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		<title>Leap of faith for UEFA</title>
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A total of &#8216;1,108 related articles&#8217; on Google News shows just how much this one has bubbled over in recent days.
When Arsenal&#8217;s Eduardo took a tumble in the area in his side&#8217;s Champions League qualifier with Celtic, a chain of events began which has lead to one of the most bizarre passages in the history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;But where do they stand?&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After UEFA announced fifth and sixth officials, or &#8216;goal referees&#8217; would be used in the Europa League next season, we asked resident UK referee Andy Telford, a level seven Cheshire FA official, for his thoughts.
&#8220;This is a real interesting one.

The extra officials would cause problems due to lack of officials already. Many games at my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UEFA unveils goal referees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was it over the line, did the winger with the white boots dive and was the keeper outside the area when he handled that ball?
These are just some of the questions UEFA hopes will be answered by the much-anticipated arrival of extra officials at the highest level from next season.
European football&#8217;s governing body has announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handball &#8211; a ref&#8217;s-eye-view</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday Barcelona face Manchester United in the Champions League final to decide who will be crowned kings of Europe this year. But many Chelsea fans think their club, and not the Spanish champions, should be facing the red half of Manchester following several rejected penalty appeals for handball in a tempestuous semi-final.
Here English official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is &#8216;deliberate&#8217; handball?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norwegian Tom Henning Ovrebo has raised the question this week but probably can&#8217;t provide us with an answer.
He turned down two Chelsea penalty appeals on Wednesday after the ball twice hit Barcelona players on the arm in the area in the Champions League semi.
I think he saw both clearly. But we may never know as [...]]]></description>
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