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The FIFA Council has unanimously approved the Annual Report 2023, which confirms the organisation’s exceptionally healthy and sustainable situation, with record investment in football development of USD 2.25 billion earmarked for the entire 2023-2026 cycle as part of the FIFA Forward 3.0 Programme. This represents an almost sevenfold increase in …

FIFA has launched invitations to tender (ITT) for the media rights to the FIFA World Cup 26 and FIFA World Cup 2030 in Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. The FIFA World Cup 26 will be the 23rd edition of the competition and will be jointly hosted by Canada, …

Benin’s Sports Minister Benoît M. K. Dato and Beninese Football Association (FBF) President and FIFA Council member Mathurin de Chacus talked football development in the West African nation with FIFA’s Director Member Associations Africa, Gelson Fernandes, at a meeting in FIFA’s Paris office. The FBF has made excellent use of …

Coinciding with International Women’s Day, FIFA has released a new course to support representatives in each of FIFA’s 211 Member Associations in improving and enhancing their digital marketing initiatives. The course, available free to digital, marketing, media and communications representatives within all of FIFA’s Member Associations, supports stakeholders in establishing …

Gianni Infantino has told representatives of the FIFA World Cup 26 Host Cities that they are part of a winning team and that, working together with FIFA, they will put on the greatest show that the planet has seen. Opening the two-day FIFA Host Cities Commercial Summit in Miami, United …

The decision to make permanent concussion substitutes part of the Laws of the Game, taken by The IFAB at its 138th Annual General Meeting, was based on extensive medical research and out of concern for the welfare of the players. “I think we’re not afraid to take on responsibilities and …

Qualification for the inaugural edition of FIFA’s new prime club competition, Mundial de Clubes FIFA™, is well underway with many key fixtures to be played over the coming weeks. The new 32-team competition features clubs from each of FIFA’s six confederations, competing for the title of world champions. Nineteen clubs …

FIFA has launched an intuitive online club ranking tool to keep fans up to date as they watch their teams’ progress in the exciting race to reach the inaugural Mundial de Clubes FIFA in 2025. The tool will serve not only as a reference point for supporters, but also media …

Safeguarding in tournament football took another step forward during the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UAE 2024 Dubai with players benefitting from the support of a comprehensive suite of safe sporting environment initiatives throughout the tournament, which concluded on Sunday after eleven thrilling days on the sand. It was a …

If the FIFA World Cup 2022 has given wings to host country Qatar, as witnessed by its recent AFC Asian Cup triumph, it is a whole region that shares in the tremendous legacy left by the showpiece event. Indeed, the impact of the World Cup has benefited the entire Middle …