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Joe Kinnear mispronounces the names of Newcastle United players Yohan Cabaye and Hatem Ben Arfa in a TalkSport interview
18 Jun » GuardianProtest group calls on Socceroos fans to chant 'Peace for Iraq'
Love from Australia will picket fans to voice their discontent at Australia's involvement in the Iraq conflict at World Cup qualifier A newly formed campaign group will picket Australian football fans outside the Socceroos' World Cup qualifier match with Iraq on Tuesday evening, protesting against Australia's previous involvement in the Iraq war. Members of Love from Australia, a peaceful protest group, will stand outside ANZ Stadium in Sydney distributing flyers and placards, which call on fans to chant Peace for Iraq at the end of the game. Love from Australia member Shayne Hunter told…
18 Jun » GuardianThe Fiver | The return of a faintly preposterous cockney footballing dinosaur | Barry Glendenning
Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arriving GUESS WHO'S F***ING BACK YOU C****? With the cricket and tennis delayed by rain, the golf and football not on until later and not much else going on, there was a point late on Sunday afternoon when it looked as if the front page of Big Paper Sport's first edition might be entirely devoted to the Fiver's heroic triumph in the Big Paper Sport Dept's fifth annual renewal of the Flicking Playing Cards Into An Upturned Fez Championship. Luckily, a most unlikely saviour arrived in the…
17 Jun » GuardianConferations Cup: Andrea Pirlo scores against Mexico on 100th Italy appearance - video
The Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo says he felt 'lucky' to have scored a goal on his 100th appearance for his country
17 Jun » GuardianLuis Suárez: Spain will win Confederations Cup - video
Luis Suárez says Spain are his favourites to win this year's Confederations Cup after Uruguay's 2-1 defeat to the current world and European champions
17 Jun » GuardianFootball quiz: Joe Kinnear
Today's questions contain a few deleted expletives Paul Campbell
17 Jun » GuardianThe week in sport – in pictures
From the Tour of Switzerland to slacklining in Naples, we pick the best images from a week in sport
17 Jun » GuardianSocceroos' last-gasp heartbreak – a brief history
Between 1974 and 2006 Australia's World Cup qualification efforts ended in tears seven times out of seven. It got increasingly cruel as the 1990s rolled agonisingly on 1989 v Israel Until Israel were admitted to European qualifying they were regular opponents for the Socceroos. In the final round-robin also involving New Zealand, Australia did well to draw in Tel Aviv, but a terrible 2-0 defeat by the Kiwis meant they needed a win in the final game to have any chance of progressing. The group winners met a South American qualifier, which turned out to be Colombia. In a sombre atmosphere in…
17 Jun » GuardianAustralia 1-1 New Zealand (Australia win on pens) | Women's football match report
• Australia 1-1 New Zealand (Australia win on pens) The Matildas beat New Zealand on penalties in an international friendly to claim the Centenary Cup, the match finishing without a period of extra time to fit in with ABC television scheduling. The sides were locked at 1-1 at the end of the regulation 90 minutes but, instead of playing an extra time period, the players went straight into a penalty shootout, which the Australians won 4-2. Capital Football chief executive Heather Reid later confirmed that the match was played that way to fit in with the ABC television coverage, both sides…
16 Jun » GuardianMata ignoring Chelsea exit reports
• 'Nobody at Chelsea has told me that Mourinho wants me out' • Spanish international adds: 'I'm very happy with Chelsea' Juan Mata insists he has not been told he is surplus to requirements under the new Chelsea manager José Mourinho and is ignoring stories to the contrary. The Spanish playmaker, in Brazil with his country ahead of the Confederations Cup, was Chelsea's player of the year as they lifted the Europa League and finished third in the Premier League. Some reports have suggested new Blues boss Mourinho has told clubs on the continent that Mata is available for…
15 Jun » GuardianLionel Messi overtakes Maradona's Argentina tally with hat-trick
