The final of the much-maligned tournament will take place on December 18, causing huge disruption to the Premier League and other European tournaments.
FIFA have confirmed a winter World Cup for 2022, starting on November 21.
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Carneiro and a colleague ran onto the pitch to treat Eden Hazard forcing Chelsea to be temporarily reduced to nine men against Swansea.
Chelsea club doctor Eva Carneiro has left her job at Chelsea. She is considering to take legal action against the club and the manager.
According to Mirror, Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro has left the club after falling out with manager six weeks back. The reports suggest that Carneiro is now ready to launch an expensive legal battle.
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A report claimed the veteran Italian, a Champions League winner with AC Milan and Real Madrid, had been sounded out by owners Fenway Sports Group about taking over at Anfield.
However, that was immediately rubbished by the club with sources suggesting such a move would be completely out of character with the way the Americans have run things to date.
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1) Transfers
Liverpool’s transfer strategy has been a bit of a shambles. Rodgers has signed a lot of players and sold many of them or loaned them out. He hasn’t signed well at all despite the comings and goings. Millions of pound poorly spent. This has meant that the squad hasn’t grown very much and Rodgers hasn’t developed it very successfully.
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Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho is going to be a world-class player. We're all well aware of that.
It's unlikely that anything will stop him proving his credentials at Liverpool in the coming years. He's technically brilliant, has an eye for goal and is a constant threat to the opposition.
The 23-year-old roams around the pitch in pursuit of providing something magical to the ever-expecting Kop.
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CHELSEA maverick Diego Costa has been named as the Premier League's dirtiest player.
In a recent fan poll conducted by The Sun, 85 per cent of readers have labelled Costa as the league's biggest villain.
The Chelsea ace was slammed by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for his behaviour that resulted in Gabriel Paulista being sent off on Saturday.
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Disgruntled Arsenal fans have created an online petition to prevent Mike Dean refereeing another game involving the club.
Jamie Cassar created the movement on change.org following the Gunners’ 2-0 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, and over 50,000 people have put their names forward to the Football Association.
The petition, titled 'Prevent Mike Dean from refereeing another Arsenal game', reads:
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The most famous man in football is now getting referenced in American football.
It's the best indication yet that Cristiano Ronaldo is a truly global icon. The Real Madrid man and Ballon d'Or winner has now managed to infiltrate the NFL.
CR7 is an instantly recognisable figure on most continents, but he can probably still walk down plenty of American streets without being bothered.
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The seemingly everlasting debate over who is better out of Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has emerged again amid the opening matchday of the new season's Champions League campaign.
Ronaldo dealt an early blow by scoring a hat-trick in Real's 4-0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk to take him three goals clear of Messi in the Champions League's all-time goalscoring list, per BBC Sport's Mandeep Sanghera.
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Former Liverpool midfielder and club legend, Steven Gerrard has pointed accusing finger to Sterling for Man. City lose in the opener of the UEFA champions league Group D opener against Jeventus.
Former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard criticised Raheem Sterling ater the winger wasted a couple of easy chances for Manchester City during their UEFA Champions League defeat to Juventus at home on Tuesday. (Juventus defeat Manchester City 2-1)
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Chelsea may be going through a tough time – but the last thing John Terry and Co. will want to hear is that Eden Hazard is in charge of the dressing room music.
The Blues should be able to put their Premier League woes behind them with the visit of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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Lionel Messi team mate and coach have named him "incomparable". As the Spanish league giants look to take the first step towards the defence of their Champions League crown against Roma on Wednesday.
Barcelona, 3-1 winners over Juventus in last May's final, are being tipped to become the first team since AC Milan in 1990 to successfully defend their crown.
Roma's Stadio Olimpico is expected to host a sell-out crowd of 72,000 for the Group E encounter -- a rare occurrence, but one which illustrates the attraction of one of the world's best football sides, and one of the game's greatest players.
It will be Messi's 100th Champions League appearance and for Enrique, Messi beats them all.
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We have already seen Barcelona use their home and away kits plenty of times in this young season, and most of us can agree that they look good. They're not as good as last season -- basically because they were the best kits ever --, but we have come to like the new shirt designs. But there is one kit left to meet: the third one.
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Asmir Begovic admits the Chelsea dressing room is lacking in confidence, but insists there have been no bust-ups among the squad.
Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic concedes the Chelsea dressing room is currently flat, but insists there are no arguments or feuds inside Jose Mourinho's squad.
The Stamford Bridge club have made an abysmal start to the defence of their Premier League crown and are down in 17th place with just one win from their opening five games.
Mourinho was defiant over his own position after Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park and refused to place much blame on his players for the slump.
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UEFA will introduce a biological passport similar to those used in cycling and athletics.
UEFA will increase drug testing measures ahead of Euro 2016 in France, European football's governing body said on Friday.
"In advance of the UEFA EURO 2016 tournament, UEFA will conduct the largest pre-tournament testing programme ever implemented. All players with the potential to be selected for participating teams will be subjected to testing from 1 January 2016 via UEFA's annual programme," UEFA said in a statement.
"Teams will also be tested at squad meet-ups in advance of the tournament, and following their arrival in France."
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Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has signed a new four-year contract, the club said on Friday (Saturday NZ Time), a week after a proposed transfer to Real Madrid collapsed.
The Spain international, 24, almost joined Madrid on transfer deadline day, but the deal fell through as the necessary paperwork was not filed in time and the clubs blamed each other for the bureaucratic failure.
His previous deal was set to expire at the end of the season, and he had been widely expected to join Madrid on a free transfer next year.
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Liverpool have been boosted by the return to training of striker Daniel Sturridge but it may still be too soon for him to feature in tomorrow’s trip to Manchester United.
The England international has not played since April 8 and after a hip operation in May he has spent much of the summer on a rehabilitation programme in the United States.
He returned to Melwood for individual sessions in late August and he has now joined training with the rest of the first-team squad.
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But what about the now? Both sides laboured to disappointing finishes last season and will be looking to make the most of an open and exciting Premier League this time around. They currently sit in 4th and 6th place respectively after four games, level on 7 points. Saturday’s fixture will be the perfect opportunity for either Manchester United or Liverpool to signal their intent for the coming months. There’s also the small matter of the bragging rights that come with victory.
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Bold plans for Chelsea’s new £50million 60,000-seater stadium have been revealed.
Keen to revamp Stamford Bridge, the club have enlisted the help of Swiss architecture company Herzog & de Meuron and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands for the new creation.
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England football team and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney made history in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Switzerland at Wembley on Tuesday by breaking Bobby Charlton's all-time England goal scoring record.
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Twitter is a funny place. Certain people like to drop a grenade in the middle of a conversation and watch the chaos as it ensues. This happens on a daily basis when one fan says one of their players is better than an opponent’s player and it gets hundreds of retweets and then fans from the other team chime in. People love the attention so make ridiculous comparisons, for example Juan Mata is better than Dennis Bergkamp. I’m not an Arsenal fan but even I felt offended at that comment.
There are plenty of these silly discussions, it’s the beauty of Twitter, but from time to time you see one that makes you go “hmm, they’ve got a point.” and this happens when I see people comparing Eden Hazard and David Silva.
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Nigeria's Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has revealed that he has watched Taifa Stars' tapes but expects they will be different when the two sides face off at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.

