- Authorities in Germany and Switzerland have arrested 17 people in connection with a match-fixing scandal; the probe uncovered that, amongst other things, three Champions League games and twelve Europa League games were involved.
- A senior French government official (although not French President Nicolas Sarkozy) and Thierry Henry himself have stated that FIFA should at least replay the match from Wednesday; FIFA, however, has refused the request.
- Roy Keane says that the FAI’s request for a replay shouldn’t be granted because the FAI and him don’t get along. Reading between the lines, I’m thinking that Roy Keane might be a little bit of a dick.
- After winning eight straight matches, Spain has displaced Brazil as the best team in the world (according to the FIFA rankings).
- Egypt is going to quit international football for two years to protest the fact that the Algerian national team was either attacked and pelted by rocks OR completely fabricated the entire incident (which would’ve included beating each other up).
- Who Ate All the Pies has a nice GIF of Drogba’s post-karate kick leg shake to welcome back Premier League action.
- Landon Donovan was named the MLS Player of the Year.
Any truth to the rumors that a couple people named “Platini” and “Blatter” were among those arrested for match fixing?