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FIFA today, April 13 announced the appointment of Romy Gai as Chief Business Officer, taking over from Kay Madati who, for personal reasons, will depart the organisation as Chief Commercial Officer in the coming months. Romy joins FIFA from AWE International Group, where he had been Chairman since 2015, and …

With six months to go until the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India, FIFA has announced Bhubaneswar, Goa and Navi Mumbai as the Host Cities for the tournament as well as confirming that the draw for the tournament will take place in Zurich on June 24. Following the …

Role models was the theme of the day at the Football for Schools event in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as FIFA Foundation CEO Youri Djorkaeff teamed up with his father Jean, himself a former France international, to help run the workshop. The Djorkaeffs, who have Mongolian heritage, were joined by South Korea’s …

FIFA has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly (UN General Assembly) consensus resolution from the recent 76th session which recognises the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar as the first such event to be held in the Middle East, and encourages the relevant authorities to ensure that it will leave …

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 …

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, …

DAZN Group, the global sports entertainment company, today announces that Sandeep Tiku will be joining the company as Chief Technology Officer. Sandeep will lead DAZN’s global technology and product teams to drive the next phase of development for its core sports streaming media platform as it integrates new experiences to …

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 …

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. …

The sports, media and technology investment platform Aser Ventures has appointed the former WME | IMG (now Endeavor) Co-President Ioris Francini as Vice-Chairman. A hugely respected media executive, Ioris brings deep strategic expertise and a unique set of relationships with rights owners and brands to Aser. He will play a …