At FIFA’s invitation, a working group of major stakeholders from the international football community, including confederations, players, clubs and professional football leagues, met at the Home of FIFA in Zurich to discuss the post-2014 international match calendar. The meeting was opened by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and conducted by FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke. [ Read More ]
The FIFA Executive Committee took advantage of the FIFA Club World Cup 2011 played in Japan to stage its last meeting of the year in Tokyo. Chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the Executive congratulated the hosts, Japan, on their state-of-the-art tournament organisation, particularly bearing in mind the disaster which hit the country in [ Read More ]
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter was re-elected for a fourth term of office until 2015 by the 61st FIFA Congress, held in Zurich. A clear majority of 186 member associations voted in favour of the incumbent president, who will remain at the head of world football’s governing body for the next four years. In total, [ Read More ]
Global efforts to prevent corruption in football reached a milestone with the announcement that world football’s governing body, FIFA, is to donate to INTERPOL the largest grant it has ever received from a private institution to create an unprecedented ten-year programme worth millions of euros a year at a dedicated FIFA Anti-Corruption Training Wing within [ Read More ]
The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, took note of the 2010 FIFA Financial Report announcing a positive result of USD 631 million for the four-year period 2007-2010 during a two-day meeting held in Zurich. The committee also decided on the hosts of eight FIFA competitions, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup [ Read More ]
FIFA and the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) of the University of Neuchâtel are pleased to announce that they have signed a new collaboration agreement. FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and CIES President Bertrand Reeb, along with FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke and CIES Director Denis Oswald, renewed the funding to CIES for the [ Read More ]
