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FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce, speaking in a personal capacity, said: "I believe Fifa should have the power to ban the player from taking an active part in football. If he has done what has been said, then I think his club would be better off without him." "If Manchester City prove it, write to Fifa and state the exact circumstances that happened, I ...

via mcfc.co.uk "Manchester City can confirm that striker Carlos Tevez has been suspended until further notice for a maximum period of two weeks. The player’s suspension is pending a full review into his alleged conduct during Tuesday evening’s 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. The player will not be considered for selection or take part in ...

via FIFA The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Claudio Sulser (Switzerland), has today decided to ban Guyana FA president Colin Klass from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of 26 months and fined 5,000 CHF, after he was found to have breached various articles of the FIFA ...

Chelsea's Fernando Torres is shown the red card for a bad foul against Mark Gower. Not a lot of contact, but intent? ... The ref had to give it up. Straight red... three matches.

via SportsIllustrated Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho has been banned from the national side for one year for abandoning the team's training camp without explanation last month, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said on Tuesday. The FPF said in a statement that it had applied a regulation that allows a player to be banned for up to 24 ...

Sunderland AFC defender Phil Bardsley will serve a four-match ban after the club decided not to contest a Football Association charge of violent conduct. Bardsley will miss the club's Premier League matches with Stoke City, Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal The 26-year-old Scotland international was charged on video evidence after ...

In a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, ex-Birmingham City striker Gary O’Connor was revealed to have tested positive for the drug during the 2009/10 season. The program also claims a cover up by both the club and the FA after former manager Alex Mcleish said that the striker was out injured. The investigation also named Rochdale player Lee ...

via Guardian The West Bromwich Albion defender Gabriel Tamas has been charged with violent conduct over the penalty-box clash which left Norwich's James Vaughan needing hospital treatment on Sunday. The Football Association took action on Monday over the incident which occurred late in Albion's 1-0 Premier League victory at Carrow Road a ...