Football http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/top_stories/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/top/ en-au Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!Xtra. All rights reserved. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:02:12 +1300 Yahoo!Xtra Sport http://l.yimg.com/au.yimg.com/i/mh/nz/yxtra_sport_1_1.gif 241 36 FIFA to hold extraordinary meeting before draw (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6508053 * Special FIFA meeting convened Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:44:41 +1300 Portsmouth keeper James hopeful over injury (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6508302 LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Portsmouth's England goalkeeper David James has played down the latest injury he suffered in the warm-up for Sunday's Premier League game at Stoke City. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:34 +1300 Barcelona coy over fitness of strike duo for Inter clash (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6508282 BARCELONA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Barcelona will decide on Tuesday whether to risk Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi in their Champions League clash with Inter Milan at the Nou Camp, coach Pep Guardiola said on Monday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:49 +1300 Domenech ridicules bonus claims (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6508416 PARIS (AFP) - France coach Raymond Domenech on Monday dismissed claims that he had received a bonus of 862,000 euros for successfully guiding the side to next year's World Cup finals. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:11 +1300 Atletico Madrid president appeals for patience (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6508414 MADRID (AFP) - Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo on Monday urged fans to be "patient" after the club's disastrous start to the season which has left it in the relegation zone after just 11 matches. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:42:47 +1300 FIFA call crisis talks after qualifiers, betting scandal (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6508093 PARIS (AFP) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary general meeting for December 2 following the Thierry Henry handball incident and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Europe. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:07:42 +1300 Germany sets up betting scandal task force (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6507906 BERLIN (AFP) - The German Football Federation (DFB) and the German Football League (DFL) announced on Monday the creation of a task force here to probe a betting scandal which has rocked European football. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:57:19 +1300 Rossi takes over from Zenga at Palermo (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6507958 * Former Lazio boss Rossi named Palermo coach Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:54:02 +1300 Siena replace coach Baroni with Malesani (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6507959 MILAN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Serie A bottom side Siena sacked coach Marco Baroni after less than a month in charge on Monday and named Alberto Malesani as his replacement. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:49:38 +1300 FIFA calls extraordinary meeting after controversies (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6507944 LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - FIFA has called an extraordinary meeting following the controversy over France striker Thierry Henry's goal against Ireland in the World Cup qualifiers and the match-fixing investigation announced last week. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:43:17 +1300