEVA (AP) -- Soccer's governing body is conducting a worldwide study to determine if players from various ethnic populations have different naturally occurring testosterone levels.

The study -- "Testosterone Metabolism in Different Ethnic Populations" -- is being conducted by FIFA's medical assessment and research center and the IOC-accredited, anti-doping laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland.
 
"It's a very sensitive matter," FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren told The Associated Press in a phone interview on Wednesday. "FIFA is doing research on all levels to have a more comprehensive overview on the situation.

"What we want to find out is whether there are any differences in testosterone levels in different populations, and the way their bodies work and what kind of testosterone levels they have naturally."

Herren didn't say when the results of the study would be released.

Uganda and South Africa will represent Africans in the study, which will also include Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic and African-American sample groups.

The study of male athletes is still in its early stages. Players from Switzerland, Italy, Argentina and Japan will also contribute urine samples for it. FIFA did not exclude the possibility that samples could be collected from other countries.

Testosterone is a male sex hormone, naturally produced by the body in both sexes. Synthetic versions of the hormone can act like steroids to boost performance.

Currently, testers measure athletes' samples against predetermined average levels for substances naturally occurring in the body -- such as EPO and testosterone.

But this potentially allows athletes with naturally low levels to cheat without being detected. It can also lead to sanctions for those who don't cheat but have naturally high levels.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has long supported the idea of keeping medical profiles of individual athletes' physiological makeup, and creating a global data base to store and evaluate the information.

This could help resolve the problem of physiological differences among athletes of various ethnic groups and specific populations, like those living at high altitude who are often just over legal blood values for hemoglobin.

The medical assessment and research center (F-MARC) was created in 1994 and has conducted several studies on injury and nutrition.

Updated on Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 8:56 am EDT
 
 

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Football / Roundup-Israel's Ben Haim joins Chelsea, Saha on the mend
« on: June 14, 2007, 12:19:49 PM »
LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - Soccer news in brief from around the world:

* Chelsea have signed Israel defender Tal Ben Haim on a four-year deal, the Premier League club said on its Web site (www.chelseafc.com).

Ben Haim, out of contract after three years at Bolton Wanderers, is the third new addition at Chelsea after the signings of Claudio Pizarro and Steve Sidwell.


The 25-year-old made 110 appearances for Bolton and has played 22 times for his country.

* French striker Louis Saha should be fit for full training by the start of next season after knee surgery earlier this month in the United States, Premier League champions Manchester United said on their Web site (www.manutd.com).

* Villarreal's Argentina defender Gonzalo Rodriguez, 23, tore his right cruciate knee ligament for the second time this season training for their final game against Sevilla on Sunday and will have immediate surgery, the Primera Liga club said.



Updated on Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 1:09 pm EDT


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Football / Dutch reach Under-21 semi-finals
« on: June 14, 2007, 12:16:12 PM »
Dutch reach Under-21 semi-finals
 
(Updates after Netherlands victory)

AMSTERDAM, June 13 (Reuters) - The Netherlands became the first side to reach the semi-finals of the European Under-21 championship when they beat Portugal 2-1 in their Group A tie in Groningen on Wednesday.

The Dutch took the lead in the 33rd minute through Ryan Babel's penalty, awarded after goalkeeper Ribeiro had brought down Maceo Rigters.

Portugal upped the pressure in the second half only for Rigters to add a second goal in the 75th minute. Two minutes later Miquel Veloso scored for Portugal from a free kick but the Dutch held on.

Earlier, Belgium overcame Israel 1-0 in another Group A tie in Heerenveen.

Despite being reduced to 10 men after 18 minutes when Marouane Fellaini was sent off for a second yellow card, Belgium defended well and scored the only goal when Kevin Mirallas outran Israeli defender Dekel Keinan to slot home in the 82nd minute.

Netherlands have six points from their opening two games, Belgium have four points and Portugal one. Israel prop up the group.



Updated on Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 5:14 pm EDT

 

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Football / FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi leaves FIFA
« on: June 11, 2007, 06:07:13 PM »
FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi leaves FIFA
 
June 11, 2007

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Urs Linsi is leaving FIFA after five years as general secretary of world soccer's governing body.