Taifa Stars host the West African powerhouse, Nigeria, in a much-awaited Group G encounter as the qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) enter match-day two this weekend.

Oliseh and his side were expected to land at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam last night ahead of the encounter at the 60,000-seater arena.
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To say that Chelsea lack players in numbers would be the most ludicrous statement to make surrounding the Premier League.
With an incredible 33 players out on loan, per The Independent, it demonstrates the strange hoarding attitude of Chelsea in which they sign up almost everyone with potential to develop.
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Lionel Messi's international commitments are causing a stir in Catalonia after it emerged Barcelona fear their star will suffer injury while on duty with Argentina.
Spanish newspaper Marca claimed the Blaugrana coaching staff are hoping Albiceleste coach and former Barca boss Gerardo Martino will return their talisman from his upcoming international fixtures in fine form.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has the potential to earn £206,782 for every promotional tweet he posts on Twitter, according to media agency Opendorse.
The Real Madrid star is arguably the world’s best player – and that’s reflected in his following across all social media channels.
He’s most popular on Facebook, with 106million likes on his official page – but he’s also the best-followed athlete on Twitter with a huge 37million followers.
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When we look back at Wayne Rooney's England career, we'll surely say that he was up there with some of the best.
He only needs two strikes against San Marino in the Three Lions' next Euro qualifier to surpass Bobby Charlton's all-time tally of 49 goals for his country. Few are backing against him - he seems set to become an England record holder.
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After a lacklustre defence of their 2013/14 championship, Manchester City went to town in the summer transfer market, splashing big on Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne, amongst others
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It was a relatively uneventful Deadline Day in the Premier League, as most of the fireworks came late Monday night when David De Gea's move to Real Madrid fell through.
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Transfer spending by Premier League clubs was more than double any of the other 'Big Five' West European leagues in the summer transfer window, as gross expenditure by the English elite reached £1 billion in a single calendar year for the first time.
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United and Madrid had agreed a deal worth £29million for the sale of the Spanish goalkeeper on Monday, with Keylor Navas coming to Old Trafford as part of the agreement.
But shortly after the 11pm deadline for European transfers it emerged the necessary paperwork had not been lodged in time and the deal had therefore fallen through.
There was no sign of De Gea's name, nor that of Navas, on a confirmed list of La Liga transfers, which was published after the deadline had passed.
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VICTOR MOSES is set to sign a new contract at Chelsea and then join West Ham on loan.

It will form part of a double swoop by Slaven Bilic, who expects Hull striker Nikica Jelavic to undergo a medical today on a £3m move.
Moses has spent the last two seasons on loan at Liverpool and Stoke City respectively, but is now in line to move across London.
Before then he is likely to extend his contract at Chelsea which has two years left to run. Moses moved to Stamford Bridge from Wigan for around £9m in 2012.
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Brown Ideye has joined Olympiakos from West Brom for an undisclosed fee.
The 26-year-old moved to West Brom in July 2014 but he struggled to make an impact at The Hawthorns, scoring just four goals in 26 league appearances.
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