FIFA has concluded an agreement with Sportradar Integrity Services that will provide world football’s governing body with a full suite of monitoring, education and intelligence services to further strengthen the integrity of football around the globe. Under the terms of the new agreement, Sportradar, the global leader in match manipulation …
Read More »Eight candidates contest four Asian (AFC) places on FIFA Council!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received the candidatures of eight candidates for the four places available to the AFC (Asia) on the world football governing body FIFA Council. At least one of those four places must be filled by a woman. The candidates who have submitted their candidatures to …
Read More »Agenda for 131st IFAB AGM confirmed!
The 131st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The IFAB will take place at Wembley Stadium on Friday, March 3 and will be chaired by Greg Clarke, Chairman of The Football Association. Following last year’s major revision of the Laws of the Game, which made them easier to understand and more consistent …
Read More »CAS upholds FIFA decision to impose a 4-month ban on Bayer Leverkusen’s Hakan Calhanoglu!
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the dispute between the Turkish football player Hakan Çalhanoğlu and the Turkish football club Trabzonspor FC. Hakan Çalhanoğlu is ordered to pay 100,000 Euros to Trabzonspor FC. Furthermore, the four-month ban imposed on Hakan Çalhanoğlu by the FIFA …
Read More »VIDEO – WION Sports: FIFA World Cup expansion divides world Football!
Former England Captain Sol Campbell, football analyst Novy Kapadia and Indian football skipper Sunil Chhetri join WION Sports to discuss FIFA’s move to expand the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams from 2026 onwards.
Read More »Unanimous decision expands FIFA World Cup to 48 teams from 2026 onwards!
The FIFA Council has unanimously decided in favour of expanding the FIFA World Cup to a 48-team competition as of the 2026 edition. World football’s supervisory and strategic body held its third meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on January 9/10, and decided on a new tournament format …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo, Carli Lloyd, Claudio Ranieri & Silvia Neid named The Best at FIFA football awards!
Football’s annual celebration of its top performers entered a new era this Monday, January 9 evening in Zurich, with the inaugural edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards. The winners of the prestigious individual awards as the best of the last 12 months are: The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016: …
Read More »Trophy for The Best FIFA Football Award winners revealed!
Trophies are prized possessions, clung to dearly by those talented and fortunate enough to reach the pinnacle of their chosen profession. A trophy can often become the centrepiece of an event, with players in varying FIFA World Cup Finals walking out past the iconic sculpture, be it at senior men’s, …
Read More »Swiss court rejects labour unions’ claim against FIFA concerning Qatar 2022!
World football governing body FIFA has welcomed the decision of the Commercial Court of Zurich to reject a claim lodged by the Dutch trade union FNV, the Bangladeshi Free Trade Union Congress, the Bangladesh Building and Wood Workers Federation and the Bangladeshi citizen Nadim Shariful Alam concerning FIFA’s alleged wrongful …
Read More »Eva Longoria & Marco Schreyl to host The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony!
Eva Longoria and Marco Schreyl are set to take the roles of hosts at The Best FIFA Football Awards™ ceremony on January 9, 2017. Texas-born Longoria is a renowned actress, director and producer, well known for her role in the television series Desperate Housewives where she received two SAG Awards …
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