Ayre quashes Suarez exit talk Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has rejected talk that striker Luis Suarez wants to leave Anfield.
The 26-year-old forward has been exceptional for Brendan Rodgers' side so far this season, currently topping the Premier League goalscoring charts with 22 goals, prompting speculation of a move to one of Europe's biggest clubs at the end of the season
The Uruguayan had said he could be tempted by a move to an 'elite club', but Ayre has denied that stance, arguing that the player is happy to remain at Anfield and that the quotes themselves have been taken out of context.
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France - Georgia UEFA World Cup qualifying
France need maximum points against Georgia if they are to escape a 2014 World Cup qualifying group which also includes Spain.
Vicente Del Bosque's Spain proved France's undoing at Euro 2012, winning their quarter-final match-up 2-0 in Donetsk.
That result marked France's latest disappointment in major tournaments, after group-stage exits from Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.
Their next challenge appears to be simply reaching the FIFA showpiece in Brazil next year, after Didier Deschamps' team were thrown into a qualifying pool with reigning world and European cha
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Kazakhstan - Germany UEFA World Cup qualifying preview
Kazakhstan will have a point to prove in World Cup qualifying on Friday, after Joachim Loew questioned their right to compete with Germany.
In an interview with Kicker magazine, Germany coach Loew said he doubted if it 'made sporting sense' for the major European nations to play against minnows like 'Kazakhstan, Andorra, San Marino or the Faroe Islands'.
Loew's comments are not the first time senior figures from German football have flagged concepts such as pre-qualifying for low-ranked nations, a suggestion intended to reduce unco
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Spain - Finland UEFA World Cup qualifying preview
Finland face one of the toughest tasks in international football on Friday, when they visit holders Spain in FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Since winning Euro 2008 under Luis Aragones, Spain have swept all before them to become the game's undisputed powerhouse.
Former Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque succeeded Aragones, leading his country's national team to glory at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, before orchestrating a successful defence of their European Championship crown in Poland and Ukraine last year.
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San Marino v England UEFA World Cup qualifying preview
England will hope to avoid exerting themselves against San Marino on Friday before a pivotal World Cup qualifying clash with Montenegro.
Roy Hodgson's team are the highest-ranked nation in Group H, but sit two points behind leaders Montenegro after winning two and drawing two of their first four matches.
Routine 5-0 wins away to Moldova and at home to San Marino were to be expected, but it is the dropped points in 1-1 draws at home to Ukraine and away to Poland which have England's qual
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Colombia with chance to climb Colombia have a golden opportunity to move into second in South America's World Cup qualifying when they host timid travellers Bolivia.
Jose Pekerman's Colombians are unbeaten at home in over a year and head into Friday's CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier with Bolivia knowing at least a draw at Estadio Metropolitano will take them above Ecuador and into second in the South American standings.
Colombia (16 points) trail Ecuador by a point but have played one less game and with their southern neighbours out of action until next week, Pekerman's team could move two points clear in second if they defeat Bolivia.
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Niang hopes to surpass Henry AC Milan's M'Baye Niang says his ambition is to be better than France great Thierry Henry.
Niang, 18, is nominally a winger but has played in a central role too, and some have suggested he could eventually mirror Henry's successful switch from the flank to the middle of attack.
The Caen youth product refused to be compared with Henry so soon in his fledgling career, but said he would eventually like to exceed his compatriot's achievements.
"No, I am a long way off him (Henry) yet," Niang told Milan's official website.
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