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World Football
Football's biggest stories of the week on the BBC.
Football's biggest stories of the week on the BBC.
World Football this week tackles a couple of sensitive issues, but issues which threaten to undermine the credibility of the game.
Tapping-up of youngsters has been labelled "child trafficking" by football's governing body, which slapped a transfer ban on Chelsea last week. They may not be last club punished.
And when sixteen international footballers were uncovered as age cheats recently, little was made of the matter. World Football presenter Alan Green asks whether the time has come to take the matter more seriously.
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Sat 12 Sep 200913:32GMT
BBC World Service Online
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- Sat 12 Sep 200901:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sat 12 Sep 200906:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sat 12 Sep 200913:32GMTBBC World Service Online
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World Football
Original football stories and interviews from around the globe

