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Australia denies impropriety in World Cup bid
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» Australia's football chiefs on Tuesday rejected suggestions they acted improperly during their bid to host the 2022 World Cup after the "development" grants they gave to corruption-riddled overseas football bodies were questioned.
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Australia mulls fresh World Cup bid
AFP, Published on 02/06/2014
» Football Federation Australia said Monday it may re-submit its bid to host the 2022 World Cup, after fresh corruption allegations against Qatar's controversial campaign to host the tournament.
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Asian football chief backs Qatar to clear doubts
AFP, Published on 02/06/2014
» Asia's football chief Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Al Khalifa said Monday he is convinced Qatar would try to clear the air over fresh claims it paid millions in bribes to secure the 2022 World Cup.
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Genocide survivors, stateless compete in non-FIFA World Cup
AFP, Published on 06/06/2014
» Despite yet another crushing defeat, Darfur United's goalkeeper is still upbeat about playing in an international soccer tournament near the snow-peaked foothills of northern Sweden.
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Anti-Qatar World Cup campaign blasted as 'racist'
AFP, Published on 06/06/2014
» Asia's top Olympic official on Thursday blasted accusations of corruption against Qatar's 2022 World Cup campaign as being "racist" attacks on Arabs.
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Argentina in Falklands dig on World Cup eve
AFP, Published on 08/06/2014
» Argentina's footballers inflamed their country's rivalry with England on the eve of the World Cup on Saturday, unfurling a banner claiming sovereignty of the Falkland Islands before defeating Slovenia 2-0.
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Stepanek claims another scalp at Queen's
AFP, Published on 13/06/2014
» Czech veteran Radek Stepanek claimed another impressive scalp at Queen's Club as he followed his shock win over Andy Murray by defeating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the quarter-finals on Friday.
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Federer into Halle last four without striking a ball
AFP, Published on 13/06/2014
» Defending champion Roger Federer reached the semi-finals of the Halle grasscourt championships on Friday without appearing on court as quarter-final opponent Lu Yen-Huen of Taiwan withdrew through injury.
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Contador snatches Dauphine lead from Froome
AFP, Published on 14/06/2014
» Spaniard Alberto Contador grabbed the lead in the Criterium du Dauphine on Saturday with a desperate attack on the final climb of stage seven that leaves Britain's Chris Froome trailing by eight seconds.
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Qatar says World Cup corruption reports deliberate attack
AFP, Published on 15/06/2014
» Qatar's 2022 World Cup chiefs have insisted that reports of corruption are a deliberate bid to undermine a FIFA inquiry into their bid.
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