On an historic day for the FIFA World Football Museum, the FIFA World Cup’s leading goal scorer Miroslav Klose visited the new home of football history in Zurich on yesterday, May 2. The current world champion signed the museum’s Wall of Champions – becoming the first German to do so, …
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The FIFA Referees Committee has confirmed the appointment of 88 matchofficials from over 40 countries to officiate at the Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016. The men’s competition will see 18 referees and 32 assistant referees officiate and at the women’s tournament, 14 referees and 24 assistant referees will be on …
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The IFAB is inviting leagues and associations interested in running experiments with video assistant referees (VARs) to a first workshop in Amsterdam next month, hosted by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) who will help demonstrate how the experiments and related technology will work. Over the course of the workshop …
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The 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup to be hosted in India has often been dubbed as the Footballing wind having the potential to encapsulate the entire Nation. With the mega event less than 18 months away, the preparations to transform Indian Football are in full-swing. Highlighting the importance of the …
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The 78th edition of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup boasts an outstanding line-up full of budding superstars. FC Luzern are returning to Zurich to defend their title on May 4/5, 2016 – and will face stiff competition from the likes of St. Pauli from Germany, along with representatives of four …
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An independent report by human rights expert and Harvard Kennedy School Professor John Ruggie published today will help strengthen FIFA’s institutional approach to human rights, including the ongoing development of a “FIFA Human Rights Policy”. As part of its ongoing efforts in this field, FIFA asked Prof. Ruggie to provide …
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