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Football: All Whites' World Cup path to change?
A new Fifa president may also bring a new World Cup qualification path for the All Whites.
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Watch: Messi sends signed shirts to Afghan boy
Argentine striker Lionel Messi has sent signed shirts to the Afghan boy who was pictured wearing a homemade shirt with the No. 10 on the back.
![Football: 5 Things we learned from United's win against rivals Liverpool](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Football: 5 Things we learned from United's win against rivals Liverpool
You just cannot write him off, can you? Rooney failed to score in five games before United's win against Swansea at the start of January.
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Football: United too big to keep losing, claims van Gaal
Louis van Gaal has declared that Manchester United are "too big" a club to go 26 years without winning a league title.
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Steven Gerrard has 'one of the best nights' thrashing Aussies in Sydney
Steven Gerrard gets nostalgic after sharing the field with Liverpool Legends.
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Michael Burgess: Fifa's blushes spared but format is flawed
It's probably just as well Auckland City didn't win their match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Friday.
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Football: Van Gaal must face the music
Louis van Gaal underwent an inquisition yesterday unlike almost any other he had endured in his 29 years coaching.
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Sky bidding for English football rights
Sky Sport has launched a bid to snatch exclusive NZ rights to screen live English Premier League football from Coliseum Sports Media.
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Football: Reid irked by attacks on his All Whites absences
The West Ham defender admits he gets annoyed by the adverse reaction of the New Zealand footballing community when he is unavailable for the national team.
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Football: It's all Rosie now after tough start
For Rosie White, after a spell in the American college system, this is her first professional stint. And it's been a harsh introduction to life as a full-time footballer.
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Phoenix disappoint at 2nd Sydney showdown
The problem with setting high standards is that it's both surprising and disappointing when they're not met.
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Football: Fans rate Ronaldo over Rooney
If you were to conduct a straw poll on the Stretford End, the current United captain would come a distant second to Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Football: Allardyce opts for All Whites pair
Sam Allardyce picked both Ryan Nelsen and Winston Reid when selecting his best XI from 15 years managing in the Premier League.
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Football: Martial stars for Man Utd
Anthony Martial's transfer to Manchester United for a fee that could rise to $142 million, a world record for a teenager, was a whirlwind.
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Football: Ronaldo ends goal 'crisis'
Goalscoring great Cristiano Ronaldo silences his many doubters with five strikes against rivals Espanyol.
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Football: Man United manager in a quandary
Manchester United left the Liberty Stadium as if bound in a strait-jacket.
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William fires salvo at Fifa
Prince William has intervened in the Fifa corruption scandal with an unprecedented speech criticising world football's governing body.
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Blatter shoots back defiant barbs
Sepp Blatter went on the offensive over accusations that he has presided over a regime of rampant corruption during his 17 years in charge.
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Former Fifa chief too ill for jail but not dancefloor
The disgraced former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been seen dancing at a political rally just hours after leaving prison in an ambulance on medical grounds.
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Football wizards to thrill Aussie crowds
Seven of the world's top football clubs, worth a combined A$10.2 billion ($10.93 billion), are about to turn Australia into the game's off-season hot spot.
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Keeper's career coming to end
The crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium witnessed an outstanding goalkeeping performance on Sunday, one to shape the outcome of the Spanish league.
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2026 admirable but unrealistic goal for staging Football World Cup
Talk of New Zealand one day co-hosting the Football World Cup is great to hear, but there is no realistic way it would happen before 2050.
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World Cup in NZ a pipe dream?
Dylan Cleaver gets all the reasons why the Fifa World Cup will not come to New Zealand on the table right away and works backwards from there.
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Fifa World Cup: NZ dream to host Cup
The man credited with making the Rugby World Cup a success four years ago has embarked on a project to top them all - to bring the Fifa World Cup to New Zealand.
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Football: Survival on minds of both sides
Aston Villa have an FA Cup semifinal looming at Wembley in 12 days' time but for Tim Sherwood, the most important game of their season takes place when Queen's Park Rangers visit for a fixture....
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Football: Man Utd boss eyes top spot
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal insists he has not given up hope of ending his first season in charge as an English Premier League champion after a 3-1 win over Aston Villa lifted his team into third place.