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Ideas shared, quality standards raised at FIFA technical development workshop in Dubai!

FIFA Coaching Development programme aims to raise standards of coaching education globally; Technical development leaders from all six confederations in attendance; Successful pilot programmes share findings from technical workshops. FIFA’s Coaching Development team joined up with technical experts from all six confederations for a FIFA technical development workshop in Dubai …

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Following FIFA’s launch of FIFA+, ELEVEN to support successful delivery of FIFA+ Member FA’s OTT service!

ELEVEN has reached an agreement to provide services to FIFA to add live matches from FIFA’s Member Associations onto the ground-breaking new digital platform FIFA+. FIFA+ is a world-class digital service created to connect football fans more deeply with the game they love. Launched on April 12, FIFA+ will give …

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FIFA appoints Romy Gai as Chief Business Officer!

FIFA today, April 13 announced the appointment of Romy Gai as Chief Business Officer, taking over from Kay Madati who, for personal reasons, will depart the organisation as Chief Commercial Officer in the coming months. Romy joins FIFA from AWE International Group, where he had been Chairman since 2015, and …

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New footprint for 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India announced; Official Draw date revealed!

With six months to go until the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India, FIFA has announced Bhubaneswar, Goa and Navi Mumbai as the Host Cities for the tournament as well as confirming that the draw for the tournament will take place in Zurich on June 24. Following the …

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Djorkaeff & Cha families stress importance of role models at Mongolian Football for Schools event!

Role models was the theme of the day at the Football for Schools event in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as FIFA Foundation CEO Youri Djorkaeff teamed up with his father Jean, himself a former France international, to help run the workshop. The Djorkaeffs, who have Mongolian heritage, were joined by South Korea’s …

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FIFA welcomes UN General Assembly resolution on 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar!

FIFA has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly (UN General Assembly) consensus resolution from the recent 76th session which recognises the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar as the first such event to be held in the Middle East, and encourages the relevant authorities to ensure that it will leave …

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Tahiti host FIFA Instructors for two referees courses!

The Fédération Tahitienne de Football (FTF) held two courses earlier this year in Papeete, which saw FIFA Instructors attend in person for the first time in two years. Perry Gautier was the instructor for the Futsal Referees Course in February, while Alain Lim led a football MA Referees Course in …

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Xero named as FIFA Women’s Football Partner!

Xero, the global small business management platform, has been named as a FIFA Women’s Football Partner under FIFA’s new commercial partnership structure that will come into effect in 2023. The global partnership will cover the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand, as well as the 2024 …

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FIFA launches FIFA+ to bring free football entertainment to fans everywhere!

FIFA have announced the launch of FIFA+, a world-class digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free. Launching today, FIFA+ will provide access to live football matches from every corner of the world, interactive games, news, tournament information, ground-breaking, …

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Football and education in focus at historic agreement signing in Paris!

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in Paris on Friday, April 8 to sign an agreement between world football’s governing body and France. The objective of the agreement is to consolidate football’s place on the school curriculum. Infantino was hosted by Jean-Michel Blanquer, France’s Minister for National Education, Youth Affairs and …

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