The Mexican National Team was dealt with a tremendous blow last Thursday as five of their members were removed from the roster after testing positive for banned substances.

The Mexican football federation blames the incident on food poisoning. According to Decio De Maria, the general secretary of the football-governing body, said that the players ate tainted meat.

“Unfortunately, by accident, these players ate beef contaminated with the substance clenbuterol,” said Hector Gonzalez, Femexfut’s director of national teams. “We're confident that with the investigation that is being carried out we'll be able to clarify (the situation) and reach a happy conclusion.”
 

With their attempt to buy Liverpool the previous year, the Fenway Sports Group has now visited Arsenal to witness with their own eyes how the team is able to manage while motivated by both their desire for success and sustainability in terms of finances and victories.

Meanwhile, Arsenal fans are a bit frustrated that despite the bright outlook of the team in terms of financial support, the club hasn’t been able to win any trophies over the past six years in order to bring fulfilment to their unending loyalty. Still, there is no doubt that on the eve of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules being implemented, the club is now Europe’s model club in the realm of football.

With so many Arsenal fans waiting in anticipation for the club’s next triumph, there is the American billionaire Stan Kroenke who has signed ownership of Danny Fiszman and Lady Bracewell-Smith’s shares of the team. He now has less than a month to inform the rest of Arsenal’s shareholders what he plans to do with the club during his takeover.

 

England's incumbent coach, Martin Johnson, gave a clear announcement regarding his intentions to keep his job far beyond what he signed for. He says that his happiness as coach is due to his job being "very addictive". He signed a contract that puts him in coaching position up till December, exactly a couple months after the New Zealand World Cup wraps up.

He however did not explain any further why he would want to stay as coach, despite his tremendous success in bring a Six Nations victory to the team very recently, fueling his desire to head England up to 2015 for the England World Cup.

Johnson, captain of England when it won the World Cup in 2003, explains that he believes "last year was a transitional year and as we progressed through the Six Nations to what we've done now, when you have a young squad, it's very exciting. We are making relatively big steps in terms of progress.
 

Sepp Blatter, incumbent and near-outgoing FIFA president announced plans to make his next possible term his last if ever he gains enough votes to win the election period in Zurich, Switzerland. He is now about to run for his fourth term in FIFA going up against Mohamed bin Hammam from Qatar.

Blatter shares at the UEFA Congress that "you know very well that I will aspire to another four years, those will be the last four years I aspire to." He has been at the helm of control over the sport's world governing organization beginning in 1998. He is now facing his first real challenge to the throne ever since Issa Hayatou almost stripped away his position back in 2002.

Meanwhile, incumbent Asian Football Confederation president Bin Hammam is also present in the UEFA Congress in order to seek for votes from the European federation presidents in time for the 1st of June. Blatter says that they "are in extra time" before the election, adding that people should just "wait and see what the outcome will be."

Source: USAToday