Linsi was appointed general secretary in December 2002 after temporarily filling in for Michael Zen-Ruffinen, who left the organization after accusing FIFA president Sepp Blatter of corruption.

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"Dr. Urs Linsi has decided to seek new challenges elsewhere," FIFA said Monday in a statement. "FIFA hereby thanks Urs Linsi for his significant achievements."

Markus Kattner, the director of finance and controlling, will take over as acting general secretary, FIFA said.

Blatter served as general secretary for 17 years under former FIFA president Joao Havelange. Since succeeding Havelange, Blatter will be getting his third general secretary since 1998.

FIFA's executive committee will decide on a new organizational structure for the 2007-10 period at a meeting on June 27.



Updated on Monday, Jun 11, 2007 2:44 pm EDT
 

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Football / TI have five extra tickets for the T&T vs Guatemala game
« on: June 11, 2007, 04:16:10 PM »
TI have five tickets for sale for the T&T vs Guatemala game. Call Hotel # 508-559-0094 ext 102 or cell # 416-997-7782. His waiting.

38
Football / Roberto Carlos signs with Fenerbache
« on: June 09, 2007, 07:21:02 PM »
Updated: June 6, 2007
Roberto Carlos signs with FenerbacheAssociated Press


ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish champions Fenerbahce have signed Real Madrid full back Roberto Carlos, the Istanbul club said on its Web site on Wednesday. 

The 34-year-old Brazilian had said in March he would leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after 11 years at the club.

A World Cup winner in 2002, the defender had wanted to join Fenerbahce last season but had been unable to do so because of his Real Madrid contract, the club quoted his agent Dino Pasalic as saying.


Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
 

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Football / Brazil vs England
« on: May 31, 2007, 06:44:47 AM »
Where is the lime on Friday NYC WN?

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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=434172&cc=5901

Updated: May 27, 2007
FIFA's McBeth intent on tackling corruption

John McBeth, the Scot who will take over Britain's FIFA vice-presidency, believes he got the job because of hatred for England and has accused African associations of corruption and greed.
 
McBeth will step down from his role as Scottish Football Association president on Friday to take over from compatriot David Will.
But he claims he won the role in opposition to Football Association chairman Geoff Thompson and the Irish FA's Jim Boyce because of resentment over English arrogance.

'I said when I came back that I was the least not-liked,' McBeth said.

'I went down there and I was on the plane thinking, 'What in God's name am I going to London for?'

'We had it for 17 years with David Will, so it won't be a Scot again.

'The two men touting were Geoff Thompson of England and Jim Boyce of Northern Ireland. They were going for it.

'Jim was saying what he'd do for Northern Ireland, others were saying it was England's turn.

'Unfortunately when you deal with the English it tends to be `their game' and they tend to expect.

'To put it mildly they made a mess of it and I wandered through the middle. It's a very funny story.'

McBeth added: 'I'll have to be much kinder to the English.

'I try to keep telling them that their notion of themselves is unbelievable. The rest of the world hates their guts.'

McBeth will move into his office at FIFA's Zurich headquarters with the intention of tackling corruption in the world game.

But he may have made some enemies already after describing new boss Sepp Blatter as a 'tricky customer' and claiming 'poor nations' in Africa have different ethics from the British 'fair play' attitude.

McBeth said: 'I know two or three whom I'd want to count my fingers after shaking hands with them.

'If I come across corruption I have to expose it. I must try to stay true to my beliefs and hope I don't get seduced.'

McBeth has known FIFA president Blatter for 10 years.

The former Clyde chairman said: 'He's a tricky customer but I suppose anyone in that position has to be because you're dealing with people who have a totally different code of ethics.

'David Will had a go at Blatter and was one of the few who survived it. I'm not sure if that was because of the position he held.'

McBeth is also wary of CONCACAF president Jack Warner, from Trinidad & Tobago, who wants the British nations to be stripped of their right to occupy the vice-president role.

'To a certain extent I can understand what he's saying - it's the old British Empire stuff,' McBeth said.

'The British have an attitude of fair play but sometimes the Empire didn't play fair and that's coming back on us. For the ones that were under the Empire it's payback time.

