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24/Street: adidas’ expedition into the heart of Germany’s street football – Frankfurt!

With a new video series adidas Football starts an expedition in the heart of the street football scene of Germany. Under the title 24/Street, six episodes will focus on street football in the metro cities of Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin. The series is told from …

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FIFA Appeal Committee rejects appeal lodged by Germany’s Wolfgang Niersbach!

The FIFA Appeal Committee, chaired by Larry Mussenden (Bermuda), has rejected the appeal lodged by Wolfgang Niersbach (Germany) and confirmed the decision taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee. The Appeal Committee, after analysing and taking into consideration all mitigating circumstances in the case, considered that Mr …

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Germany and China sign comprehensive football agreement!

Representatives of the German and Chinese governments signed a far-reaching agreement on Friday, November 25 for a football partnership between the two countries. The agreement was signed in the chancellery in Berlin on the occasion of the meeting between China’s vice-premier Liu Yandong and German chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. The …

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Virtual meets Real World as adidas Turns Gaming Skills into a Professional Contract Experience!

adidas yesterday, October 20 brought the worlds of on-pitch football and on-screen football gaming closer than ever before, by offering a real contract experience to football-mad teenagers in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Vienna and Prague who have reached a certain level in ‘The Journey’, the new story mode feature of …

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Independent FIFA Ethics Committee opens proceedings against Germany’s Helmut Sandrock!

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent FIFA Ethics Committee, under its deputy chairman Alan Sullivan, has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against Helmut Sandrock, former general secretary of the German Football Association (DFB) and tournament director of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, based on the …

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Exclusive VIDEO Interview with Abhishek Yadav (AIFF Head Scout & COO of India U-17 team)!

On the sidelines of the friendly game between Sportfreunde Siegen Under-17 vs India Under-16 on Saturday, July 30, I caught-up with former India striker Abhishek Yadav, who is current the COO of the India junior team for the 2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup and Head Scout of the AIFF. I …

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FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee bans Wolfgang Niersbach (Germany) for a year!

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee chaired by Alan Sullivan has banned Wolfgang Niersbach, former President of the German Football Association (DFB) and Vice-President of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) and current member of the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, for one …

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adidas & German Football Association (DFB) extend partnership until 2022!

One of the longest and most successful partnerships in sport continues: Today, the German Football Association (DFB) and adidas officially announced the extension of their long-term partnership. DFB President Reinhard Grindel and Herbert Hainer, CEO of the adidas Group, confirmed in Paris that adidas will remain the Official Supplier of …

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