Croatia 2-0 Latvia | Euro 2012 Group F qualifier match report
Croatia had to settle for a spot in the play‑offs for Euro 2012 despite beating Latvia 2-0 in their final qualifier thanks to goals from Eduardo da Silva and Mario Mandzukic.Croatia finished second in Group F behind Greece, who rallied late for ...
Fifa investigates six officials over possible match-fixing
• Fifa looks into Bulgaria v Estonia and Latvia v Bolivia• All seven goals in two friendlies were penaltiesFifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against six match officials in relation to a possible match-fixing charge following an investigation...
Fifa looks into heavy betting patterns
• All seven goals in two games came from penalties• Fifa received information about possible manipulationFifa has confirmed it has opened an investigation into the international friendly double-header on 9 February in Antalya after heavy betting wa...
Fifa looks into heavy betting patterns
• All seven goals in two games came from penalties• Fifa received information about possible manipulationFifa has confirmed it has opened an investigation into the international friendly double-header on 9 February in Antalya after heavy betting wa...
Nothing Spices Up International Friendly Week Like Match-Fixing
France v Brazil? Portugal v Argentina? Germany v Italy? Bosh. The big game of the international friendly week was found far off in the corner of Antalya, Turkey, where Bulgaria and Estonia scrapped it out to a 2-2 draw. Not your typical marquee friendly, but this wasn’t your typical game.
There were pregame rumblings that the...
WikiLeaks cables, day 9: summary of today’s key points
There are no fewer than 251,287 cables from more than 250 US embassies around the world, obtained by WikiLeaks. We present a day-by-day guide to the revelations from the US embassy cables both from the Guardian and its international media partners in t...
Friday’s Euro 2012 Qualifiers
Euro 2012 qualifying is back upon us, with Yossi Benayoun protesting the move to Israel’s holy Sabbath with an aggressive hat-trick against Malta. This comes after qualifying was initially kicked off back in August as any major tournament should: with Estonia and the Faroe Islands. (The Faroes sadly fell.)
Tomorrow, however, is the big opening and...
Ghana 1-0 Latvia | International friendly match report
Ghana 1-0 LatviaGhana fly from Heathrow to South Africa tomorrow afternoon after a performance against Latvia that was more encouraging than the 1-0 scoreline suggests.Black Stars' Serbian manager, Milovan Rajevac, started today's match at Milton Keyne...
