The Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano in Florence, Italy hosted some of the world’s top referees as part of a week-long seminar for prospective match officials at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, FIFA.com reports.
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Emiliano Marcondes: A Danish-Brazilian Homecoming
Emiliano Marconde Camargo Hansen is a Danish international with Brazilian roots and will be returning to the South American country for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Fortunate Fiji Qualify For A Record-Breaking Rio 2016 Olympics
Fiji reached the Rio 2016 men’s soccer tournament for the first time, albeit in controversial circumstances.
Now the islanders are looking to break the record for the number of Olympians entered by a nation with a population less than 1 million.
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Iraq: The Lions of Mesopotamia at Rio 2016
The Arabic nation only has two Olympic medals in their trophy cabinet, both bronze. One for weightlifting in 1960, the other for the men’s soccer team’s astonishing run to the semi-finals in Athens, 2004.
At Rio 2016, The Lions are in the hunt for another after clawing their way to qualifying to compete in Brazil.
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Jack Harrison: The NYCFC star with a foothold each side of the Atlantic
Some impressive performances of late have well and truly let the Jack Harrison secret out bag and the winger could now be facing a dilemma over his international future.
The Panenka looks at the NYCFC stars journey from Lancashire, England to Yankees Stadium, New York.
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UEFA blow hot and cold on Kosovo
With the UEFA Champions League Qualifiers in full swing it is worth sparing a thought for the recently crowned 2016 Kosovo champions who were banned from entering the European completion on technical grounds.
The Panenka looks at football in the newly formed country as the 210th member of FIFA.
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What Could Brexit Mean For The English Premier League?
On Thursday 23rd June 2016 the British public took part in a referendum to decide whether it would ‘Remain’ or ‘Leave’ the European Union. As results filtered in, it became apparent that it had been determined, by way of democracy, that The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be leaving the EU.
These are very uncertain times and at the time of writing it is still a relative unknown what the future holds politically, socially and economically. The Panenka looks at what this could mean for the English Premier League.
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