'By and large the four British countries know what fair play is and when we're stepping out of line.

'But as soon as you hit Africa it's a slightly different kettle of fish. They're poor nations and want to grab what they can.

'I presume the Caribbean is much the same - they just come at it in a different way.' 

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Football / Let start placing Ads in newspaper around the world
« on: May 24, 2007, 11:49:00 AM »
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42
Football / Interested in Euro 2008 media accreditation and jobs
« on: May 24, 2007, 06:39:47 AM »
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43
Football / Platini fears EU labour rules could harm game
« on: May 21, 2007, 11:55:43 AM »
Updated: May 21, 2007
Platini fears EU labour rules could harm game

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini says he fears for the future competitiveness of European football if national associations are forced to adopt EU rules on the free movement of labour.
 
At present sports bodies such as national football associations benefit from exemptions from European Commission competition rules, giving them leeway in setting their rules.


However, the EU are drawing up a white paper on sport which, if it went through, would undermine the 2000 Nice declaration which acknowledges the special status of sport in society.

Platini is concerned that such an eventuality would merely increase the gap between the game's major powers and the less well-off clubs.

'I am not confident. I hope they will listen to the world of sport,' Platini said in an interview with the Financial Times.

'I am very afraid of the bad decisions they will take for the future of sport. It's an important moment, and I hope they will understand what people want for the future of sport.

'It's sport, it is not a product. It is part of our life. If they say it is a product, it is the end of our sport.

'You can't kill the philosophy of 150 years of football, a social activity, because of a commissioner who has never played sport, because of the simple right that a sportsman is a worker.'

Platini, who was elected as UEFA's president in January, is also worried that the Charleroi case against FIFA could have serious ramifications for international football.

'We need to have a deal with all the (football) families and not have our problems in front of tribunals or courts in Brussels,' he said.

'Everybody is afraid of that. We don't know where we can go with that. The national associations are afraid of the Charleroi case which says a player can leave a national association. They are afraid, not just in England, but Georgia, France, even Brazil.'

The case of Belgian club Charleroi, who are backed by the G14 representing Europe's 18 richest clubs, was referred to Europe's highest court last week.

In the landmark case Charleroi are seeking compensation for a player injured while playing for his country.

'We never know what a judge will decide is the future in sport. I hope he will make a good decision,' Platini said.

Platini also called for FIFA to make rules on player transfers more uniform across the world, in the light of West Ham United's controversial signing of Argentine Carlos Tevez.

'Sometimes the players belong to agents, to companies, not to clubs. And it's very complicated. We need to regulate that in FIFA, but it's not so easy. The transfer system is FIFA's. We need to have a logical and uniform system all over the world.'

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Football / Sheva eyes future MLS move
« on: May 21, 2007, 11:42:43 AM »
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=432147&cc=5901


Shevchenko eyes swansong in MLS

Chelsea's Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has revealed how he would like to become part of the growing football revolution in America at some stage of his career.
 
Shevchenko, who joined the Premiership club for £30million last summer, has failed to reproduce the kind of form which prompted Chelsea to pay AC Milan a record fee.


But the 30-year-old, who missed Chelsea's FA Cup final victory over Manchester United on Saturday because of a groin injury, admits to having an ambition to play in the US.

Real Madrid's David Beckham is about to cross the Atlantic to join Los Angeles Galaxy and Shevchenko said: 'I'd like to play there, actually.

'Soccer is growing in the US and I'd like to be a part of that. I played there last summer against the MLS All-Stars and I saw myself that it's definitely improving.'

Shevchenko maintains that playing out of position for Chelsea did not help his cause during a difficult opening season at Stamford Bridge but he insists he was happy to make the sacrifice for the benefit of the team.

'It wasn't a great season but it hasn't been the worst,' Shevchenko told SI.com.

'People always expect a lot from me. I wasn't well in the first four months, partly because of fatigue from the World Cup and partly because of the injury I was carrying. But then I had a good stretch in the middle of the season.

'In the end, despite everything, I ended up with 14 goals and 11 or 12 assists, and that's not a bad season.

'I know people wanted 30 goals a season, but the reality is that it can't happen every season. With all the problems I had, I don't think I did that badly.

