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The race to host the 2018 and 2022 Waorld Cups hit top gear Friday with all the hopeful countries making their first serious pitches to football powerbrokers and the world�s media. At an opulent estate on the hills of Table Mountain Cape Town, David Beckham...
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But since Russia's own dramatic collapse in a playoff with Slovenia last month there have been discussions with the Russian FA about coming to Australia for what would in effect be a final game in charge for Hiddink, who is almost certain to step down...
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Government's support for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids when Football Federation Australia submits its technical guarantees in Zurich next week. Friday. ''We've said all along there will be challenges,'' Ellis said. ''It is a big ask, it's the biggest...
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One minute he's shaking his hips with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in front of some very sick kids at a Cape Town hospital. Next he's convinced Franz Beckenbauer to come straight from the airport and poke his nose in at a cocktail reception hosted by Football...
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Franz Beckenbauer believes a strong Socceroos performance in next year's World Cup will strengthen an Australian World Cup bid, which he believes is ''realistic'' for 2022...Asked whether a successful Socceroos performance in South Africa would influence...
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Nicole Kidman is using her star power to help Australia's bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022. The Hollywood actress appears in a promotional film that will be shown to the world's soccer media in Cape Town on Friday, just hours before the draw...
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Jerome Valcke attends a press conference, ahead of Friday's World Cup draw, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec...France will not be a seeded team for Friday's World Cup draw, meaning Les Bleus could face powerful teams such as Brazil or Spain...
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu and FFA chairman Frank Lowy at a football charity initiative at Tygerberg Children's Hospital near Cape Town...Lowy's charm offensive in the lead-up to Friday's draw for next year's World Cup is gathering serious...
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Brazilian President Lula is backing the bid at the end of a week which has seen Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards resign from the 2018 bid team...Lord Triesman, the Football Association chairman and leader of the bid, suggested the endorsement...
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THE Brumby Government's alleged popularity is the last thing I expected to read of (''Brumby soaring high: poll'', 22/11). As Tony Morton wrote in January: ''The next election will be fought on the issue of public transport.'' Privatisation is a shambles,...
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