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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: …

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, …

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 …

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 …

The current FIFA president Gianni Infantino was elected earlier this year with a promise of an expanded FIFA World Cup to allow more nations to participate in the biggest and most important football tournament for national teams. But what should we think about the plans? I have two hearts beating …

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against Amos Adamu, former president of the West African Football Union and former member of the CAF and FIFA Executive Committees, based on the final report submitted by the investigatory chamber. The investigations …

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the final rankings of 2016, India gained two spots to be in joint 135th position with Sudan behind Vietnam and ahead of El Salvador. India have 217 points, …

Vocal play’ pioneers Naturally 7 and English singer-songwriter Julian Perretta are to perform at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony on January 9, 2017, entertaining guests at the Zurich TPC studios and those following the event around the world. Americans Naturally 7 are architects of a style which involves no …

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between Real Madrid CF and world football governing body FIFA. The appeal of the Spanish club has been partially upheld. As a consequence, the decision rendered by the FIFA Appeal Committee (FIFA AC) on April …

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee chaired by Hans‑Joachim Eckert has banned Rafael Callejas, the former President of the Honduran FA (FENAFUTH) and a former member of the FIFA Marketing and TV Committee, and Alfredo Hawit Banegas, the former General Secretary and President of FENAFUTH, a former Vice-President and …