Mutu must pay Chelsea €17.2million

Adrian Mutu has been ordered by FIFA to pay Chelsea €17.2million in compensation following his failed drugs test in 2004, the Premier League club announced.

Romania striker Mutu, now at Serie A club Fiorentina, was sacked by Chelsea in October 2004 and banned for seven months after failing a drugs test for cocaine.

The 29-year-old's fine is the biggest ever handed down to a footballer and was calculated by FIFA's dispute resolution chamber according to the value of the remaining period on his Stamford Bridge contract.

Chelsea expressed their delight at the ruling but Mutu is likely to appeal the penalty.

'Chelsea Football Club can confirm that it has received the decision from FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) on the claim made against Adrian Mutu,' a statement on the club's website read.

'Chelsea is delighted with the DRC's decision to award the club £13.68million in compensation.

'This is an important decision for football. Not only did the DRC make us a very significant monetary award, the decision also recognised the damaging effect incidents involving drugs has on football and the responsibilities we all have in this area.

'Chelsea will now be following the process laid out in the DRC's decision to claim the money from Mutu.'

UEFA Cup 2008/2009

Manchester City lost 1-0 to FC Midtjylland at home tonight,a vital away goal for them.Elsewhere we already know about pats 2 away goals in Sweden.Aston Villa won 4-1 against FH aswell and Queen of the south lost 2-1 at home aswell.

Uefa cup 2nd qualifying round 1st leg results:

FT L. Metalurgs 0 - 2 FC Vaslui
FT Borac C. 1 - 0 Lokomotiv Sofia
FT Honka 0 - 0 Viking
FT Vojvodina Novi Sad 0 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
FT Haka Valkeakoski 0 - 4 Brondby
FT Legia Warsaw 1 - 2 FC Moscow
FT Stuttgart 2 - 1 Gyor
FT APOEL Nicosia 2 - 2 Red Star Belgrade
FT Djurgarden 2 - 1 Rosenborg
FT Elfsborg 2 - 2 St. Patricks
FT Litex Lovech 0 - 0 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
FT Stabaek 2 - 1 Rennes
FT Suduva 1 - 4 SV Salzburg
FT Young Boys Bern 4 - 1 Debrecen
FT AA Gent 2 - 1 Kalmar
FT Aris Saloniki 1 - 0 Slaven Belupo
FT Dnipro D'petrovsk 3 - 2 Bellinzona
FT FC Copenhagen 3 - 1 Lillestrom
FT Hafnarfjordur 1 - 4 Aston Villa
FT Liberec 1 - 2 Zilina
FT Maccabi Netanya 1 - 1 Cherno More Varna
FT Zurich 1 - 1 Sturm Graz
FT AEK Athens 0 - 1 Omonia Nicosia
FT Siroki Brijeg 1 - 2 Besiktas
FT Vllaznia 0 - 3 Napoli
FT Braga 1 - 0 Zrinski
FT Interblock 0 - 2 Hertha BSC
FT Lech Poznan 6 - 0 Grasshoppers
FT Manchester C. 0 - 1 FC Midtjylland
FT Queen of the South 1 - 2 FC Nordsjaelland
FT Deportivo La Coruna 0 - 0 Hajduk Split

Cork v Wexford youths tickets

In regards to tickets ,will your season ticket get you into this match?

Announcement of new FAI International Performance Director

Announcement of new FAI International Performance Director
Date: Thursday, 10 July 2008
Section: FAI News
On Friday, July 11th, at 11:30am, Irish Time, at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin, the FAI will hold a press conference where the new International Performance Director will be announced.

This press conference will be streamed live on FAI.ie, starting at 11:30am. The press conference will also be uploaded to the FAI.ie Podcast, for those who missed it.

Any ideas as to who tihs could be?

FC Haka's league form

They are currently 8 th in the finnish league,their next match is at home on sunday against 3rd placed Lahti .