With just 72 days left until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, another ticket sales period drew to a close today. During the first-come, first-served sales window, which opened on 13 March, a total of 394,433 tickets were allocated to fans across the world in real …
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The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, representing 46 different countries, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Preparations for the road to Russia kicked off in September 2014 not only for the 32 participating teams, but also for the initial group of 53 FIFA …
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Soccerex have announce that FIFA Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura will be addressing delegates at the opening of Soccerex China 2018, April 17/18 in Zhuhai. Ms Samoura will be speaking just months before the 2018 FIFA WorldCup kicks off, in a country which has embraced the global football fever, with …
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FIFA’s International Transfer Matching System (ITMS) reached an important milestone today, as the 100,000th international transfer was processed since the system became mandatory in 2010. ITMS is the result of a decision made in May 2007, when the FIFA Congress voted to create an online system for international professional football …
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World football governing body FIFA has unveiled a solid financial result for 2017 and a promising outlook for the end of the current cycle. “I am very pleased to see that FIFA is able to deliver on its promises. We had committed to restoring trust in the organisation and boosting …
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The FIFA Council held its first meeting of the year yesterday in Bogotá, Colombia, where it discussed a number of milestone initiatives related to the future of international football competitions. FIFA’s supervisory and strategic body approved the adoption of the most recent changes to the Laws of the Game at …
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The FIFA Council has decided to award the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosting rights to Poland. The decision was made at a FIFA Council meeting in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday, March 16. India had officially submitted its bid for the 2019 U-20 FIFA World Cup after successfully hosting a …
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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 March rankings, India have moved back into the Top 100 in joint 99th position with Libya behind Sierra Leone, but ahead of Qatar; while Germany stay top. …
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356,700 tickets have been allocated (subject to payment) to fans around the world via FIFA.com/tickets in the first 24 hours of the first come, first served sales window, which started on 13 March at 12:00h Moscow time for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup. Most of the tickets have been …
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The FIFA Appeal Committee has rejected the partial appeal lodged by Jeffrey Webb, and confirmed the decision taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee. Mr Webb had not contested the lifelong ban imposed on him by the adjudicatory chamber, but appealed the fine in the amount of …
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