• 07.11.2006 /
    The ongoing drama in Kenyan football took yet another twist this Monday when Kenya’s Football Federation (KFF) and Kenya Premier League (KPL) announced an agreement of collaboration aiming to reinstate order in Kenyan football and relieve the country of its suspension from FIFA.
  • 07.11.2006 /
    An unusual plot of money interests lay behind a friendly football match between Spain-Argentina in which a key player was seriously injured.
  • 03.11.2006 /
    A week after FIFA’s decision to suspend Kenya from international football, the Kenyan government cracks down hard on clubs as well as individuals in Kenyan football.
  • 03.11.2006 /
    Affairs in Kenyan football went from grotesque to tragic today when Kenyan minister of sport, Maina Kamanda, made the decision to dissolve Kenya’s Football Federation and at the same time deport one of the federation’s strongest and most enterprising critics, the Canadian born sports entrepreneur Bob Munro.
  • 24.10.2006 /
    Knowledge bank: Sepp Blatter suggests that professional referees could put an end to match fixing. In England, the FA has a group of paid referees and so far no instances of match fixing. But a refereeing career is short and may not pay enough.
  • 24.10.2006 /
    Knowledge bank: Match fixing is emerging everywhere football is played and can no longer be termed one-offs. More often than not match fixing occurs in less prominent leagues and lower divisions and the bets are set on teams to lose.
  • 24.10.2006 /
    Knowledge bank: Good fixers are experts on human nature, explains a journalist and academic who has researched the dynamics of match fixing.
  • 13.10.2006 /
    Gibraltar must wait longer than anticipated for membership of UEFA. UEFA’s Executive Committee has decided to postpone the decision to grant Gibraltar membership after opposition from Spain. The Spanish football association claims that Gibraltar’s football stadium is built on disputed land under Spanish sovereignty.

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