Over the weekend of 25th and 26th June, teams from Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Poland, Russia and China will be converging on the City of Edinburgh to take part in the annual Swamp Soccer World Cup. A crazy and fun filled sport that combines mud and soccer, Swamp Soccer originates [ Read More ]
FIFA and Sony Music Entertainment today announced that “Happiness” (Dave Aude Remix) by 19-year-old singing sensation Alexis Jordan (Star Roc/Roc Nation/Columbia), has been chosen as the Official Song of the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011™. Alexis Jordan will perform the song on July 17 at the closing ceremony of the event in [ 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 ]
FIFA announced that 400 clubs affiliated from 55 Member Associations around the globe are set to obtain a share of the benefits from the successful staging of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. On 14 March 2008 the FIFA Executive Committee agreed to set aside provisions of USD 40 million for the 2010 FIFA [ 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 ]
