The Bureau of the FIFA Council on Thursday, September 24 suspended the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) with immediate effect due to grave violations of the FIFA Statutes. The suspension was prompted by the former leadership of the TTFA lodging a claim before a local court in Trinidad and …
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Parallel Sports reports that the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India is set for another postponement due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Originally the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup was supposed to be played in October/November 2020 and then was pushed to February/March 2021 but with qualifiers for …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino sent out a message of encouragement to all 211 of FIFA’s member associations (MAs) via videoconference today as the FIFA Congress convened remotely for the first time ever. Meeting online during the global pandemic, with the football landscape looking very different to the backdrop to the …
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The FIFA Council met by videoconference today to determine a number of issues related to measures helping football adapt to the global coronavirus situation. More specifically, the body ratified, as per standard practice, the decisions taken by the Bureau of the FIFA Council since the last Council meeting on June …
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FIFA has added its support to the peace efforts in the Middle East, with President Gianni Infantino attending the signing of a landmark agreement between Bahrain, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which was conducted at the White House, Washington DC, USA. Commenting on the historic initiative, Mr Infantino said: …
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Soccerex has announced that FIFA president Gianni Infantino will be welcomed as guest of honour to Soccerex Connected, the company’s first digital event, to be held September 21-25, 2020 bringing together a global audience. President Infantino will be speaking following a period of unparalleled disruption to sports worldwide, leading a …
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The UN’s leading anti-corruption agency, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the world football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to step up their joint cooperation to address threats posed by crime to sport. The MoU, …
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In accordance with the decision adopted by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to appoint a normalisation committee for the Venezuelan Football Association (FVF) and following the consultations and interviews held by FIFA and CONMEBOL, the following members have been appointed to the committee: Laureano González (President); Bernardo Añor (member); Luis Eduardo …
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In line with its commitment to promoting greater transparency and disclosure of its core internal activities, FIFA has published the “Manual on ‘TPI’ and ‘TPO’ in football agreements”. This manual has been developed with the primary objective of informing football stakeholders and the general public about how FIFA interprets and …
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In line with its continued commitment to promoting good governance and compliance in confederations, member associations and across football, FIFA today announced the agenda and keynote speakers who will participate in the third edition of the FIFA Compliance Summit, which will take place this year in a virtual format from …
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