1. Iraq gets green light for football
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A good week for Iraqi football got even better with the announcement that the country can host its first competitive matches since the 2003 invasion.

2. AFC chief chases EPL investment
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Asian football chief Mohamed Bin Hammam believes that English Premier League clubs looking to boost their revenues in Asia should give something back to the region.

3. Chelsea's Eastern promise
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Didier Drogba may be setting a poor example of sporting behaviour on the world's TV screens, but back at Chelsea's training ground outside London the club is providing a shining example to Britain's S

4. UAE league chief slams Sharjah
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Romy Gai, the chief executive of the UAE professional football league has criticised relegation-bound Sharjah for pulling out of the Asian Champions League, saying their decision could negatively affe

5. Blatter steps in on Asian squabble
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called for discipline and restraint as the battle for an Asian seat on the powerful Fifa executive committee turns ugly.

6. Heat is on for Tehran clash
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One of the fiercest rivalries in world football sees Saudi Arabia come under the glare of 90,000 hostile Iranian fans at Tehran's Azadi Stadium as a raft of crucial Asian World Cup qualifiers kicks of

7. Bin Hammam vows to resign
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Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam has vowed to step down if he fails to retain his seat on the Fifa executive committee in elections this May.

8. Bin Hammam faces Bahraini challenge
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Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hammam is facing an unprecedented challenge to his reign after Bahrain's soccer chief launched a bid to unseat him from Fifa's executive commit

9. Asian Champions League draw
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Defending champions Gamba Osaka will face FC Seoul, Shandong Luneng and Sriwijaya in the group stage of the next Asian Champions League.

10. Kuwait ban lifted - for now
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Football's world governing body Fifa has lifted bans on the national associations of Peru, Samoa and Kuwait.