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A new professional league for India. A potentially massive market but the chances of besting cricket with the next couplke of generations is probably zilch to nil.

Match-fixing allegations being passed to Interpol from UEFA and tucked away is a mention of the Intertoto Cup being scrapped when the tournaments are changed for the 09/10 season.

Could an England vs. Scotland match be set for May 28th of next year?

Normally in a situation where a team has already qualified the youngsters can look forward to a run-out. However, Gabriele Marcotti thinks that as far as Milan is concerned it is the squad’s old-timers who will get the nod on Tuesday against Celtic.

Scottish clubs have had so little success at the San Siro it might be better to refer to it as the San Zero.

Will Buckley links the actions of the legendary Billy Meredith one hundred years ago with Michel Platini today.

With only one round of the Champions League group stage remaining six of the eight teams that were seeded fourth still have a chance to make the knock-out stage.

There was a question on the blog last week about Paul Robinson. In this article Stewart Robson looks at how Robinson and others have fallen behind their foreign counterparts.

Simon Kuper writes about how the Swiss manage to keep their passion for the game well hidden.

The FAI seems intent on making the FA’s search for a new national team boss look like a smoothly run operation.