Who will be honoured with the title of FIFA World Player and FIFA Women’s World Player for 2009? FIFA has announced the names of the players on the short lists (see below) and the final decision will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men’s and women’s national teams. At the beginning [...]
Two big names are lending their support to OC President Steffi Jones in her home city: German women’s international Sandra Smisek and Karl-Heinz ‘Charly’ Korbel (who has the record for Bundesliga appearances) have been named as ambassadors for the city of Frankfurt for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™ with immediate effect. Smisek and Korbel [...]
The delighted faces of the 15,000 volunteers at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ looking after fans, officials, teams and media representatives will be one of the tournament’s abiding memories. The start of the comprehensive application programme for the first ever FIFA Women’s World Cup on German soil will coincide with the women’s international between Germany [...]
During the Conference on the Specificity and Autonomy of Sport, which took place at the Hungarian Parliament, 21 October 2009, the European Parliament Vice-President, Pál Schmitt (Hungary), and the FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter, met to discuss the situation of sport within the European Union and possible common steps to protect the values of sport [...]
