Roma 2-0 Chievo: Totti nets twice from the spot as Luis Enrique's …
Roma overcame Chievo with a 2-0 victory courtesy of penalties either side of the break from Francesco Totti . The veteran converted from the spot to give Luis Enrique's side a much-needed three points to move them into the …
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Francesco Totti: I'm thinking of leaving Roma (Goal.com) | Lounge25
December 15, 2011 by treylaptyy
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Roma captain Francesco Totti has reacted angrily to supposed criticism from the team's supporters by claiming he is considering leaving the club with which he has spent his whole career. The 35-year-old forward has ..
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Francesco Totti beats Roberto Baggio's Serie A goal tally …
Roma captain Francesco Totti moved up to fifth on the all-time Serie A goalscoring chart with two goals in Sunday’s dramatic 3-2 victory at Bari on.
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Impatient Italy fans must bide their time to find out if Francesco Totti will make a remarkable comeback at the World Cup, coach Marcello Lippi said on Tuesday, predicting a similar wait for news over his own future. …
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Rome, Francesco Totti will enable the strongest praise from high …
Inter defeated a few days, people can still see the home win over Roma fans for the team leader of excitement permeated the city of Rome in the well-being, but.
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Inter defeated a few days, people can still see the home win over Roma fans for the team leader of excitement permeated the city of Rome in the well-being, but.
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Should The Nfl Be Played Overseas?
The new season is approaching and one of the key fixtures will be Patriots vs Buccaneers at Wembley.
Plus with plans for two games in London by 2010, do you think it is a good idea to hold NFL games overseas?
In my opinion (being British and an American football fan – just getting into it after the first Wembley game) the NFL should expand globally.
After all there’s been considerations to create an extra fixture for foreign games in the English Premier League (most watched sporting series in the world) and the Indian Premier League held in South Africa (being one of the rapidly growing Leagues in the world)
Not to mention the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics being held in differnent places too.
Spain’s 2016 Olympics And 2018 World Cup Bid Harmed By Racism?
Well what do you think Spain? Are you guys ready for all the different type of ethnic groups and races to come to your country without giving monkey chants and pulling your eyes back to look Chinese. I feel you guys are not ready for any of the events and none should be hosted in spain
MADRID (AP) — Spain is a serious contender to host the 2016 Olympics and 2018 World Cup, but a failure to clamp down on fans’ racist and extremist behavior could end up compromising both bids.
Buoyed by Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam tennis wins, the national football team’s European Championship triumph and Alberto Contador’s sweep of cycling’s three premier events, Spain is in a golden age of sports.
It would seem the perfect time to land the two biggest sporting spectacles on earth.
But scenes of offensive fan behavior still tarnish the country’s image, an issue that came to the fore when spectators at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium greeted England’s black football players with monkey chants during a friendly in 2004.
And the problem extends to sports such as Formula One, where fans don’t known when to differentiate between competitive spirit and racism.
“In Spain, there is a profound problem and the fight against racism hasn’t been taken seriously. The problem is a lack of education and sensibility when it comes to tackling racism,” Esteban Ibarra, head of the Movement Against Intolerance, told The Associated Press.
“The public would react positively to a campaign, but there is a real lack of political push in this fight.”
Spain’s friendly against England on Wednesday — the teams’ first meeting since the events in the Spanish capital in November 2004 — comes at a crucial time.
It’s a day before Madrid submits its documents to the International Olympic Committee outlining its bid plans for the 2016 Games, and a little over a week after Spain confirmed its joint bid with Portugal for the 2018 World Cup.
“It’s going to be a great test to see if we’ve overcome that episode or if we’re just continuing on with this problem,” said Ibarra, who has been charting racial incidents for 20 years.
Monkey chants still rain down on players across the country, with Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon nearly quitting a game at Zaragoza in February 2006 because of the abuse.
“When I first experienced it, I didn’t even hear it. It was reporters that brought it to my attention,” said Julian De Guzman, a Canadian of Filipino-Jamaican heritage who plays for Deportivo La Coruna. “Then I was watching (a replay of) the game and I was like ‘Wow.’ It was pretty surprising and kind of disappointing.
“The fines are never enough. They’re just a slap of the hand and they’re back at it again. It doesn’t really do anything.”
Last month, Real Madrid was fined 3,000 euros ($3,900) after some fans displayed fascist banners, made gestures and chanted slogans with reference to the death of their opponents and the gas chamber.
The Spanish football federation said fines correspond to current laws, but preferred not to discuss the issue at length.
“In Spain, we take all preventive measures possible to fight racism,” spokesman Jorge Carretero said. “I don’t see any type of problem with racism in Spanish football. The same problems exist in England, in Germany, in France, and elsewhere.”
Spain’s bid with Portugal for the 2018 World Cup is up against competition from England, the United States, Russia, Japan, Australia and Netherlands-Belgium, among others. The host will be selected by FIFA in December 2010.
“There is no place in football for corruption and racism,” FIFA said in a statement sent to the AP. “Football, given its global reach, power and influence has a duty to act in a responsible and progressive manner.”
Spanish Olympic Committee president Alejandro Blanco doesn’t believe recent events will bear any influence on Madrid’s chances of hosting the 2016 Games, with Tokyo, Chicago and Rio de Janeiro also in the race. The IOC will choose the host city on Oct. 2.
“These things can happen in any stadium in any country in the world, from Brazil to Italy to anywhere,” Blanco said. “It’s too easy to just say that Spain is a racist country, when it is not.”
The Spanish government passed a law against racism in sport in July 2007 in a bid to clamp down on the behavior, but experts say that it is not being used. Clubs can be fined up to $842,000 and deducted points, places and even relegated for serious incidents, but it’s up to the league to enforce such punishments.
Yet extremist supporters, usually with far-right leanings and known as “ultras,” are still allowed into the stadiums. They have infiltrated all levels of Spanish football — from local leagues to the topflight — and have “a fundamental influence in promoting xenophobia in society,” Ibarra said.
“I think football fans have a clearer idea that they must turn their backs on the ultras. There is a rejection, but the ultra groups continue
Would Nations Such As Iran, Saudi Arabia, And Others Boycott The World Cup If Israel Qualified 2010?
This could even happen in the Olympics if Israel qualifies from the UEFA U-21 tournament. A situation like this last happened in the Athens 2004 Olympics in JUDO, but Iran wasn’t suspended from the JUDO Federation.
Surely Football is a much bigger deal what would FIFA do maybe suspend the Federations that participated in such a political protest. After all Israel came damn close in 2006 and there level of play is improving.
If People Expect The Ioc To Take Positions On Politics – What About Fifa?
Where will it all end will sporting federations such as FIFA and the World Cup and other sporting federations be in danger of being held hostage to political activists?
For example South Africa refuses to take a position on Robert Mugabe ” The mad man of Africa” even though they are a democracy. Yet they will be hosting the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP a far more important global event then the Olympics.
Stephen Hadley – Assistant to the President for NSA- called the idea of a political boycott of the Olympics “a cop out” Is it not better to promote a policy of engagement.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/…
