The Bureau of the FIFA Council has yesterday, March 17 decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) in accordance with art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes. The decision follows the recent FIFA/CONCACAF fact-finding mission to Trinidad and Tobago to assess, together …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee has ratified the AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee’s recommendations to confirm Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates as the hosts for the upcoming AFC Women’s Futsal Championship and AFC Futsal Club Championship respectively. The AFC was one of the first Confederations to …

UEFA has confirmed that the upcoming international matches for Germany’s senior men’s, women’s and U-21 squads have all been called off due to the Coronavirus pandemic. On Friday afternoon, the city of Nuremberg had already called off Germany’s international against Italy, scheduled for March 31. UEFA has since confirmed that …

A delegation made up of members of the CAF Medical Committee carried out an inspection visit to Cameroon for an update of the preventive measures being taken, as part of the preparations for the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN), in light of the evolving nature of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) across …

1. UEFA convened today an urgent meeting via videoconference with representatives of the European Club Association (“ECA”), European Leagues (“EL”) and FIFPRO Europe (altogether referred to as “the Parties”) to reflect, as a group, on the unique set of circumstances European football is facing as a result of the ongoing …

The world is facing an unprecedented health challenge and clearly a global and collective response is needed. Cooperation, mutual respect and understanding must be the guiding principles for all decision makers to have in mind at this crucial moment in time. Particularly in football, finding appropriate and fair solutions at global …

UEFA today announced the postponement of its flagship national team competition, UEFA EURO 2020, due to be played in June and July this year. The health of all those involved in the game is the priority, as well as to avoid placing any unnecessary pressure on national public services involved …

FIFA has reiterated its support to the World Health Organization (WHO) in fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching an awareness campaign led by six world-renowned coaches, who request everyone across the world to follow five key tactics that tackle the spread of the disease. With tactics playing such a key …

Society as a whole and thus also football are facing an unprecedented challenge. Containing the coronavirus is the highest priority in all areas of life. Of course, this also applies to the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. In view of the very dynamic pace of events, the Ordinary Assembly of the DFL …

Douala and Rabat will host the inaugural one-match finals of the CAF Champions League 2019/20 and CAF Confederation Cup respectively. The two cities got the nod following evaluation of the submitted bids taking into consideration key facilities such as Infrastructure, Accommodation, Medical amongst others. The newly-built Japoma Stadium in the …