Tag Archives: FIFA

Speakers from FPF, UEFA, FIFA, FFF, FC Sevilla & COPA90 confirm for Soccerex Europe!

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 …

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FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau FA!

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 …

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FIFA, Macron, eToro, Facebook & Bayern Munich to feature at 2019 iSportconnect Paris Summit!

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 …

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FIFA to support CAF in Africa with their reforms!

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 …

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Worldwide suspensions of intermediaries Carmine & Vincenzo Raiola lifted!

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 …

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Zvonimir Boban leaving FIFA to become AC Milan’s Chief Football Officer!

FIFA Deputy Secretary General (Football) Zvonimir Boban has decided to join AC Milan as the club’s Chief Football Officer and will therefore leave FIFA in the coming days. The 50-year-old Croatian has been working as FIFA’s Deputy Secretary General (Football) and as an advisor to the FIFA President on strategic …

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FIFA World Rankings: India in 101st position, Belgium stay No. 1!

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the June rankings, India stayed as 101st position behind Palestine, but ahead of Haiti; while 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinalists Belgium stays No. 1. India have 1219 points, …

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CAS registers an appeal by agent Mino Raiola, urgent request for stay granted!

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an urgent appeal filed by the football intermediary, Carmine “Mino” Raiola, against the decision taken by the FIFA Appeal Committee on May 28, 2019 (the Challenged Decision) which confirmed a previous decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. In such decision, a …

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2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup surpasses one million ticket milestone!

Four days after the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off in style, the tournament has reached an important milestone with over one million tickets having now been allocated to fans worldwide. As the first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup featuring single-venue matches in a 24-team format, 14 out of the …

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Macau not to travel to Sri Lanka for their 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifier!

The Asian Football Confederation has been informed today, June 10 by the Macau Football Association that their national team will not travel to Sri Lanka for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 second-leg match scheduled for Colombo tomorrow. Earlier Macau had …

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