Tag: FIFA

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Blatter is king of FIFA: age and term of office limits proposals, rejected

  

  FIFA's 209 member federations have overwhelmingly rejected proposals for age limits and term of office limits. Delegates at the FIFA Congress meeting in Sao Paulo booted out the plan that formed part of the recommendations to revamp FIFA's governance.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 08:48 UTC

  Two more World Cup sponsors demand FIFA deals with corruption allegations

  

  Two World Cup sponsors, Coca Cola and Budweiser launched activation events in Brazil on Monday and joined Adidas, Sony and Visa in demanding FIFA deal effectively with the corruption allegations swirling around Qatar’s World Cup bid.

• Saturday, June 7th 2014 - 04:58 UTC

  Transport chaos in Sao Paulo following second day running of metro strike

  

  Police in Brazil have used tear gas to break up protesters on the second day of a metro strike that has left Sao Paulo's transport in chaos. Nearly half of the stations were closed and there was gridlock on the streets of Brazil's largest city, which will host the opening match of the World Cup next Thursday.

• Thursday, June 5th 2014 - 07:15 UTC

  Dilma claims FIFA had pledged that stadiums would be built with private funds

  

  As Brazil rushes to finish stadiums and deal with a wave of protests ahead of the June 12 kick-off, president Dilma Rousseff partly blamed FIFA for the spiraling World Cup bill but said the money spent would leave a positive legacy.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2014 - 08:30 UTC

  Another 180,000 tickets for the World Cup will be put on sale on Wednesday

  

  Football fans have one more chance to experience the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil live in the 12 stadiums. announced FIFA. As of 00.01 Brazilian time on Wednesday, 4 June 2014, about 180,000 tickets will be up for sale on www.FIFA.com/tickets, in addition to those tickets that are currently available. There will be tickets for all 64 matches.

• Monday, June 2nd 2014 - 07:48 UTC

  .Qatar vehemently denies corruption claims in the bid for hosting 2022 World Cup

  

  Qatari organizers of soccer's 2022 World Cup have “vehemently” denied accusations their successful bid was corrupt, saying its lawyers were looking into claims made by a British Sunday newspaper.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 07:39 UTC

  FIFA warns about buying World Cup tickets from unauthorized sellers

  

  FIFA has told fans buying World Cup tickets from unauthorized sellers that they could be barred from stadiums. Three weeks from the opening match, FIFA said yesterday that it “cancels tickets discovered as illegally sold or re-sold with the bearers risking not being permitted entry.” FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil said some fans have already been affected.

• Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  Blatter admits that awarding Qatar the 2022 World Cup was a 'mistake'

  

  Awarding the 2022 soccer World Cup to Qatar was a 'mistake' and the tournament will probably have to be held in the winter because of the heat, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said.“Of course, it was a mistake. You know, one comes across a lot of mistakes in life,” he told Swiss television station RTS in an interview.

• Saturday, May 10th 2014 - 08:09 UTC

  Blatter wants to keep running FIFA: “my mission is not finished”

  

  FIFA president Sepp Blatter plans to run for a fifth term as the boss of global football, the Swiss newspaper Blick said on Friday. “I want to do this, because things aren't over yet. My mandate is running out, but my mission is not finished,” the 78-year-old was quoted as saying by the tabloid.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2014 - 06:15 UTC

  Overwhelming support for Dani Alves from FIFA, fellow players and Dilma

  

  FIFA president Joseph Blatter and several top players came out in support Monday of Barcelona right-back Dani Alves, who ate half of a banana that was thrown at him in a racist gesture a day earlier during his side's 3-2 win at Villarreal.