European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continentÂ's worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.

In what one UEFA official called European footballÂ's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted 10 million euros rigging 200 games in nine countries.

England midfielder David Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday.

A first-half goal from Gabriel Heinze vaulted Marseille back into the French title race on Friday, securing a 1-0 win at the Stade Velodrome over Paris St Germain.

A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) reiterated on Friday.

Former French international Eric Cantona launched a stinging attack on national coach Raymond Domenech on Friday following FranceÂ's controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup.

Irish football chiefs renewed Friday an appeal for FIFA to order a handball-marred World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, after Thierry Henry said a re-match would be the "fairest solution."

World footballÂ's governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) until further notice "because of government interference".

Thierry Henry, in the eye of a storm surrounding his handball in WednesdayÂ's World Cup play-off against Ireland, received welcome support Friday from his club manager at Barcelona.

Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists his friend Thierry Henry shouldnÂ't be blamed for the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the Republic of IrelandÂ's expense.

Roy Keane has denounced FAI’s request for a rematch and believes Ireland have only themselves to blame for their failure to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal admitted on Friday that his job will be in danger if his side fail to improve, starting with their match at home to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.

Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic brimmed with confidence here Friday despite having to face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the African Nations Cup Â'Group of DeathÂ'.

France captain Thierry Henry said on Friday that "the fairest solution" to the row surrounding his handball in the World Cup playoff against Ireland would be to replay the match.

Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games this season are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.

Walter Smith, the Rangers boss who had been regarded as one of the favourites to become ScotlandÂ's next manager, on Friday ruled himself out of a return to the helm of the national squad.

Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger joined forces Friday to call for video technology to be used in football to avoid controversies like the one that has marred FranceÂ's qualification for the World Cup.

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Egypt following the violence before their World Cup qualifier with Algeria in Cairo last week, world footballÂ's governing body said.

Craig Bellamy fears he might have to put an end to his career within two years from now because of his injury-ravaged body.