Tag: FIFA

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 14:39 UTC

  Booing down of President Rousseff reflects growing dissatisfaction with the economy

  

  Inflation, slower growth, street protests over the increase in bus fares smacked full on at an ill-humoured Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup in Brasilia when she was booed down three times and simply had to declare the event open.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 03:56 UTC

  FIFA expresses ‘full confidence’ Brazil can manage disorders in the streets

  

  After violent protests in three cities heading into the warm-up event for the 2014 World Cup, FIFA expressed ''full confidence'' on Friday that Brazilian authorities have shown they can manage disorder in the streets.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2013 - 02:13 UTC

  South American FIFA officials took “bribes”; European Blatter ‘was clumsy’

  

  Joao Havelange has quit as FIFA honorary president while Sepp Blatter has been cleared of misconduct in the ISL bribery case, a report by FIFA ethics committee said. The report described the behaviour of Havelange as “morally and ethically reproachable” in his dealings with ISL, FIFA former marketing partner which went bankrupt in 2001.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2013 - 00:33 UTC

  Uruguay’s Figueredo replaces Leoz as president of CONMEBOL until 2015

  

  Uruguay’s Eugenio Figueredo was officially appointed president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in succession to Nicolas Leoz on Tuesday. He is the third Uruguayan to occupy the post.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 05:56 UTC

  South American football president resigns on ‘health and personal grounds’

  

  South American football president Nicolas Leoz has resigned on Tuesday from FIFA powerful executive committee on “health and personal” grounds. Leoz was accused by the BBC Panorama program in November 2010 of taking bribes in the 1990s from the now defunct sports rights agency ISL.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:44 UTC

  Brazil promises renewed Maracana stadium will be ready for inauguration match with England June 2

  

  Brazil 2014 World Cup organising committee has guaranteed that the historic Maracana Stadium in Rio do Janeiro will be ready in time to host the FIFA Confederations Cup in June.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 20:34 UTC

  FIFA approves third goal-line technology licence, eligible for 2014 World Cup

  

  Germany’s CAIROS technologies AG, the parent company of IMPIRE AG, became on Monday the third FIFA licensed Goal-line Technology (GLT) provider, after meeting all the test requirements and making it eligible to be considered for use at the 2014 World Cup, FIFA.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 04:37 UTC

  Blatter calls on all member associations to help combat corruption in soccer

  

  World soccer's governing body cannot battle corruption in the game alone and national associations must also join in, according to FIFA president Sepp Blatter. He believes all of FIFA's 209 member associations plus the continental confederations should follow its example by setting up independent ethics committees to investigate and punish any corrupt behaviour by their officials.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 05:53 UTC

  Blatter warns Brazil about security in football fields and the coming World Cup

  

  The abandonment of last Wednesday's South American Cup final following shocking accusations police had pulled guns on players should serve as a warning for Brazil's World Cup organizers, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said this weekend.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 22:25 UTC

  FIFA warns Brazil on Sao Paulo crime and insufficient infrastructure for 2014 Cup

  

  FIFA general secretary, Jerome Valcke has warned Brazil of the increasing crime rate in cities like Sao Paulo and also stressed on the need of more infrastructure ahead of the 2014 football World Cup.