FIFA Chief Competitions & Events Officer Colin Smith and Local Organising Committee CEO Alexey Sorokin discussed the operational aspects of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup so far yesterday and were followed by FIFA Head of Refereeing Massimo Busacca, who offered insight on one of the milestone features of the 2017 …
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The first participants of the third edition of the Football for Hope Forum have arrived in Kazan, Russia. From June 26 to 28, representatives of community, football and international organisations will meet to discuss the challenges, needs and realities for development through football on the ground and explore the contribution …
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The FIFA Fitness Course for Referees, organized by the All India Football Federation, kicked-off in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh today, June 20. 110 referees in two batches of 55 are participating in the programme and the course is slated to concluded on June 28, 2017. Retd. Col. Goutam Kar, Head of …
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The newly implemented Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has taken crucial decisions in the first two days of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Every one of the three matches played so far has had the involvement of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Be it in the Portugal vs Mexico …
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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) in a strategy document which has been made public suggest radical reforms to the beautiful game of football to tackle “on-field issues” and form part of what it calls its “Play Fair strategy”. The ideas have three main aims, improving player behaviour and increasing …
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Off the back of the success of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea, and with the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India on the horizon, FIFA has launched the bidding process for the next editions of both of its men’s youth competitions – to be staged …
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On Thursday, June 15, The International Football Association Board (IFAB) and world football governing body FIFA formally launched the new play fair! initiative as part of a strategy focusing on improving fairness and the image of the game. After the important decision at the last Annual General Meeting on March …
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In consultation with FIFA, the Executive Committee of the French Football Association (FFF) has selected the nine Host Cities that will stage the matches of the next 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Host Cities are: Grenoble, Le Havre, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Reims, Rennes and Valenciennes. FFF President Noël Le …
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The FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG), which analyses matches at international tournaments and highlights the latest trends in the game, will be made up of the following renowned football experts for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia! Gabriel Calderon: former Argentina international who played at the 1982 and 1990 …
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For the first time in an official tournament, FIFA will use a three-step procedure in case of discriminatory incidents and also deploy anti-discrimination observers at all matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. With this three-step procedure, referees will have the authority to first stop the match and request a …
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