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Leaders Bayern stunned by two late Frankfurt goals

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Robin van Persie returns to Arsenal training

• Striker back after five months out with an ankle injury• Dutchman could play Champions League semi-finalsRobin van Persie returns to Arsenal to join full training this week. Having missed nearly five months of the season with serious ankle damage sustained on international duty with...

Egypt's Olympic football team postpones trip to Palestine

• Possible Israeli visas at issue• Politics and public opinion interveneA visit by the Egyptian Olympic football team to Palestine has been postponed, reported the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper last week. The team were due to travel to the occupied West Bank next Sunday to play a...

Mutola moves into South African football

The 2000 Olympic gold medallist Maria Mutola has swapped the 800 metres for her first love – footballMaria Mutola was a dedicated footballer long before she won Olympic gold, playing alongside boys in the shanties of the Mozambican capital Maputo before going on to become a world champion...

Police in China arrest referees on suspicion of match-fixing

• 2002 World Cup referee among suspects• Previously convicted official got 10 years in prisonChinese police have arrested three football referees on suspicion of match-fixing, including one official who presided at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. Although it is not clear...

Said & Done

Sepp's happy ethics; Vagner Love and an AT4 anti-tank gun; plus the Downfall parody troubling EcuadorHeal the worldHeadling the new Fifa annual report: "The 2010 Fifa World Cup™ will underline Fifa's commitment to a continent that has given the world of football so much ... The Win in Africa...

Review of pay-TV rules may trigger price war

BT and Virgin Media ready to start price war as Ofcom forces Sky to cut the fees it charges other broadcastersThe cost of watching Premier League football and a host of other sports is set to tumble as watchdog Ofcom tries to ease the grip held by Rupert Murdoch's satellite empire on the nation's...

Europa League emerges from the dark

The round of 16 had goals galore and offered a welcome alternative to the Champions LeagueJust as the Carling Cup competition put this season's FA Cup in the shade, so the ugly duckling of the Europa League has just stepped out of the Champions League's enormous shadow to enjoy some fun in the...