'I didn't play in my position this year. I wasn't the key of the attack. I was playing further behind, away from goal, which is different from how I played at Milan and maybe that's why Didier Drogba scored so many goals this year.

'We made a good partnership with me setting him up some of the time. At Milan I played in my natural role. Here I had to adapt to be something else and I did it so I could help the team. The main priority for me is feeling well next season.'

Meanwhile, captain John Terry has dismissed suggestions that he was ready to hand in a transfer request as 'ludicrous' and insists he wants to sort out his Chelsea future as soon as possible.

Terry's position at the club came under increasing speculation in the build-up to the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley, which Chelsea won 1-0 thanks to Drogba's 33rd goal of the season five minutes from the end of extra time.

Terry was understood to have rejected Chelsea's latest offer and, according to reports, was on the verge of handing in a transfer request.

But Terry declared: 'That's ludicrous. I would never do that. Now the season is over for Chelsea, I'd like to think things are going to get sorted out and I'm hopeful we will be in talks.

'I didn't want to be in talks in the build-up to the FA Cup final and the build-up to what could have been us possibly retaining the Premiership.

'I told Chelsea to wait and we would go again in the summer. It was not right to go into important games with things on your mind and being unhappy.

'Hopefully it will be resolved as soon as possible really.'

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Football / Warner: No help from Govt for T&T football
« on: May 17, 2007, 08:37:37 AM »
Warner: No help from Govt for T&T football

Anna Ramdass aramdass@trinidadexpress.com


Thursday, May 17th 2007
 
 
 
paying: Jack Warner 

Deputy Political Leader of the UNC and Vice President of FIFA Jack Warner has said that once again the burden of grooming the country's football team for the World Cup rests on his shoulders as he has received no help from Government.

At the UNC Monday night meeting at the Diego Martin Secondary School Warner said that he had paid the salaries of the coaches from last July to March of this year.

He said they had not been paid for two months.

Warner said he has been appealing to Sports Minister Roger Boynes for help but to no avail.

He said when the team qualified, Culture Minister Joan Yuille-Williams and an entourage went to the Piarco International Airport to greet the team.

"The government did not even pay their passage for them to go to Jamaica...they don't even know the cost," said Warner
 

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Football / A Proposal for Mini-Spaces: Mini-Soccer
« on: May 16, 2007, 05:54:04 AM »
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/thecity/13foot.html?ref=soccer

Harlem


 
By ALEX MINDLIN
Published: May 13, 2007
West Harlem is swarming with real estate speculators these days, so a worldly bystander might not have been surprised to see Irv Smalls Jr. looking covetously the other day at a trash-strewn lot on 114th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

But Mr. Smalls, a 34-year-old former Penn State football player, was not imagining river views or calculating square footage. “To me,” he said, “that’s a futsal field. That’s perfect. Please.”

Futsal is a compact, five-on-five form of soccer, invented in Uruguay in 1930 and popular around the world, especially as a training sport for young players. But for Mr. Smalls, who is now the executive director of a youth soccer club called FC Harlem Academy, its selling point is that the sport and its variants can be played on small concrete surfaces — for example, on a patch of bare cement at the edge of Taft Houses, a public housing project, which he had surveyed with delight that afternoon.

At other points in the day, Mr. Smalls had similar reactions to a brace of handball courts and to a fenced-in strip beneath a stretch of Metro-North tracks over Park Avenue, studded with widely spaced concrete pillars. “The fields could be between the pillars,” he announced happily.

Armed with photographs of such corners throughout Harlem, Mr. Smalls has begun seeking permission from the city and support from donors for a plan he calls Concrete2Green. He would like to lay rubberized mats, painted with futsal lines. over such areas around the neighborhood. He envisions a culture of gritty pickup street soccer, much like the culture that exists around basketball.

“In the rest of the world, soccer is an inner-city sport,” Mr. Smalls said. “I want to work on this perception that it’s a white sport in this country, and played only out in the suburbs.”

On May 4, Mr. Smalls met with officials at the Parks Department; a department spokesman, Warner Johnston, said his agency thought the idea was intriguing and was looking into it.

Don Garber, the commissioner of Major League Soccer, for which Mr. Smalls worked for six years, has said he will provide marketing and perhaps financial support.

