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Thu 08 Aug 2008Karlsruhe ruled out for Ireland match
SOCCER INTERNATIONAL NEWSWITH THE Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying game against Georgia now just 10 days away there is still no decision from Fifa on where the fixture will be played, the German club Karlsruhe having ruled out their stadium as a neutral venue for the game.
Fifa had requested the Georgian Football Federation (GFF) to nominate an alternative venue to Tbilisi, in light of concerns about security issues as a result of the conflict between Russia and Georgia, and while the GFF remained hopeful that the governing body would give the go-ahead for the game to be played in the country's capital, they nominated Karlsruhe.
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