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World Service,16 Oct 2010,28 mins

16/10/2010

World Football

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Serbia's national team could be disqualified from the European Championship after Tuesday's qualifier against Italy was abandoned due to crowd trouble. But as Mark Lowen the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reporter tells us, football is being used as a front for Nationalist who want to destabilise the country. Bundesliga supporters demonstrate against a move by the Hannover 96 President Martin Kind to allow foreign investment in to German clubs. At the moment the 50+1 rule prevents any investments by wealth overseas investors, which has lead to so many problems in the English Premier League. We travel to Lower Saxony to discover why opinion is divide on the 50+1 rule. England and West ham player Kieron Dyer, who has seen ownership battles during his career says Liverpool players cannot use the uncertainty over the future of club as reason for their poor form this season. Following a poor World Cup, by their standards, Brazil have begun the task of re-inventing themselves as a dominant force in the global game. We look at the issues facing the most successful team in World Cup history. Presented by Alan Green.

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