In the meantime, Mr. Smalls sometimes has his team spend a few minutes on a handball court near the field where it practices. “You have to have good control, because it’s a small space,” said Marqui Moore, one of the players. “It helps you learn your footwork.”

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Football / Tristate Warrior nation reunion
« on: May 16, 2007, 05:25:22 AM »
Tri State warriornation people, are we planing any activities in remembrance of our first World Cup game at Sweden. June 10th is a sunday and we can doing something. Let's get some ideas.

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Football / Platini to introduce two referees per game?
« on: May 15, 2007, 09:47:46 AM »
PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini has said he wants two more referees in each soccer match to reduce the number of controversial decisions.

 
'My idea is to increase the number of referees,' Platini told French magazine France Football in an interview released on Tuesday. 'Refereeing with three people is obsolete. Three referees can't see everything.'


In addition to the referee and the two linesmen, Platini wants two more officials who would stay next to the goals and could monitor what happens in the penalty areas.

'I propose two more referees, who would be over 45 and would not have to run because they would stay next to the goals,' the former France playmaker said.

'We have to show the world that we're against unfairness and want to move towards fewer errors.'

Platini said he was against the use of electronic devices and video to assist referees.

'There is a risk with electronic systems to dehumanise soccer,' he said.

'If television channels want to be the bosses of refereeing, they can stand for election,' he added.

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Football / Media Accreditation form available online
« on: May 11, 2007, 11:12:15 AM »
Media Accreditation form available online ( WE NEED TO SEND A REPORTER

 8.5.07 - CONCACAF has announced today that the application form for all media (Print, Photographers, non-rights holders – TV, Radio, Website) accreditation for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ is available online: Simply visit the CONCACAF website at www.CONCACAF.com and/or the official tournament site www.GoldCup.org and click on the button for media accreditation application.
Deadline for applications is 1 June 2007. NO CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE.

A color passport photo MUST accompany all applications. A digital version can be attached to the online application form in the appropriate field.

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The quarterfinal matches will take place on Saturday, 16 June (two games in Foxboro) and Sunday, 17 June (two games in Houston). The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ semifinals and final are scheduled for Soldier Field in Chicago Illinois on Thursday, 21 June and Sunday, 24 June, respectively. (DOWNLOAD MATCH SCHEDULE)

For ticket information on the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ please call +1/888-878-2007 (within USA) and +1/212-203-0678 (outside the USA) or visit goldcup.org.


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Football / Real Madrid wants to forge ties with Jamaica
« on: March 09, 2007, 01:10:04 PM »
Real Madrid wants to forge ties with Jamaica
 

Friday, March 09, 2007
 


REAL Madrid, one of the world's richest and most successful football clubs, has expressed interest in forging ties with Jamaica, through the Spanish club's Social Integration Sports Academies programme.

The programme, which is run by the Real Madrid Foundation, has the aim of promoting sports and sports values, and improving the lives of underprivileged youngsters by providing access to social services.

Director General of the Real Madrid Foundation, Carlos Abella, told Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who toured the club's Madrid complex on Tuesday, that the academies' model had been established in several Latin American countries
to benefit more than 3,000 youngsters. He said that new academies were slated to start this year in Mexico and Uruguay.

He said that the academies go well beyond promoting sports as they provided opportunities for education, vocational training, psychological assistance and medical care.

Simpson Miller commended the 10-year-old foundation on its social outreach initiatives, noting that they provided great opportunities for young people, especially those from humble beginnings.

The prime minister's visit to Real Madrid was part of her four-city European tour, which has already taken her to London for a meeting with the Jamaican community, and Brussels for a meeting with the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Committee of Ambassadors, where she reaffirmed Jamaica's commitment to the ACP Group.

She also met with the Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso.
In Spain, she met with current and prospective investors in Jamaica and received an
enthusiastic response.


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Football / Soccer videos
« on: January 11, 2007, 10:17:56 AM »
Check out the soccer website.

