FIFA Legend and the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health Didier Drogba has spoken about football’s power to teach people from different backgrounds how to live together, the growth of women’s football and the need to create more opportunities for players in Africa. The former Côte d’Ivoire …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino has repeated his call to broadcasters to follow FIFA’s lead and pay a fair price for media rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia and New Zealand, emphasising that the revenue will be entirely re-invested in women’s football. Mr Infantino was speaking alongside …
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FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has completed the first leg of a three week visit to Australia in advance of the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand. The FIFA Secretary General arrived last week in Sydney/Gadigal where she remained for several days before departing for …
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Liberia has reached a fresh milestone in the development of football in the country. Following the refurbishment of the Stade Antoinette Tubman Stadium, which was completed last September, the Liberia Football Association (LFA) opened its new headquarters in the capital, Monrovia, on Friday, April 28. The project was funded by …
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Addressing the European Parliament’s (EP) Sports Group during the session “Environmental sustainability in sport”, FIFA Head of Sustainability Federico Addiechi explained how FIFA’s approach to sustainability has evolved over the last years. He said it was now “impossible for sustainability not to be an integral and major part of any …
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A total of 1,962 candidates, equivalent to 52% of the 3,800 who sat the first ever FIFA football agent exam on April 19, obtained the required mark to be issued a licence to provide agent services in the context of transfers worldwide. While 6,586 candidates originally applied for the licence, …
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The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Congo DR Football Association (FECOFA) in accordance with art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes. The mandate of the normalisation committee will end no later than 30 November 2023 and includes the following tasks: …
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Following the invitation to all member associations (MAs) to express their interest in hosting the final competition of the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA has received a total of four expressions from (in alphabetical order by country): The Royal Belgian Football Association, the Royal Netherlands Football Association and the …
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The Latvian Football Federation recently hosted an international conference at Riga Technical University on April 13, devoted to strengthening and widening the role of women in sport. The conference concentrated on a number of diverse topics including the challenges facing women in sport; how to combine being a professional athlete …
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The draw has been made in Zurich for next month’s 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. The OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) qualifiers New Zealand and Fiji have been drawn in Group A and B respectively. New Zealand will face hosts Argentina, Uzbekistan and Guatemala in Group A while Fiji …
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