The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Wilmar Valdez, former President of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and a former member of both the FIFA Council and the CONMEBOL Executive Committee, guilty of having infringed his duty of loyalty, in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. …
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FIFA and India’s football establishment pulled out the big guns for the launch of the slogan and schedule for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. For the first time, at a FIFA Women’s Youth World Cup, there will be five host cities. Not for the first, however, was the …
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Everything about the second iteration of the Nike-made Mercurial Dream Speed evokes its namesake. From the transition of colours representing the various frequencies of light (and their corresponding speed) to the numbers highlighted on the outlined Nike Swoosh (299,792,458 meters per second — or the speed of light), speed is …
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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the February rankings, India stay in 108th position behind Kenya, but ahead of Central African Republic; while 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinalists Belgium stays No. 1. India have …
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At the request of several of its members, the upcoming meeting of the FIFA Council, which was originally scheduled to take place in Asunción, Paraguay, will be held by video conference on March 20, 2020 at 10:00h (CET) from Zurich, Switzerland. The meeting will be organised at the Home of …
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The stage is set for the future stars of women’s football as the match schedule and host cities for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India were unveiled by FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) today, alongside the Official Slogan for the tournament. With only 258 days …
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How about this for the ultimate romantic gesture! UMBRO have teamed up with renowned mash-up label Blood In Blood Out to offer 11 lucky fans the opportunity to have an exclusive mash-up shirt designed and created for them. Since Monday, UMBRO have teased shirt fanatics on social media with a …
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The winter 2020 edition of FIFA’s Big 5 Transfer Window Analysis is now available. The report is a summary of the activity in the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS) involving clubs from England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (the “Big 5”). Key statistics on international transfer activity from 1 January …
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FIFA and FIFPRO, the World Players’ Union, have reached an agreement to establish the FIFA Fund for Football Players (FIFA FFP), which aims to provide financial support to players who have not been paid and have no chance of duly receiving the wages agreed with their clubs. FIFA has set …
Read More »The Nike React Gato is designed specifically for futsal players and leverages a trio of innovative technologies — Nike Touch360, Nike Flyknit and Nike React — to promote fluid movement, durability and comfort. The boot’s design is informed by studies in the Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL) that recorded a …
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