The Fédération Tahitienne de Football (FTF) held two courses earlier this year in Papeete, which saw FIFA Instructors attend in person for the first time in two years. Perry Gautier was the instructor for the Futsal Referees Course in February, while Alain Lim led a football MA Referees Course in …
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Xero, the global small business management platform, has been named as a FIFA Women’s Football Partner under FIFA’s new commercial partnership structure that will come into effect in 2023. The global partnership will cover the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand, as well as the 2024 …
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FIFA have announced the launch of FIFA+, a world-class digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free. Launching today, FIFA+ will provide access to live football matches from every corner of the world, interactive games, news, tournament information, ground-breaking, …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in Paris on Friday, April 8 to sign an agreement between world football’s governing body and France. The objective of the agreement is to consolidate football’s place on the school curriculum. Infantino was hosted by Jean-Michel Blanquer, France’s Minister for National Education, Youth Affairs and …
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A further 140 players are due to be compensated from the FIFA Fund for Football Players following a decision taken by the FIFA-FIFPRO Steering Committee in line with the programme’s protocol. Created in 2020 to provide financial assistance to players who have neither been paid nor have the chance of …
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Member Associations from across Oceania joined integrity experts from FIFA and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) this week for the opening of the latest edition of the FIFA Global Integrity Programme. In line with FIFA’s overall vision of making football truly global and its ongoing commitment to …
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Under one month to go until the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Official Draw on May 5; Costa Rican stars Shirley Cruz and Paulo César Wanchope confirmed as draw assistants; Future superstars of the women’s game to compete for glory in Costa Rica from August 10 to 28, 2022. …
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FIFA has announced that it will launch an Invitation To Tender (ITT) on April 11, 2022 for the sale of media rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in selected territories in Europe and Central Asia. Interested parties will be invited to make an offer on one or more …
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A brand-new postgraduate course in football medicine will launch this September through a unique collaboration between world football’s governing body and the University of Bath. The applied MSc in Football Medicine in association with FIFA, which is a part-time distance-learning course aimed at already-qualified doctors, will draw on the university’s …
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FIFA have announced the appointment of Gelson Fernandes as Director Member Associations Africa. Former Swiss international midfielder Fernandes will take up the new role on August 1, 2022, with responsibility for overseeing services to strengthen the development of the African member associations through the Forward Programme. The 35-year-old with Cabo …
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