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The PUMA-made Neymar Jr. Creativity collection!

Sports company PUMA has today launched the Neymar Jr. Creativity collection featuring the ground-breaking new FUTURE Z 1.1 Creativity football boot alongside bespoke Neymar Jr. jersey, shorts, training accessories and off-pitch apparel. The FUTURE Z 1.1 Creativity pays tribute to the game’s most exciting players, the creative mavericks who stand …

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Play For Her: New platform for Women’s Football professionals & amateurs!

German women’s football icons Julia Simic (AC Milan), Lina Magull (FC Bayern Munich) and Laura Vetterlein (West Ham United) have launched a new platform called “Play For Her” on various social media channels to help women’s footballers and to inspire them with their very own experiences at the highest level. …

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FIFA launches Global Integrity Programme to strengthen fight against match-fixing!

FIFA, in collaboration with the United Nations on Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has today launched the Global Integrity Programme – a comprehensive international programme aimed at providing all 211 member associations with enhanced knowledge and tools to fight and prevent match manipulation. In line with FIFA’s overall vision of making football …

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Veron Mosengo-Omba appointed CAF General Secretary!

FIFA has confirmed that Véron Mosengo-Omba will leave his role as Chief Officer of the FIFA member associations (MAs) division with immediate effect to take on the position of CAF General Secretary. Mr Mosengo-Omba initially joined FIFA in 2016 as Chief Member Associations Officer with responsibility for Africa and the …

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adidas announce partnership with Peloton!

Global sportswear giants adidas have announced a new global partnership with leading interactive fitness platform Peloton. adidas GM Global Training Aimee Arana said about the partnership, “I’m proud to announce the partnership with Peloton, the leading interactive fitness platform. Together we see great potential to surprise and delight our highly …

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Soccerex launches unique 100-day long event!

Soccerex, the leader in football business networking and insight platforms, today announced its new Soccerex Connected 100 event. Continuing the successful digital series – with the latest edition in February drawing over 2,500 attendees including 1,400 rightsholders from more than 100 countries for 5 days – Soccerex Connected 100 will …

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Swiss Criminal Court reprimands extraordinary Federal Prosecutor Stefan Keller & declares aspects of his FIFA investigation null & void!

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) has ruled that extraordinary Federal Prosecutor Stefan Keller acted illegally by extending his investigation beyond its remit. Mr Keller was appointed to look into certain meetings that the former Swiss Attorney General, Michael Lauber, had with the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino. However, instead of …

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FIFA President discusses threats to football at UN crime & justice congress!

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has featured at the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to discuss the main threats to football and how the sport’s global governing body is tackling them. Invited to speak as part of a special event on safeguarding sport from corruption and …

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UN and FIFA share strategic social goals!

The United Nations deputy secretary-general Amina J. Mohammed had a virtual meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in which they exchanged views on shared priorities and the importance of urgent actions and commitments to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. They discussed the role of football as a …

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