# political-football - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Others voted for the actress Sophia Loren and a famous Italian porn star as lawmakers failed to reach a required two-thirds majority on a candidate for president.
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# political-football - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Barcelona City mayor Javier Trias says that the European giants could be travelling north for every domestic fixture.
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# political-football - Friday 26 October, 2012
Iconic footballer Andriy Shevchenko and world boxing champion Vitali Klitchsko will both stand for election in Ukraine this weekend.
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# political-football - Thursday 25 October, 2012
*Hint: when you see who it is, you’ll know it’s not.
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# political-football - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
Two out of three ain’t bad but is the Trap era over for Ireland?
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# political-football - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Rugby clubs in England and France’s top divisions want qualifying for the Heineken Cup to be overhauled.
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# political-football - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
“Did you see in South Africa? It was freezing and nobody could go anywhere to a fan club or anything,” says the Uefa chief.
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# political-football - Friday 22 June, 2012
Miguel Delaney has landed in Gdansk ahead of tonight’s politically-charged Euro 2012 quarter-final. This could be epic.
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# political-football - Thursday 21 June, 2012
“She seems to bring us luck,” Germany midfielder Sami Khedira told reporters.
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# political-football - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
The Gdansk quarter-final is being billed as the battle of the two nations at the heart of the Eurozone crisis.
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# political-football - Saturday 28 April, 2012
The Taoiseach and Ireland’s football chief teamed up for a charity fundraiser at the famous Co Mayo climb earlier.
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# political-football - Thursday 16 February, 2012
Scotland’s First Minister has encouraged the Revenue and Rangers to come to an agreement which would ensure that club’s survival.
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# political-football - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
UEFA officials call newly-released debt figures a ‘wake-up call’ for the continent’s elite clubs.
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# political-football - Thursday 19 January, 2012
Selling beer in football grounds is banned under Brazilian law, but FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke says that will have to change.
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# political-football - Friday 13 January, 2012
The Fianna Fáil leader and the Justice Minister are at loggerheads over the national archives being sent to the US.
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# political-football - Monday 12 December, 2011
The International Rugby Board will re-elect Bernard Lapasset as president in Las Vegas today, according to reports.
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# political-football - Friday 25 November, 2011
# political-football - Saturday 23 July, 2011
Qatari becomes the most senior soccer official convicted of corruption in FIFA’s 107-year history.
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# political-football - Monday 20 June, 2011
Investigation into bribery allegations against Warner closed.
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# political-football - Friday 17 June, 2011
Two Labour MPs from Manchester are looking for House of Commons support to get Fergie into the House of Lords.
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# political-football - Thursday 2 June, 2011
Former US Secretary of State called upon to join Blatter’s proposed “solution committee.”
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# political-football - Wednesday 1 June, 2011
English motion to postpone today’s unopposed election defeated by 172 votes to 17 this morning.
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# political-football - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
# political-football - Monday 30 May, 2011
It’s been another dramatic day in football’s corridors of power. Blatter says the scandals had done “great damage to the image of FIFA.
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# political-football - Sunday 29 May, 2011
President Sepp Blatter has been cleared by FIFA’s ethics committee which has been holding a hearing into claims of bribery implicating Jack Warner and Mohamed Bin Hammam who will now both be suspended and investigated.
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# political-football - Friday 27 May, 2011
# political-football - Thursday 26 May, 2011
FIFA presidential candidate denies any wrongdoing, claiming that allegations are part of a campaign to damage his electoral chances.
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# political-football - Wednesday 25 May, 2011
Football’s governing body will look into fresh allegations of corruption, days before the crucial vote for its top job.
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# political-football - Thursday 12 May, 2011
# political-football - Tuesday 22 March, 2011
World football chief is facing a battle in election with Qatar’s Mohamed bin Hamman.
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# political-football - Wednesday 9 March, 2011
# political-football - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
# political-football - Wednesday 23 February, 2011
Supporters group want to secure safety as fear of homophobia ahead of tournament grow.
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# political-football - Friday 18 February, 2011
FIFA’s president Sepp Blatter is running for re-election yet again this year but he’s facing an unlikely challenge from a journalist speaking a strong message. Emmet Ryan looks into the intriguing candidacy of Grant Wahl.
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# political-football - Thursday 17 February, 2011
Grant Wahl says he’s the man to cure FIFA’s ‘Blatter infection’.
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# political-football - Saturday 4 December, 2010
Emmet Ryan explains what we can expect after this week’s controversial decisions in Zurich.
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# political-football - Thursday 18 November, 2010
Former Taoiseach lands plum sports body job in Europe.
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# political-football - Thursday 11 November, 2010
Will you not just tell us the half-time scores?
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Minister slams Micheál Martin for ‘inaccurate and misleading’ comments about NI archive
The Fianna Fáil leader and the Justice Minister are at loggerheads over the national archives being sent to the US.
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