Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Philippines Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/sports-soccer.html en-en Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:13:00 +0800 5 http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/sports-soccer.html http://l.yimg.com/hb/i/ph/mastheads/210x47_ph_news.gif 30 140 http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-eng-uae-charlton-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-eng-uae-charlton-47c0590_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:13:00 +0800 Championship strugglers Charlton could become the latest English club to have foreign owners after receiving an indicative offer from a group of Dubai-based investors, the club confirmed on Friday. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-ger-rus-ballack-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-ger-rus-ballack-47c0590_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:42:00 +0800 Germany captain Michael Ballack insisted Friday there is no problem with him and the rest of the German squad after reports claimed he was ostracised following his row with team manager Oliver Bierhoff. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-pol-corruption-fifa-uefa-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-pol-corruption-fifa-uefa-47c0590_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:41:00 +0800 Football's world and European governing bodies said Friday they have reached an agreement with the Polish FA on new elections after a row that had threatened to scupper some World Cup qualifying matches. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-finance-banking-fbl-esp-realmadrid-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-finance-banking-fbl-esp-realmadrid-47c0590_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:24:00 +0800 Spanish champions Real Madrid, the world's largest revenue-generating football club last season, has not been affected by the global financial crisis as it is in a solid economic situation, the club's director general Jose Angel Sanchez said Friday. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-fifa-afr-blatter-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-fifa-afr-blatter-47c0590_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:59:00 +0800 FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Friday said he was confident that South Africa would be able to meet its commitments associated with staging the 2010 World Cup. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-ger-rus-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-ger-rus-47c0590_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:34:00 +0800 Russia's midfield star Andrei Arshavin said Friday his team would be happy to take a point from Group Four rivals Germany when the pair meet in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-eng-kaz-terry-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-eng-kaz-terry-47c0590_2 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:51:00 +0800 John Terry has been ruled out of England's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan on Saturday with a back injury, manager Fabio Capello confirmed on the eve of the match. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-ger-rus-wal-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-eur-ger-rus-wal-47c0590_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:09:00 +0800 Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke will be out for three months after having surgery for a broken hand on Friday and will miss the World Cup qualifiers against Russia and Wales. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081010/tsp-fbl-wc2010-afr2010-rsa-47c0590.html /afp/20081010/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-wc2010-afr2010-rsa-47c0590_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:05:00 +0800 Financial stocks and shares were not the only items plummeting this week as the football fortunes of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa took another nosedive. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081010/tsp-soccer-england-asia-e7f0a65.html /rtrs/20081010/r_t_rtrs_sp_soc/tsp-soccer-england-asia-e7f0a65_1 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:56:46 +0800 LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The Asian Football Confederation is willing to listen to proposals for some English Premier League games taking place in the region as part of an "International Round", AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam said on Thursday. Reuters