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World football governing body FIFA have appointed normalisation committees for African countries Guinea and Chad. Guinea The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Guinean Football Association (FGF) following a series of irregularities that took place during the electoral process of the FGF. …

FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina has described how the latest tests of semi-automated offside technology at 2021 FIFA Arab Cup are “the most important trial so far”, as the systems were explained in today’s episode of FIFA’s Living Football magazine show. One of the goals of the FIFA President’s …

The 52 Members of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have unanimously voted to support the proposal for a biennial FIFA World Cup. The 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly met in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. The meeting was attended by Minister of Sport and Youth in Egypt, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, FIFA …

Infantino promises to give African football support it “deserves”; FIFA President highlights “unequalled” potential of African football; IMC & Pan-African Super League on agenda at CAF Extraordinary General Assembly. Speaking during the 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino assured delegates that FIFA will continue to …

Asia’s representative in the FIFA World Cup Intercontinental Playoff will have to navigate past a CONMEBOL side if the continent is to have a historic sixth representative in Qatar 2022. The second Intercontinental Playoff following Friday’s draw at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich will see CONCACAF squaring off against Oceania to …

As excitement mounts with less than a year to go before the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off, today’s European play-off draw held at the Home of FIFA has determined the three four-team paths that will define the last three European teams to join next year’s showpiece. Each path will …

The draw to set the fixtures of the OFC preliminary competition on the road to the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar will be held in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 21:00 CET. The virtual event will be streamed live on FIFA.com for all territories. The OFC …

A key decision in relation to players’ well-being was taken at today’s Annual Business Meeting (ABM) of The International Football Association Board (The IFAB). Namely, it was agreed that a recommendation should be presented to The IFAB’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in March 2022 with a view to permanently extending …

FIFA and the World Health Organization have teamed up to raise awareness about domestic violence and support those at risk, during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The campaign kicks off during today’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and will run until Human Rights …

The draw to decide the fixtures of the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup – UAE will take place in Zurich on Monday, November 29 at 17:00 CET. The virtual event will be streamed live on FIFA.com for all territories. A total of seven clubs will feature in the competition, which …