The Official Mascot of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup 2016 was launched and presented to the public today in front of thousands of football fans at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby. The chosen mascot is a bird of paradise – a symbolic animal that is unique …
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In a revolutionary step to boost Refereeing in India, the All India Football Federation, for the first time, will be conducting three FIFA Refereeing Courses simultaneously to narrow down the gap between various elements for efficient Refereeing. The AIFF will conduct FIFA-MA Referees’ Course, the FIFA-MA Assistant Referees Course and …
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Competitions in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United States are the first to agree to the requirements drawn up by The IFAB and FIFA to participate in experiments with video assistant referees. Organisers of the following competitions can now begin preparations in earnest for initial “offline” experiments …
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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 it India drop one place into 163rd position behind Comoros and ahead of Tajikistan. India continue to have 151 points and drop a spot into 29th position in …
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This Monday, May 30, just over two weeks after having been appointed by the FIFA Council as the next FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura paid a courtesy visit to the Home of FIFA in Zurich. Ms Samoura took part in a management meeting alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino …
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A two-day Workshop to ‘review’ the progress made by the State Associations under the State Development plan ended in Goa on Thursday (May 26). Besides the General Secretaries for the six chosen States, Technical Officers and Marketing Officers of the respective State FAs attended the Workshop. “The State Development Plan …
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World football governing body FIFA has dismissed its Deputy Secretary General Markus Kattner from his position with effective immediately. FIFA’s internal investigation uncovered breaches of his fiduciary responsibilities in connection with his employment. FIFA will not comment further on any of the details, but will continue its cooperation with the …
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The first workshop on experiments with video assistant referees (VARs) in football concluded in Amsterdam, the Netherlands today. Leagues and associations interested in conducting the IFAB-sanctioned experiments over the next two years saw the technology in action, with the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) demonstrating how their “offline” trials have worked …
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The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, under its deputy chairman Mr Alan Sullivan, has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against Mr Wolfgang Niersbach, former president of the German Football Association (DFB), vice-president of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) and current member of the FIFA Council …
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FIFA is very pleased to announce today the remaining six personalities who will join the jury of the first-ever FIFA Diversity Award. The 11 members of the jury, including former football professionals and experts, have a wealth of global experience in various areas of diversity and anti-discrimination, whether related to …
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