With the World Cup just around the corner, Comedian John Oliver perfectly explains how he is deeply conflicted by his love for football and those that govern it.
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Gallery of players out of World Cup 2014 due to injury
View the rest of the gallery of Players out of World Cup 2014 due to injury here.
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Money, Money, Money! Premier League revenues break £3bn mark
Premier League clubs’ revenues broke the £3bn mark in the recent 2013-14 season, say analysts at Deloitte.
They say the figure has been hit just four years after passing £2bn, and that revenues have doubled in seven years.
"A remarkable achievement in isolation, but phenomenal in the wider economic context of that same period," said Dan Jones, head of Deloitte’s sports team.
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OFFICIAL: Emre Can to sign for Liverpool in £9.75m deal
It’s official: The Premier League runners-up FC Liverpool have submitted a bid to Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the Germany U-21 international Emre Can (20). Can has activated a release clause and is set to join Liverpool on 1 July.
“Emre Can has developed very quickly at Bayer 04 Leverkusen over the past twelve months
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Diego Costa completes medical ahead of £32m move to Chelsea
Diego Costa has completed a medical examination at Chelsea and he is now poised to complete his £32m transfer from Atlético Madrid. The Brazil-born striker, who is a part of the Spain squad preparing for the World Cup finals, has been identified by José Mourinho as being what Chelsea need to win the Premier League title.
The London club were four points short of last season’s champions, Manchester City, and their challenge came in spite of the lack of goals from their centre-forwards. Samuel Eto’o, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba contributed a total of 19 in the league, with Eto’o scoring nine of them. Mourinho would bemoan the shortfall at various junctures of his first season back at Chelsea.
via Diego Costa completes medical ready for £32m move to Chelsea | Football | The Guardian.
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OFFICIAL: David Villa signs for New York City FC
World Cup winner makes history as NYCFC’s first player…
Today, New York City FC is excited and proud to announce the signing of its first player, Spanish superstar and World Cup winner David Villa. The 32-year-old, who last month helped his former club Atletico Madrid to the La Liga title in Spain, joins the newly-formed Major League Soccer team for a three-season commitment.
As the club begins to assemble a competitive and dynamic squad, fans in New York will have the opportunity to watch one of the biggest names in world soccer when the Club’s inaugural season begins in 2015.
via David Villa signs for New York City FC – New York City FC.
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Qatar World Cup: ‘$5m payments to officials’ corruption claim
Fifa is facing fresh allegations of corruption over its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
The Sunday Times has obtained millions of secret documents – emails, letters and bank transfers – which it alleges are proof that the disgraced Qatari football official
made payments totalling $5m to football officials in return for their support for the Qatar bid.
via BBC Sport – Qatar World Cup: ‘$5m payments to officials’ corruption claim.
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Frank Lampard signs for New York City on a free transfer – with David Villa set to join him
Frank Lampard has agreed a free transfer to New York City – and Atletico Madrid marksman David Villa is set to join him.
The highly-decorated ex-Chelsea midfielder and the Spanish title-winning striker were at Manchester City’s Carrington complex on Saturday to complete the internal formalities of their respective moves.
