Articles tagged with "suspension"
How To Ruin A Season, by Adrian Mutu
By chris | May 6th, 2008It has been an altogether fantastic season for the Viola, their first with a clean slate after the turmoil of Calciopoli. They've spent most of the season in fourth place and made a deep run into the UEFA Cup, before running into the Scottish team bu ...
Next Time Hleb May Go for the Punch, not the Slap
By Laurie | April 22nd, 2008Was it a slap, a punch, or just a little love-tap? I've watched this something like five times now and can't figure out either the strength of the blow or the intent behind it. (Well, obviously the intent wasn't "to express great affectio ...
Note to Eddie Robinson: You Can't Do This in the YouTube Age
By Laurie | April 16th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAjU0M-eakc[/youtube] Eddie Robinson may have thought he'd gotten away with it. As reported by Travis on our KC Wizards Offside blog, Eddie delivered a nasty elbow to the face of Kansas City player Tyson Wa ...
Demichelis receives suspension
By Angela | March 14th, 2008Ottmar Hitzfeld might leave Bayern known for ruling with an iron hand, but he's making his players pay attention that's for sure. First, it was the suspension of Oliver Kahn for talking out of turn about his teammates. Now it's the suspension of Martin
Ana Paula de Oliveira: She is back!
By Bruno Romani | February 10th, 2008Ana Paula Oliveira in São José dos Campos After 245 days of a suspension and a Playboy cover, the most famous and beloved linesperson in the world is back! Ana Paula Oliveira worked this Saturday in a match of the Paulista Championship. Well, there
Cruzeiro ties, manager suspended for 120 days!
By AJ | August 30th, 2007Cruzeiro tied Paraná (who, for some reason, have an incredible record against Cruzeiro in the last couple of years) last night in a very exciting game - Cruzeiro games always are - and I don't think there is much more to say. Our manager, Dorival Júnio
Doping suspends Dodô for 120 days
By Bruno Romani | July 25th, 2007The High Court of Desportive Justice condemned the forward Dodô to a 120 days suspension due to the use of fenproporex, a substance found in drugs to suppress the appetite. The striker from Botafogo was caught in an anti-doping test in June after the mat
Flachi's Coke Use Apparently Not That Bad
By Martha | June 4th, 2007After having two separate urine samples test positive for cocaine, Sampdoria's Francesco Flachi spent several months sitting around, waiting for the football league to hand down his punishment. They finally spoke last week, giving the 32-year-old a 16-mon
Zampa: Paying the Price for Telling it Like it Is
By Martha | April 27th, 2007Remember back in February, when our friend Maurizio Zamparini turned the power of his crazy on the referee designator in advance of his team's match against Milan? At the time, he railed against the choice of official for the match, correctly pointing out
Adriano Banned, World Chortles With Glee
By Martha | April 20th, 2007The list of suspended players for this weekend's fixtures just came out and, in addition to the expected names of people with too many cards (one of whom, to my great dismay, is Mr. Luis Figo), there's one surprise: Adriano. Despite not picking up a singl
And Today in Suspensions ...
By Martha | March 23rd, 2007A couple of disciplinary hearings were held yesterday, both of which affected Italian football. First, Palermo's Francesco Guidolin had his three-game suspension (for that pitch-side meltdown he experienced after Evil Gypsy Adriano Mutu's goal for Fiorent
Flachi Screws Up. Again.
By Martha | February 21st, 2007Though it wasn't talked about much in the English-language press, Sampdoria captain Francesco Flachi missed two months early in the season thanks a FIGC-mandated ban. (I didn't even notice it had happened until he suddenly reappeared and I did some diggin
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