The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand promises to be a tournament of highs. The recent Play-Off Tournament in New Zealand once again underscored the growing depth and quality of women’s football in all corners of the world. While the players are readying themselves to be …
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“To achieve results on the pitch and enable Colombia to win trophies,” said Colombian Football Association (FCF) Development Director Ivan Novella, setting out the ambitious objectives of Futbol con Futuro (Football with a Future), a project that the FCF presented at a seminar held in Bogota on February 28, with …
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Three years after joining FIFA as Director of Medical from Liverpool FC, Dr Andrew Massey looks back on an eventful time while identifying the current medical challenges and objectives as part of FIFA’s commitment to regard the health of all individuals involved in football as the key priority. Dr Massey’s …
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Be it football or in broader society, Singapore’s output has long been greater than the sum of its parts. The city-state located at the bottom tip of Malay Peninsula has managed to achieve great things despite limited landmass and resources. Planning and execution are the two bookends of that success, …
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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association and FIFA+, the new one-stop digital destination for football fandom, have teamed up to take Trinidad and Tobago’s football to the world. As part of its mission to give fans engaging and innovative ways of interacting with the beautiful game, FIFA+ offers free access …
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At its 137th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in London today, The IFAB approved a number of changes and clarifications to the Laws of the Game and confirmed the decision taken at the recent Annual Business Meeting (ABM) to trial the broadcasting of video assistant referee (VAR) review decisions in-stadium …
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The fifth edition of the FIFA Football Law Annual Review (FLAR) concluded in Mexico City today. It had been opened by a video message from FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who stressed the importance of the transfer reforms to meet the modern challenges facing football and the significance of events like …
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Just over a year ago, Tonga experienced its most terrifying natural disaster. The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcanic episode is considered to be the most powerful such event in the world since the history-book defining 1883 Krakatoa eruption. Ash and sediment rained down on Tonga’s main island Tongatapu as the summer …
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a 12-month period of ineligibility on the Costa Rican player Orlando Moisés Galo Calderón after he tested positive for clostebol (which is included in the WADA Prohibited List 2022 under S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids) on the occasion of an out-of-competition test in September 2022 …
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While it is often said that records are there to be beaten, the fact remains that the one for most goals scored at a single FIFA World Cup has stood for fully 65 years and looks likely to remain unbeaten for some time yet. Sadly, the man who set that …
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