Tag: FIFA

• Saturday, March 21st 2015 - 06:07 UTC

  FIFA confirms Nov/Dec for 2022 Qatar World Cup and compensation to clubs

  

  FIFA has ended more than four years of uncertainty over the timing of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by announcing that it would be played in November and December with the final on December 18. It also anticipated that it will release funds to clubs for release of players.

• Friday, February 20th 2015 - 07:16 UTC

  Figo pledges to distribute FIFA's reserves and a world cup with 40 teams

  

  Luis Figo has pledged to distribute “2.5 billion” among the member associations of FIFA if he is elected president in May. He also wants to expand the World Cup, and proposes a term limit of 12 years for the presidency.

• Friday, February 13th 2015 - 14:01 UTC

  FIFA awards 2026 World Cup rights to FOX without a bidding process

  

  The 2026 World Cup will be shown on FOX in the United States. The world soccer body awarded the rights on Thursday to Fox without a bidding process. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

• Friday, January 30th 2015 - 19:46 UTC

  Another contender for Blatter's FIFA job, Figo: “time for transparency”

  

  Former Portugal star Luis Figo has announced he will stand for the FIFA presidency. The 42-year-old revealed his intentions in an interview with CNN, a day before the FIFA deadline for candidacies.

• Tuesday, January 27th 2015 - 06:14 UTC

  Dutch football chief will challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency

  

  Dutch FA chief Michael Van Praag is to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency. The 67-year-old says he has “at least” five nominations from FIFA’s 209 member federations to become an official candidate after the Jan. 29 deadline for submissions.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 04:42 UTC

  FIFA vice-president will challenge Blatter for the presidency in May 29 election

  

  FIFA Vice-President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein said on Tuesday he would stand against Sepp Blatter for presidency of football's world governing body, declaring that years of controversy surrounding “the beautiful sport” must end.

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 10:18 UTC

  Former US soccer leader Blazer spied on FIFA as an FBI informant

  

  Chuck Blazer, once the most powerful man in US soccer, was an FBI informant used to spy on Fifa, the New York Daily News reports. Blazer, who is now suffering from cancer, secretly recorded conversations with officials he arranged to meet at his London hotel during the 2012 Olympics, the report said.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2014 - 04:48 UTC

  Blatter favors playing the 2022 Qatar World Cup in November/December

  

  Holding the controversy-plagued 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar at the end of that year rather than the scorching summer is FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s preferred option, he told French radio station France Info.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 11:01 UTC

  FIFA will not make public full report on alleged corruption in 2018/22 World Cup bidding

  

  FIFA’s ethics judge says full publication of Michael Garcia’s report on alleged corruption in the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding race is not legally possible and would breach confidentiality agreements with interviewees.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2014 - 07:00 UTC

  UEFA member Gibraltar will appeal FIFA decision rejecting its incorporation

  

  Gibraltar's football association has announced it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after FIFA rejected its bid to become a member. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the “FA of Gibraltar cannot be accepted as a member of FIFA” because it contravened the world governing body's statutes regarding independent territories.