Yesterday the global FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour kicked off in Paris, France, with FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Laura Georges sending the trophy off on its whirlwind world tour. Following the launch, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Original Trophy will first travel to Jamaica, Chile and Argentina before …
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The world football governing body FIFA on Friday, February 22 decided to strip the South American nation of Peru of its hosting rights for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup due to numerous reasons. This is bad news for FIFA especially after the huge success of the last edition, the …
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the English club Chelsea FC and The Football Association for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. Chelsea was found to have breached art. 19 of the Regulations in the case of twenty-nine (29) minor players …
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FIFA has just released the new edition of the Global Transfer Market Report, which provides detailed data on global international transfer activity at professional football clubs around the world throughout 2018. For the first time, the Global Transfer Market report is available in two versions: one covering men’s football and …
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FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura welcomed yesterday at the Home of FIFA in Zurich the former Australian international Craig Foster and Brendan Schwab from the World Players Association, who had requested an urgent meeting to discuss the situation of the player Hakeem al Araibi. Mr. Al-Araibi is a football player …
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On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay and UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley signed a letter of intent to strengthen the collaboration between the three organisations in support of their common goal to enhance children’s access …
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FIFA has finalised an agreement with MEDIAPRO for media rights in Spain to FIFA events taking place between 2019 and 2022, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019, this year’s biggest elite football competition and for which FIFA is producing an unprecedented amount of content. The deal also includes the …
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The best 16 eFootball teams from around the world are set to meet in London next month for the FIFA eClub World Cup 2019. Over 150 teams participated in the Online Qualification which took place in January and the 15 qualified teams will join the reigning Champion Brøndby IF, the …
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The Bureau of the FIFA Council on Tuesday, January 8 decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Namibia Football Association (NFA) in accordance with art. 14 par. 1 a) and art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes. This decision comes after the recent visit of a FIFA delegation …
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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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