Putin backs Russia for World Cup hosts

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Putin backs Russia for World Cup hosts On Tuesday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered his backing to Russia’s bid for the World Cup during a meeting with FIFA inspectors in which they took a look at how viable the option is.

Putin added that Russian authorities would put a visa-free regime in place for those who are guests of the World Cup and those who are planning on participating.  Russia is hoping to win the bid for the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.

Also at the meeting were the head of the RFU (Russian Football Union), Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, and sports minister Vitaly Mutko.  The meeting was attended by six members of the FIFA board and led by Harold Mayne-Nicholls the Chilean Football Federation President.

Putin declared that Russia is prepared to do whatever is required in order to win the World Cup bid if FIFA decided that the country could be trusted to host the largest football event in the world.  He stated that if FIFA offers the country the World Cup then Russia will offer everything that they can which would include the action visa-free regime.

The Prime Minister added that he is sure that everyone who attends the event along with the participants will enjoy the World Cup in Russia and that plans to reconstruct across the country will still occur even if they lose the bid for the 2018 bid.

Russia has already been selected as the 2014 location for the Winter Olympics which was the work of Putin.

Arsenal stars kick off Nike Air Max 90 campaign

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Arsenal stars kick off Nike Air Max 90 campaign

Arsenal stars Andrey Arshavin and Marouane Chamakh are fronting the new Nike and Foot Locker campaign for the newly styled Nike Air Max 90 (AM90). This 60 second film also stars Roma’s (and ex-Fulham) Stefano Chuka Okaka who is wildely tipped to be the first black player to play for Italy. The AM90 will hit the shelves on 15th August 2010, priced at £89.99.

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Leicester City becomes a Thai football club

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Leicester City becomes a Thai football club The Leicester City football club has been purchased by a consortium led by Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn, a Thai businessman. Chairman of the club, Milan Mandaric will still retain his position.

The three year sponsorship deal was made official last week and Mandaric is hopeful that the deal will help the Championship Club once again return to its previous glory in the Premier League.

Mandaric stated that the deal will bring new energy and strength to the club and is a great opportunity both for the club and its supporters.  According to Mandaric, the deal represents ambition, strength, and partnership all of which will help bring the club back to its former standing within the Primer League.

Ian Wright and Alice Cooper preview the new football season

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Ian Wright and rock legend Alice Cooper talk about their hopes for the next football season.  This is part of a series from the Sun newspaper which has spoken to a host of celebrities, including a few you would not usually expect to hear from, about their hopes for the upcoming football season.

Vanessa Perroncel talks about John Terry affair

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Vanessa Perroncel talks about John Terry affair Ah well, we’ll probably never know the whole, true story, but then the participants seem a little uncertain themselves.  A few facts are available, however.  One is that England’s John Terry was divested of his captaincy of the national soccer team as a result of allegations that he had or was having an affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the French lingerie model.

Terry was and is married and the father of twins.  Vanessa’s boyfriend before the alleged affair was Wayne Bridge, teammate and ‘close friend’ of John Terry.  When the rumours started flying, Terry tried to get a gag order to keep the whole thing quiet.  That didn’t work very well.

Today, in her first TV interview since the affair was ‘discovered’, Vanessa Perroncel talked with Kate Garraway of GMTV.  When asked if she did have an affair with Terry, Vanessa insisted that they were “just friends”.  She also said that the allegations about being paid to keep quiet were utterly false, and she “didn’t take a penny from him.”  Vanessa also seems to believe that Toni Poole, Terry’s wife, believes her denials.

Whatever she did or did not do, Vanessa repeats, “there was no malicious intent.”  She says that she hopes to get back together with Wayne Bridge, the father of her 3-year-old son.  He was “the one”, she says, but their relationship suffered from too much absence on his part, and so far Wayne hasn’t come forward to give us his opinion on the situation.