On Thursday, December 7, 2017, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided, after analysing all the specific circumstances of the case, to suspend the Peruvian international player Paolo Guerrero for one year. The player tested positive for cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, a substance included in WADA’s 2017 Prohibited List under the class “S6. …
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2017 ends on a high for Indian Referees as 16 Indian Referees and Assistant Referees have been approved by the FIFA Referees Committee in the FIFA panel to officiate in International matches in 2018. The list includes seven referees inclusive of one Women Referee and nine Assistant Referees inclusive of …
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The situation of the Football Federation of Australia (FFA) was submitted to the FIFA Member Associations Committee during its meeting on 4 December 4, 2017. The Committee took note that proposals put forward by the FFA regarding the expansion of the FFA Congress failed to reach consensual agreement amongst the …
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The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today, December 6, 2017 lifted the suspension that was imposed on the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) in October 2015 for its failure to comply with its obligations stipulated in articles 14 and 19 of the FIFA Statutes. This decision has been taken following …
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FIFA Legends, including numerous former FIFA World Cup winners, are expected to attend the Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will take place on Friday, December 1 at 18:00 (local time) in Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace. Besides, football greats Laurent Blanc, Gordon Banks, Cafu, Fabio Cannavaro, Diego …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino praised the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa on the progress of Asian football and the Continent’s contribution to the world game. Attending the AFC Executive Committee meeting in Bangkok, the FIFA President said, “I feel it is …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino expressed his “deepest condolences,” on the death of former AIFF President Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi who passed away on November 20 after a prolonged illness. In a letter to AIFF President Praful Patel, Infantino wrote: “On behalf of FIFA and the worldwide family of football, I wish …
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During his career, Pierluigi Collina officiated so diligently and competently that he was voted the world’s best referee for six consecutive years between 1998 and 2003. The Italian redefined the role and became the first star referee. Collina set great store by working hard and meticulously preparing himself for games. …
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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the November rankings, India stay 105th position behind Georgia, but ahead of Nicaragua; while Germany stay top. India have 320 points, the same like than last month but …
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The Human Rights Advisory Board, which was created in early 2017 to provide independent advice on FIFA’s human rights responsibilities, published its first report today. In their report, the expert group of eight representatives from the UN System, civil society, trade unions and FIFA sponsors discusses FIFA’s work on human …
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