The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has condoled the death of former FIFA referee and FIFA referee’s instructor Alex Vaz, who passed away after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Vaz is survived by his two sons and two daughters. Condoling his death, AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said, “Mr. …
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On December 11/12 representatives of FIFA and the FIFA Connect team presented the digital platform to a range of selected Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Spanish-speaking Member Association (MA) representatives who will be using the new system to register their football stakeholders in the future. …
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FIFA has today published the key findings of a comprehensive audit of consolidated final audience data for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was broadcast live in every territory around the world from June 14 to July 15 this year. A combined 3.572 billion viewers – more than half of …
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This week in Paris, FIFA is taking part in the Sporting Chance Forum 2018 to help drive progress towards a world of sport that fully respects human rights. During the two-day event at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, representatives of affected groups, governments, sports bodies, trade unions, sponsors, NGOs, broadcasters, …
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The 2018 edition of FIFA’s Intermediaries in International Transfers report is now available. The report offers a summary of the involvement of intermediaries in all international transfers completed in FIFA‘s International Transfer Matching System (ITMS) since January 1, 2013. For the first time, the report also includes data on intermediary …
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Football is an ever-changing game. With as many as 211 countries being under FIFA’s banner, the confluence of cultures has brought about different practices to the ‘beautiful game.’ With different practices, come new roles with regards to the development of football operations. One very significant role in football is that …
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A UEFA-FIFA Women in Football Leadership Programme (WFLP) module took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon from December 3-7, with the course designed to inspire female leaders from all around the world. A total of 30 participants traveled to Switzerland from as far away as New Zealand, Mexico and North …
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The 2018 edition of the FIFA Technical Directors’ workshop kicked off in Mumbai on Tuesday, December 11. Delegates from five member associations – Iran, Oman, Syria, Sri Lanka and India – were attended the opening ceremony, which was kicked off by All India Football Federation (AIFF) General Secretary Kushal Das. …
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Over the course of the next three months, representatives of the six confederations and FIFA will consider the sporting matters related to the possibility of establishing an overhauled FIFA Club World Cup and a worldwide Nations League. The task force responsible for analysing the possibility of establishing an overhauled FIFA …
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On 31 October 2018, in accordance with Article 32.1 of the AFC Statutes (Edition 2018), the Member Associations were notified that the election for members of the AFC Executive Committee (term 2019-2023) would be held at the 29th AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 6, 2019. Member Associations …
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