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Football / J'can trio turns out for Sheffield reserves
« on: December 20, 2006, 10:01:44 AM »
J'can trio turns out for Sheffield reserves
 
BY KAYON RAYNOR Observer staff reporter
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
 


JAMAICAN players Demar Stewart, Jason Morrison and Rafe Wolfe - all of Portmore United - will get a chance to impress the management of English Premiership club Sheffield United in a reserve match against Championship side Leeds United today.

The game, set to take place behind closed doors, is to be played at Sheffield's Bramall Lane Stadium.
The Jamaicans, who travelled to England last Friday for a one-week trial, do not qualify for a work permit from the British Home Office, having not represented their country's senior team in 75 per cent of their FIFA accredited 'A' games over the past two years.

Stewart and Morrison are currently national senior team players, while Wolfe has represented Jamaica at the Under-17, Under-20 and Under-23 levels.
But on Monday, football agent Phillip Graham told the Observer that the players could still secure deals to play in Europe through a special arrangement that Sheffield United have with a top Belgian club (Sparta Rotterdam).

"Sheffield United have a feeder club in Belgium, and the view is these three players are not going to qualify for work permits so there is no chance of (them) getting a contract with Sheffield United.
"However, Belgium is a lot easier than England to get into, therefore, if they impress during this trial period, the idea is to farm (loan) them to Belgium," he said.

According to Graham, the players could thereafter return to England, having completed a naturalisation process.
"If they stay there (Belgium) for three years, they get European passports and if they're good enough, then Sheffield United will have first option to sign the players," Graham explained.

In the past, numerous Reggae Boyz who failed to meet the criteria have been denied work permits by the British Home Office. The incident which saw Luton Shelton failing to ink a deal with English Championship side Burnley in 2005 is one of the most recent cases.

Nevertheless, the experienced Graham, who has successfully negotiated contracts with English clubs for several Jamaicans, hinted that he was using available loopholes to get more local players overseas since he knows the system "as well as anybody".

Meanwhile, quizzed about the Belgian club, Graham could not provide any details, but noted that he would learn more in the coming days.
"I am going to the game with the chairman (Kevin McCabe) of the club, Sheffield United, and with the manager (Neil Warnock) and after that I'm better off giving you more information then," he said.

raynork@jamaicaobserver.com

What are the Trini agents doing for our players

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Cricket Anyone / Lara for Senior team
« on: December 13, 2006, 07:30:09 AM »

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Football / FIFA disciplinary committee: Warner didn't break rules
« on: December 06, 2006, 09:28:21 AM »
December 6, 2006

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- The FIFA disciplinary committee recommended no action be taken against vice president Jack Warner over allegations that he illegally sold thousands of tickets during the World Cup.

Marcel Mathier, who headed the committee's examination, said Wednesday there was no evidence that Warner infringed FIFA rules during the tournament in Germany. He recommended that world soccer's governing body express its disapproval of Warner, but said the case should now be closed.

According to British media reports in September, Warner was involved in the sale of thousands of World Cup tickets on the black market, including to 900 England fans.



Updated on Wednesday, Dec 6, 2006 9:54 am EST

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Football / Cape Town could lose World Cup host status
« on: December 06, 2006, 09:12:02 AM »
AFP
December 5, 2006
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Possible court action by citizens citing environmental concerns could cost South Africa's tourist hub of Cape Town its status as a host city for the 2010 football World Cup.

Residents say the proposed 68,000-seater stadium in Green Point will rob the city of much-needed public amenities but Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile will ask cabinet to take away Cape Town's host status if they do not back down.

"If the process in Cape Town is delayed, and this in turn delays our overall preparations, we will have to move it to another place," Stofile's spokesman Bonginkosi Sishi said Tuesday.

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Stofile's stance even has the backing of the Western Cape provincial government which fears a court battle will severely delay construction work.

"It will be sad for Cape Town to lose this great development in terms of infrastructure," provincial sports minister Whitey Jacobs told AFP.

"No one could guarantee the time frames within a court process. The issue here is that we must deliver a stadium."

David Polovin, chairman of the Green Point Common Association, said court action depended on the outcome of an appeal against planning permission to build the stadium at an 80 hectare site which currently houses a golf course and other public amenities.

"The common is there for a purpose, it is not a wasteland. It is a breathing space," said Polovin.

"If we want to be a world class city we must have world-class facilities, which must include green open spaces."

