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Millions of children around the world are involved in football, almost all of whom follow a favourite team. Many children play in organised matches or kick-abouts and some also take an early interest in coaching and refereeing. However they may be involved in the game, what these children all have …

Megan Rapinoe of USA was confirmed as the best player at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France after the official awards were announced. Rapinoe won the adidas Golden Ball which is awarded to the best player by the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG). Lucy Bronze of England and …

Stéphanie Frappart was appointed as match referee for the final of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, which will be contested between USA and the Netherlands at 17.00h CET on Sunday in Lyon. The French official has already officiated three games so far at the tournament: the 0-0 …

While excitement is growing around the final round of matches of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA has taken today two important steps for the continuous development of the women’s game beyond its flagship event. The first one was the inaugural meeting of the FIFA Professional Women’s Football Task Force …

On June 27, 2019, the Bureau of the FIFA Council decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in accordance with art. 14 par. 1(a) and art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes. The decision follows the recent FIFA/AFC fact-finding mission to Pakistan, which concluded …

Senior leaders from FIFA, UEFA, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the French Football Federation (FFF), Sevilla FC and COPA90 are among the latest speakers confirmed for Soccerex Europe on September 5/6 in Oeiras, Portugal as part of the first Conference Brochure for the event. The two-day football business event is …

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has today, July 27 sanctioned the Macau Football Association for failing to play the second leg of their first-round match against Sri Lanka in the AFC’s 2022 FIFA World Cup preliminary competition. The match between Sri Lanka and Macau, which was due to be played on …

iSportconnect has announced that Colin Smith of FIFA, Mike Farnan of Macron, Iqbal Gandham of eToro, Anna Chanduvi of Facebook, and Benjamin Steen of FC Bayern Munich are the latest to join the speaker lineup at the second event of this year’s Global Event Series, the 2019 Paris Summit, which …

The President of CAF Ahmad Ahmad has proposed to its Executive Committee gathered in Cairo on June 19, 2019, to seek FIFA’s expertise to assess the current situation in the African governing body and help to conclusively accelerate the implementation of the ongoing reform process destined to ensure that CAF …

On April 17, 2019, the Committee of Sports Agents of the Italian Football Association (FIGC) suspended the intermediary Carmine Raiola for a period of three months and the intermediary Vincenzo Raiola for a period of two months. On May 10, 2019, the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided to …