Really, this issue became very ugly; this weekend, Mido was a target for racial chants against Islam from Newcastle visiting fans during their match against Middlesbrough calling him a terrorist.
The English FA said that they would start an investigation on the issue using the latest technology to identify those fans who started it and that they will not get away with it.
The Laws of the Game recognize only one system for officiating soccer games, namely the Diagonal System of Control (DSC), consisting of three officials - one referee and two assistant referees. If Blatter doesn’t need Video Replays he should recognize the Dual System of Control (2-referee system). Dual System of Control would consist of 4 officials – two referees (one in ... [read]
The FIFA Referees Committee, chaired by FIFA Vice-President Ángel María Villar Llona, selected on 22 October 2008 a group of 38 referees from which the definitive list of referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ will be chosen. All of the preselected referees have attended various seminars organised by FIFA and officiated at FIFA competitions since the process ... [read]
Yesterday, Samir Zaher won the Egyptian football association elections to remain the president for the third consecutive time and forth in his career with a huge margin over his closest competitor Kamal Darwish (87 to 25 vote).
The question now is will Zaher remain the president of the EFA? ... [read]
Mabi de Almeida was confirmed as the permanent replacement for Oliveira Goncalves earlier this week. His coaching staff will include Zeca Amaral (Benfica de Luanda manager- will also manage the under-23 national team) and Akwa. Almeida has no experience as a manager, aside from the past 2 games were he took charge as interim manager (a win against Niger and a ... [read]
Starring:
- Samir Zaher, representing the Egyptian football association
- Hassan Hamdy, representing Al Ahly club
-Medhat Shalaby, representing private TV channels
Co-starring: Zamalek club, radio and TV union
plot: last Saturday Egyptian football fans were supposed to be watching Cairo derby between Al Ahly and Zamalek but a conflict over broadcasting rights between Al ... [read]
The Punch Online manages to find a few pluses in the aftermath of our loss to Columbia.
Apparently, the choice of a team that in no way bears resemblance to any of our group opponents, and the mass defection of star players might not be that big a deal. I ... [read]
Heavy rain spoiled what could have been a very interesting match. The end result of the heavy rain was a string of terrible misses by both sides. The first opportunity of the match fell to Manucho but he could do no better than hit the side netting. The "Vino Tinto" responded with an effort that stretched goalkeeper Lama. Angola's best effort in ... [read]
Today in Johannesburg the draw for confederations cup 2009 held in South Africa took place with the help of beauty misses from each of the participating countries.
As expected we got Brazil, Italy and USA; honestly it couldn't have been harder since we have world champions and South America champions and a rising ... [read]
Remember what I wrote about the disadvantages of friendlies? http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html Walcott was injured when he slipped on the rain-soaked pitch in Berlin during a training session on Tuesday ahead of England's friendly win over Germany. It seems Wenger agrees with me that November 19 friendlies were meaningless. As well as losing Walcott, Wenger will also be without Kolo Toure for Saturday's game with ... [read]
In the context of FIFA Law regarding offside, Law 11, the following definitions apply: “Nearer to his opponent’s goal line” means that any part of a player’s head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent. The arms are not included in this definition “Interfering with play” means playing or ... [read]
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