The Home of FIFA in Zurich will host the draws for the Olympic Football Tournaments on April 21 at 10:00 CET. The countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is on again. The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced the postponement of the Games until 2021, but enthusiasm and excitement for …
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Meeting by videoconference, today the FIFA Council conferred to the FIFA Congress the decision to award FIFA Women’s World Cup hosting rights. Until now, the decision has been taken by the FIFA Council, most recently in June 2020 when the hosting rights for the 2023 edition were awarded to Australia …
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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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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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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has stressed the importance of “team spirit” to project African football to the top of the world in his address to the 43rd CAF Ordinary and Elective General Assembly that took place today in Rabat. “We know the values of football, but the most important value …
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Following a process of close consultation with Asia’s Member Associations, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed the centralised venues for the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ matches scheduled to take place from 31 May to June 15, 2021. …
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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 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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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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The new Mizoram Football Association Ground (FIFA Forward Project) at Sairang Dinthar was unveiled today, March 8 by Mizoram sports minister Robert Romawia Royte. The ground has been constructed as part of the FIFA Forward Project funded by the international governing body of football. GRASSROOTS & VETERAN FOOTBALL The unveiling …
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