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FIFA can today announce that two Argentinian football legends, Diego Maradona and Pablo Aimar, will participate in the draw for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea, to be held at the Suwon Artrium on March 15, 2017. Maradona and Aimar are no strangers to the U-20 World …

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India today launched its volunteer programme, providing an opportunity for thousands of Indian and international volunteers to be part of India’s first-ever global football tournament, which will take place across six cities between 6 and 28 October …

With 108 days to go until the opening match of the FIFA Confederations Cup, ticket sales resumed today, March 1, 2017 at 12:00h CET (14:00 Moscow time) via FIFA.com/tickets. Tickets in all categories – including category 4 tickets, which are reserved exclusively for Russian residents as well as Special Access …

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the February 2017 rankings, India dropped a spot to be in 130th position behind Suriname and ahead of Dominican Republic. India have 243 points, the same as last …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …