CAF, FIFA and Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association (FECOFA) today held a constructive meeting in Cairo, Egypt to discuss matters relating to football in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The meeting was attended by a CAF delegation led by General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, a delegation from FECOFA led by Interim President …
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FIFA have announced the much-anticipated, 64-fixture match schedule for the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2023. The opening match and opening ceremony for the first-ever co-hosted women’s tournament will take place on July 20, 2023 at New …
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World football governing body FIFA have appointed normalisation committees for African countries Guinea and Chad. Guinea The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Guinean Football Association (FGF) following a series of irregularities that took place during the electoral process of the FGF. …
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FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina has described how the latest tests of semi-automated offside technology at 2021 FIFA Arab Cup are “the most important trial so far”, as the systems were explained in today’s episode of FIFA’s Living Football magazine show. One of the goals of the FIFA President’s …
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FIFA and CAF yesterday signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pioneer a new era in the advancement of professional refereeing in Africa. The MoU was signed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe in Cairo, Egypt during the 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly. …
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The 52 Members of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have unanimously voted to support the proposal for a biennial FIFA World Cup. The 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly met in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. The meeting was attended by Minister of Sport and Youth in Egypt, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, FIFA …
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Infantino promises to give African football support it “deserves”; FIFA President highlights “unequalled” potential of African football; IMC & Pan-African Super League on agenda at CAF Extraordinary General Assembly. Speaking during the 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino assured delegates that FIFA will continue to …
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A key decision in relation to players’ well-being was taken at today’s Annual Business Meeting (ABM) of The International Football Association Board (The IFAB). Namely, it was agreed that a recommendation should be presented to The IFAB’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in March 2022 with a view to permanently extending …
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FIFA and the World Health Organization have teamed up to raise awareness about domestic violence and support those at risk, during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The campaign kicks off during today’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and will run until Human Rights …
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The report focuses on key issues such as good governance, safe sport, inclusiveness and anti-discrimination; FIFA’s transfer system reform gains support as part of improving good governance and integrity. FIFA has welcomed the report on EU sports policy, prepared by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former professional football …
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