Even in the year preceding the tournament, the effect of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 was already being felt, with a record 512 women’s matches played, more than half of which were qualifiers for the World Cup this June and July. While the women’s game had never seen so many international matches played [ 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 ]
Twelve players in contention for UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2010 UEFA announced the nominees for the UEFA Club Football Awards to be presented during the UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw to be held in Monaco on Thursday 26 August 2010 at 17:45 CET. The voting procedure gives the coaches of the 16 [ Read More ]
With 850 men’s matches and 304 women’s matches, the 2009 footballing year saw a slight decrease in the number of international ‘A’ matches played in comparison with the previous year. The decrease comes as little surprise, however, since fewer games are traditionally played in the last year of World Cup qualifying than at the beginning [ Read More ]
The contenders for this year’s FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards, which will be presented at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, FIFA’s home city, on 21 December 2009, were announced. In alphabetical order, the male nominees are Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Kaka (Brazil), Lionel Messi [ Read More ]
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 [ Read More ]
