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Werder Bremen player suspended by club for eating a baguette

Thursday, 1 October 2015, 12:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

20-year-old football player Melvyn Lorenzen was suspended for a match by his own club after he was caught eating a baguette before the team was about to depart for a football game. The incident...

Corruption crisis sees UEFA, FIFA call off friendly match

Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 19:15 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will avoid coming face-to-face on Friday amid the football corruption scandal after a UEFA-FIFA match was called off. Blatter, the FIFA president, would usually...

FIFA bans Blatter ally Warner for life over repeated bribery

Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 15:02 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Four years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life on Tuesday for repeated acts of bribery related to World Cup bidding...

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