CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea's government has denied an opposition request to hold a demonstration in the capital Conakry on Thursday, saying the protest would interfere with a visit by FIFA President Sepp Blatter. The head of the world football gov erning body – wracked by a series of corruption scandals since 2010 – will make a two-day visit to Guinea as part of a four-country tour of Africa before Sunday's African Cup of Nations final. … Soccer-Croatia outclass South Korea in London friendly
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – An inspired Croatia swept past South Korea 4-0 in a friendly played at Fulham’s Craven Cottage on Wednesday, building confidence ahead of a major World Cup qualifier next month against Balkan arch-rivals Serbia.
FIFA launches hotline for reporting corruption, match-fixing
ZURICH (Reuters) – Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has launched a web page to enable individuals to make anonymous reports of corruption by officials and attempts at match-fixing, it said on Wednesday. FIFA had promised to set up the hotline before Monday’s announcement by European police that about 680 suspicious matches, including qualifiers for the World Cup and European Championship and the Champions League, had been identified in a fix inquiry. …
Soccer-FIFA launches hotline for reporting corruption, match-fixing
ZURICH, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has launched a web page to enable individuals to make anonymous reports of corruption by officials and attempts at match-fixing, it said on Wednesday. FIFA had promised to set up the hotline before Monday’s announcement by European police that about 680 suspicious matches, including qualifiers for the World Cup and European Championship and the Champions League, had been identified in a fix inquiry. …
Pirlo: Celtic atmosphere won't intimidate Juventus
The playmaker says that the noise created by the Hoops faithful will only serve to make his side stronger when they meet in the Champions League Croatia outclass South Korea in London friendly
LONDON (Reuters) – An inspired Croatia swept past South Korea 4-0 in a friendly played at Fulham's Craven Cottage on Wednesday, building confidence ahead of a major World Cup qualifier next month against Balkan arch-rivals Serbia. In-form Mario Mandzukic and captain Darijo Srna put the Croatians 2-0 up in the first half before Nikica Jelavic and then a late Mladen Petric goal wrapped up the match, though it was Korea who had the game's first big chance. Croatia defender Vedran Corluka cleared the ball off the line after a Kim Shin-wook header as both sides wrestled for the initiative. … Jordan 4-0 Singapore: Second-half collapse from Lions see them fall to heavy defeat
Interim coach V. Sundramoorthy saw his side crumble to a 4-0 defeat in their opening 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier as they were brushed aside in a second-half collaps e 
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