The association has suggested the existing Newlands or Athlone stadia as alternatives.

But Tumi Makgabo, spokeswoman for the FIFA local organising committee, ruled other venues out.

"If the Green Point stadium does not become a reality, we will have to start looking at other venues in other cities."

Ten stadia in nine cities have been identified as match hosts.

Pieter Cronje, spokesman for the Cape Town city council's 2010 project team, said construction must start at Green Point soon to meet FIFA deadlines.

"If we are not on site towards the end of February we will be running into problems. We won't have enough room to manoeuvre."




Updated on Tuesday, Dec 5, 2006 6:06 pm EST

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Football / Jumping Jack
« on: December 04, 2006, 01:31:21 PM »
Get November issue of World Soccer. There is a nice article on Jack. Page 22-25.

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Football / Warriornation Scholarship
« on: October 03, 2006, 07:23:51 AM »
What do you think about a football(soccer)Scholarship to a male/female student in Trinidad and Tobago to get a college degree in the US? If 300 members give $20US to this venture, it can be done. The logistic can be work out by some knowledgeable member on the forum. What do you think?

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General Discussion / Warrior nation people in Miami
« on: October 03, 2006, 07:06:59 AM »
If warrior nation people going to miami carnival give me a linkup. I'm staying at the dorset on collins ave.

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Football / Britain planning Olympic teams for 2012
« on: September 30, 2006, 09:03:38 AM »
Britain planning Olympic teams for 2012
 
LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Britain is planning to end its exile from the Olympic football tournament by fielding men's and women's teams in the London Games in 2012, a century after its last success in the event.

Britain, which competes in international soccer via its English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish associations, has not entered a team for the Olympic qualifying competition since 1972 and not reached the finals since 1960 in Rome.

British Olympic Association (BOA) chief executive Simon Clegg was quoted as telling British newspapers on Saturday that a British women's team could play at the 2008 Games in Beijing, if they qualified via England's current World Cup campaign. "The men's team now is not an issue in terms of Beijing, but my principle in terms of aspiration for 2012 is obviously to field the strongest possible team," Clegg said.

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"The (English) Football Association is fully behind this and the possibility of contributing to the medal table of 2012.

"And quite frankly that's absolutely right and proper. We want to field the strongest possible team in the men's and women's competition."

Clegg's comments follow a meeting with BOA, FA and Northern Irish officials, though there were notable absences from the Scottish and Welsh associations.

Asked whether Scottish or Welsh women could ask the BOA directly to be considered for selection in 2008, Clegg said: "We haven't got to that stage yet.

"Let's address that if and when the girls eventually qualify for Beijing. I would hate for sports administrators to hold back their country's finest footballers -- men or women -- from participating in this great event.

"At the end of the day, as you are well aware, it is the British Olympic Association that selects the team for the Games."

A longstanding stumbling block to a British Olympic team has been fears among the individual associations that it could lead to them eventually losing their places in competitions such as the World Cup and the European championship.

However, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said last year there would be no such risk if British teams were fielded in 2012.

Britain won the Olympic football tournament when it hosted the Games in London in 1908 and took gold again in 1912 in Stockholm.



Updated on Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 8:53 am EDT
 

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Football / Haan takes charge of Cameroon
« on: August 18, 2006, 05:21:21 PM »
AFP
August 18, 2006
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AFP) - Dutchman Arie Haan was named as the new coach of Cameroon charged with reviving the fortunes of the Indomitable Lions who failed to reach the World Cup finals.

Haan, 57, spent his playing career with Ajax Amsterdam, Anderlecht, Standard Liege and PSV Eindhoven and was capped 35 times.

The appointment of Haan was announced on national radio by sports minister Philippe Mbarga Mboa who added that Theo de Jong will be assistant coach with Jules Frederic Nyonga and Thomas Nkono also joining the coaching staff.

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Former tennis player Yannick Noah was also added to the backroom staff as an advisor to the national team.

Haan takes over from Portugal's Artur Jorge who resigned in March, a month after Cameroon had been knocked out of the African Nations Cup at the semi-final stage.

Updated on Friday, Aug 18, 2006 4:24 pm EDT

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