The first participants of the third edition of the Football for Hope Forum have arrived in Kazan, Russia. From June 26 to 28, representatives of community, football and international organisations will meet to discuss the challenges, needs and realities for development through football on the ground and explore the contribution …
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Follow Russia’s young street footballers as they chase their dream of signing a professional contract. This is their story, from streetlights to floodlights as the Street Footballers face the Nike Academy in the end to show what they learned.
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The newly implemented Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has taken crucial decisions in the first two days of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Every one of the three matches played so far has had the involvement of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Be it in the Portugal vs Mexico …
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Football fans around the world feel the same way about their beloved nations. From beating their fiercest rivals to having the opportunity to show what a small nation can do, all of these inspire moments of elation and create memories that stay with us forever. To celebrate the 2017 FIFA …
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FIFA World Cup winners Germany arrived today, June 15 in the Russian city of Sochi ahead of their third participation in the FIFA Confederations Cup. Coach Joachim Löw’s experimental young team will take on Australia at Sochi’s Fisht Stadium on June 19 before facing Chile in Kazan on June 22 …
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The FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG), which analyses matches at international tournaments and highlights the latest trends in the game, will be made up of the following renowned football experts for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia! Gabriel Calderon: former Argentina international who played at the 1982 and 1990 …
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For the first time in an official tournament, FIFA will use a three-step procedure in case of discriminatory incidents and also deploy anti-discrimination observers at all matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. With this three-step procedure, referees will have the authority to first stop the match and request a …
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FIFA has granted the Russian media rights for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to the 2SPORT2 consortium (representing Channel One, RTR and Match TV), which will ensure comprehensive TV, internet, mobile and radio coverage of the competition. In line with FIFA’s aims to reach the widest possible audience and to …
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With just ten days to go until the opening match of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA is releasing as of today, 11:00 Moscow time, additional tickets for some of the most sought-after matches exclusively on FIFA.com/tickets and over the counter in the FIFA Venue Ticketing Centres. This includes around …
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The World Football Forum 2017 which started yesterday, May 18 in Changsha, China, continued today. The second day of the forum opened with a plenary session “Football Russia: The State of the Game in FIFA’s Host Nation’, followed by the morning keynote address delivered by Alexander Djordjadze, Deputy CEO, 2018 …
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