FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke has sent a letter to The Football Association Chairman David Bernstein in which he, on behalf of FIFA, requests a complete report from Lord David Triesman (former Chairman of The FA) on the statements that he made yesterday in front of the House of Commons, as well as any and [ Read More ]
FIFA announced the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with Al Jazeera Sport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The agreement is the first to be signed in FIFA’s media rights distribution process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups and, coming just a few weeks [ Read More ]
Russia was chosen by the FIFA Executive Committee to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The 2022 FIFA World Cup was awarded to Qatar by FIFA. The contenders for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, other than Russia, were England, a joint bid from Belgium and the Netherlands, and a joint bid from Spain and Portugal. [ Read More ]
The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, approved the voting process to determine the hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup during their meeting held in Zurich on 28 and 29 October. The voting will take place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on 2 December [ Read More ]
Success, pride and unity – three words which are being used by the people of South Africa to describe the effects that staging the 2010 FIFA World Cup has had on their country. These feelings are supported by the positive experiences of international fans who visited South Africa during the event, as highlighted in post-event [ Read More ]
2010 saw a FIFA World Cup of firsts: the first on African soil, the first won by Spain and the first to be assessed second-by-second by the Castrol Index. Using advanced technology and objective analysis to evaluate every single player movement, the FIFA World Cup(TM) now has Sergio Ramos as its first Castrol Index winner. [ Read More ]