• Argentina record 4-0 away victory over Guatemala • Messi now third behind Batistuta and Crespo on list Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to help a second-string Argentina record an easy 4-0 away win over Guatemala in a friendly and overtake Diego Maradona's international goals tally. Messi, who came on as a substitute in recent World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador, was given a place in the starting line-up and gave Argentina a 15th-minute lead with a left-foot shot from outside the penalty area. Messi, scoring his third hat-trick for his country, provided the cross…
15 Jun » GuardianArsenal appoint Sir Chips Keswick as new chairman
• Peter Hill-Wood steps down for health reasons • Keswick is a former chairman of Hambros Bank Peter Hill-Wood has been forced by ill health to stand down as Arsenal's chairman after 31 years in the post and the club have responded by promoting Sir Chips Keswick from the board to replace him. Hill-Wood, whose father and grandfather were previous Arsenal chairmen, suffered a heart attack last year and he had been struggling to fulfil the demands of the role. A board member since 1962, Hill-Wood described the decision as "difficult" as Arsenal had been "a huge part of my life" but…
14 Jun » GuardianThe Fiver | Plucky Little Tahiti | Barry Glendenning
Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arriving BREAKING NEWS Manchester City have brought an end to what was becoming an increasingly interminable delay in appointing Manuel Pellegrini as manager . "The club has a clear vision for success both on and off the pitch and I am committed to making a significant contribution," cheered the holistic Chilean, who has agreed a three-year contract. QUICK, IT'S THE CONFEDS! With the European U-21 Championship ongoing in Israel and the Confederations Cup due to kick off tomorrow in Brazil,…
14 Jun » GuardianPellegrini vows to 'win it all' after being appointed by City
• Three-year deal for Chilean coach at Etihad Stadium • 'I'm delighted to accept this hugely exciting opportunity' • Louise Taylor on Pellegrini's fight for autonomy at City Manuel Pellegrini has announced his long-awaited appointment as Manchester City manager with the lofty target of leading "the best squad in the Premier League" to domestic and Champions League titles next season. The 59-year-old also promised a "new cycle and a new style" from the Roberto Mancini era as he was finally confirmed as the Italian's successor on Friday, almost two weeks after leaving…
14 Jun » GuardianLionel Messi innocent of tax fraud, says Barcelona president - video
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell says Lionel Messi is not guilty of avoiding paying income tax on money generated from the sale of image rights between 2006 and 2009
14 Jun » GuardianFootball quiz: transfer targets
How much do you know about the summer's most-prized players?
14 Jun » GuardianLithuania U-21 player's stunning backheel flick volley goal – video
Lukas Spalvias scores a sublime backheel volley to finish off a classy team move, putting his team 2-1 up against Finland U-21s
13 Jun » GuardianOrlando City and Carolina Railhawks dump Sporting KC and Chivas out of US Open Cup
• Holders Sporting Kansas City crash out to Orlando City • Chivas USA eliminated by Carolina Railhawks • De Rosario hits hat trick as DC United enjoy rare win Another US Open Cup round, another US Open Cup shock, and one that perhaps came with a little touch of schadenfreude. In the third round of the Cup , Dom Dwyer of USL PRO side Orlando City caught the eye of City's affiliate club, and the team that had loaned Dwyer to Orlando, Sporting Kansas City. It seems Dwyer's scoring and all-round contribution to Orlando's victory over Colorado Rapids raised a few eyebrows at…
13 Jun » GuardianThe Fiver | Under-strength booze and inferior command of the English language
Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arriving DEUTSCHE, UM, NOT WELLE? The Fiver's German cousin, Smarter Stronger Richer und Tired-Of-The-Rest-Of-You-And-Your Feckless-Ways Fiver, has suddenly gone quiet. It is only a few weeks since he dropped in to the Fiver's cardboard HQ in London on his way to the Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund Big Cup final and poured scorn and low-quality English beer on Blighty and its over-hyped football, under-strength booze and inferior command of the English language. There he was in his…
13 Jun » GuardianConfederations Cup Football Daily: coming soon!
Podcast : All the excitement of the Confederations Cup in a daily dose of your favourite podcast. The first edition will be with you on Sunday 16 June
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