FIFA today decided that the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ preliminary competition match between Georgia and the Republic of Ireland, scheduled for 6 September 2008, will take place at a neutral venue due to recent events in Georgia, which have affected security in the entire country. FIFA reached this decision after closely monitoring the situation in [ Read More ]
Archive for August, 2008
As was the case for the third-round 2010 FIFA World Cup™ preliminary competition match between Korea DPR and Korea Republic on 26 March 2008, the fourth-round match between these two teams, which is scheduled to take place on 10 September 2008, will also be played in Shanghai, China PR. This decision was taken by FIFA [ Read More ]
The Professional Football Players Observatory, created with the support of FIFA and born out of a partnership between the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES) and the University of Franche-Comte (France), today published the third edition of the ‘Annual Review of the European Football Players’ Labour Market’. It reveals that the percentage of foreign players [ Read More ]
With the 2008 Olympic Games underway and many fans wondering what’s next for their favorite female soccer players, Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to expand to Atlanta, Ga. in 2010, the League’s second year of play. Atlanta joins Philadelphia as an expected 2010 WPS expansion [ Read More ]
The first phase of ticket sales for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by TOYOTA will kick off on 13 September exclusively on FIFA.com. Tickets will be available in this initial phase until 23 September. The 2008 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, scheduled to be played from 11 to 21 December, [ Read More ]
