The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Petrus Damaseb (Namibia), has decided to ban football officials from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for periods of between life and one year, after they were found to have breached various articles of the FIFA Code of Ethics. The decisions, which [ Read More ]
The Executive Committee takes good note of the will of FIFA to take concrete and efficient measures with regards to good governance, expects to see results within the next three months and is following the situation closely.” The Executive Committee also welcomed three new members; Sergey Fursenko, Peter Gilliéron, and Borislav Mihaylov, as well as [ 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 ]
The UEFA Europa League‘s most prolific remaining teams meet in the semi-finals with FC Porto looking to improve on a shaky recent home record against Spanish opponents as Villarreal CF come calling. Previous meetings The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA club competition. Porto have played 34 games against Spanish sides in [ Read More ]
The Professional Football Strategy Council meeting in Nyon agreed a united position regarding the issue of betting. In particular, the Professional Football Strategy Council: • resolves to further strengthen joint efforts to prevent and combat match-fixing, in line with the ‘Resolution against match fixing’ adopted by the Professional Football Strategy Council in Monaco on 27 [ Read More ]
FIFA and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Organising Committee, together with the Japanese Football Association (JFA), have agreed to postpone the Germany 2011 Welcome Event in Tokyo, originally planned for 31 March 2011, to a later date. “Due to the current situation resulting from the dramatic recent events in Japan, we have decided, along [ Read More ]
