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World Cup refs named

- Crystal Palace move to within two points of third placed Watford in the Championship table. The Hornets led at half-time at Selhurst Park through top scorer Marlon King but, after the Eagles had levelled through Dougie Freedman, Palace were handed victory with own goals by Jordan Stewart and Jay DeMerit. With Watford losing for the second game in a row, it now seems likely that both teams will qualify for the Play-Offs.

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- FIFA name the 23 referees who will officiate at the World Cup finals. England will be represented by Graham Poll.
A total of 30 refs will travel to Germany, with seven remaining on standby. 36 referees officiated in South Korea and Japan in 2002
A provisional list of 44 was evaluated over the past 18 months and also observed at two FIFA workshops.
The chosen 23 are:
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt), Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay), Benito Archundia (Mexico), Carlos Batres (Guatemala), Massimo Busacca (Switzerland), Coffi Codjia (Benin), Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium), Massimo de Santis (Italy), Horacio Elizondo (Argentina), Valentin Ivanov (Russia), Toru Kamikawa (Japan), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay), Shamsul Maidin (Singapore), Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain), Markus Merk (Germany), Lubos Michel (Slovakia), Graham Poll (England), Eric Poulat (France), Peter Prendergast (Jamaica), Oscar Ruiz (Colombia), Mark Shield (Australia), Carlos Simon (Brazil) and Kyros Vassaras (Greece).

- In League One, a debatable Luke Beckett penalty moves Oldham Athletic in to the Play-Off places as the Latics draw 1-1 at strugglers Hartlepool United. In a mid-table clash at Prenton Park, Tranmere Rovers beat Port Vale 3-0.

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