• The British Open Championship in golf began in 1860, Association football championships in 1871, cricket championships in 1873.

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  • The accusations were presented by Chuck Blazer, American citizen and head of the Confederation Of North, Central American And Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

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  • Ian Wright (Shirley, Croydon, Surrey) - For services to Association Football. (Clubs include West Ham, Notts Forest, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Celtic.) Donald Nichol Wylie (Dumfries)- For services to the Dumfries Rugby Club.

    BBC: Famous and not so famous honoured

  • Adams says the professional football he encountered when he relocated to India from Britain in the early 1990s was "amateurish" and held back by the government-controlled Sports Authority of India and the AIFF, which administers association football in India and controls the top-tier I-League.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • As part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy project, the Scottish Football Association and the Malawi Football Association will develop a joint coaching programme that will extend beyond the life of the games and feature the exchange of skills and knowledge between the two nations.

    BBC: Scotland politics

  • But the the United Arab Emirates Football Association and the Hong Kong Football Association have backed the plans.

    BBC: Blatter hostile to overseas plan

  • Representatives of the Football Association and Football League are also expected to be involved in the rescheduled meeting which, according to a Conference source, they are keen to hold "in the next fortnight".

    BBC: Cash-strapped Chester City still face league meeting

  • England have under-performed as a team but Brooking, the Football Association director of football development, said Capello would solve that.

    BBC: Capello 'to get best out of team'

  • And Google has already faced legal threats in Europe over copyright law, including a class-action lawsuit brought by England's Football Association Premier League and supported by the Switzerland-based Association of Professional Football Leagues and France's tennis and soccer leagues.

    FORBES: Dailymotion Gets Dinged

  • At primary level, last year a new sports programme was launched for primary schools where coaches from the Gaelic Athletic Association and the Irish Football Association go into schools to work with children aged four to eight.

    BBC: Leap forward for school sports

  • "With regard to the story published in today's edition of The Times newspaper concerning a 'Dreams Football League, ' the Qatar Football Association and other Qatari football entities can categorically confirm that we have no involvement in any such initiative and has heard nothing to suggest such a concept is genuine, " the statement read.

    WSJ: Who's Having Nightmares Over Dream League Claim?

  • The guidelines are endorsed by the American Football Coaches Association, the National Association of Emergency Medical Service Physicians and the National Football League Players Association.

    WSJ: Tougher Rules Advised for Athletes After Concussion

  • Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's director of football, has defended the speed of the Italian's appointment.

    BBC: England challenge excites Capello

  • Meanwhile the club announced on Friday that Lampitt, the Football Association's head of football integrity, would be replacing Peter Storrie, who stepped down on 12 March.

    BBC: David James says 2008 FA Cup win began Pompey crisis

  • "The organizations expressed their concern about reports that the Nigerian Football Association has banned lesbians from football in the country, " the Federation of Gay Games website reported.

    CNN: FIFA queries Nigeria over reports of lesbian soccer ban

  • Capello was joined on the inspection by Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke, South Africa 2010 chief executive Danny Jordaan, South African Football Association president Kirsten Nematandani and African Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou.

    BBC: England confirm Rustenberg as 2010 World Cup base

  • There are over 400 agents in England and the body representing them - the Association of Football Agents (AFA) - is due to discuss the issue at its board meeting on Tuesday and its general meeting on Wednesday.

    BBC: Fifa to 'axe licensed agent rule'

  • They are in discussion with the Football Association and the National Children's Football Alliance.

    BBC: British soldiers along the River Somme in late 1916

  • The Indian Football Association (IFA), which manages football in West Bengal, organized the country's first international friendly between the hugely popular Venezuela and Argentina in 2011.

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  • The Bangladesh Football Association, which co-ordinates grassroots football in Tower Hamlets, arranged the match only a few weeks ago which is why the venue was less than ideal.

    BBC: Bangladeshi Londoners bid for football glory

  • The Football Association of Wales said Davies had decided to concentrate on club football after struggling with a foot injury for the past 18 months.

    BBC: Fulham's Simon Davies calls time on Wales career

  • Under the deal, BT will get ESPN and ESPN America channels, plus ESPN's live sports rights portfolio, which includes the English Football Association Challenge Cup, better known locally as the FA Cup, the Scottish football Premier League, and Germany's top football league, known as the Bundesliga.

    WSJ: ESPN Sells U.K. Channels to BT

  • The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) insists it has never recognised Swede Lars Olof Mattsson as coach.

    BBC: Sierra Leone FA refuse to recognise Swedish coach

  • Initially, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) had rejected his application for the job along with two other candidates.

    BBC: Ziese feels Ghana heat

  • Next week a Football Association of Wales committee will discuss playing some qualifiers at alternative venues.

    BBC: Bellamy wants Wales games moved

  • Meanwhile, Wanderers striker Kevin Davies has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association.

    BBC: Gary Cahill could return for Bolton in four weeks' time

  • Ex-Football Association chairman Geoff Thompson has joined the new seven-man board, chaired by Lord Triesman.

    BBC: England 2018 bid team streamlined

  • The Premier League insisted the case was a matter for the English Football Association.

    CNN: FIFA to probe EPL spot-fixing claims

  • Owomoyela and the German Football Association (DFB) jointly filed a lawsuit against the party in 2006.

    BBC: German far-right leader on trial

  • The Football Association, meanwhile, has expressed its sympathy to Pompey fans over their club's plight.

    BBC: Administrator vows to save debt-ridden Portsmouth

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