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Blatter promotes all-English team

GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) FIFA president Sepp Blatter has backed a British soccer team playing at the 2012 London Olympics — if it features only English players. Blatter said the independent status of the four British federations in the world game wou... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Mon, Mar 10 2008

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