Nine South African cities and seven cities over five continents will be the host to FIFA’s official public viewing events for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. From Table Mountain to the Copacabana, from Durban Beach to the Eiffel Tower, from Soweto to Sydney Harbour, the FIFA Fan Fest™ will enable football fans worldwide to watch [...]
The race to host the 2011 and 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups is wide open and reaches a milestone following the signature of the bidding agreement of 13 member associations expressing their interest in hosting one or both competitions. The member associations that have sent the Bid Registration forms to FIFA by the established [...]
The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) due to governmental interference. FIFA learned on 16 November that the Iraqi Olympic Committee had disbanded the IFA and that governmental security forces had seized control of the IFA headquarters. On the same day, FIFA informed the IFA that if the decision [...]
Following the announcement, and after yesterday’s press conference by the German authorities that confirmed a number of individuals were arrested by German police in connection with match fixing and corruption allegations of around 200 matches, UEFA can today confirm that it has been assisting the German authorities with their investigations. UEFA has been actively involved [...]
