Borussia Dortmund put their Bundesliga problems aside to progress through to the German Cup last 16, while Hannover and Hertha Berlin were both sent crashing out. FIFA.com News
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US Creteil-Lusitanos claimed the biggest shock of the League Cup third round when they beat Lens 2-0, while fellow Ligue 2 outfit AC Arles-Avignon secured a 3-2 extra-time victory over Reims. FIFA.com News
Argentina head coach Gerardo Martino included Juventus forward Carlos Tevez in his squad, after a three-year absence from the national team, for friendlies against Croatia and Portugal in November. FIFA.com News
Krasnodar and Rubin Kazan continued their good starts to the Russian Premier League season with 2-0 wins over Terek Grozny and Dinamo Moscow respectively. FIFA.com News
FIFA.com met up with David Bytheway to see what the Englishman has been up to since leaving Rio de Janeiro with the runer-up prize for FIWC 2014. FIFA.com News
Real Madrid overcame Neymar’s early goal to see off arch rivals Barcelona 3-1 at the Bernabeu in the first El Clasico of the 2014/15 Spanish La Liga campaign, while Athletic Bilbao beat Almeria 1-0 and Valencia bested Elche 3-1. FIFA.com News
Paris Saint-Germain turned up the heat on French Ligue 1 leaders Marseille by brushing aside Bordeaux 3-0 at the Parc des Princes, while the principality club beat hosts Bastia 3-1. FIFA.com News
Led by Harry Kane’s hat-trick and Erik Lamela’s brace, Tottenham Hotspur crushed Asteras Tripoli 5-1, while Napoli dropped their first points of the UEFA Europa League campaign as they went down 2-0 to Swiss side Young Boys on Thursday night. FIFA.com News
ES Setif goalkeeper Sofiane Khedairia speaks to FIFA.com about the upcoming CAF Champions League final and his ambitions for the FIFA Club World Cup and with the Algerian national team. FIFA.com News
Encore for Fuleco! The mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ might have completed the vast majority of his work this summer, but it is not quite time for the armadillo to retire just yet. On Wednesday 1 October, Fuleco was moved from the Home of FIFA to Zurich Children’s Hospital, whose 100,000 patients per year make it the largest medical institution for children in Switzerland. FIFA President Joseph Blatter was on hand to personally oversee the safe delivery of the South American armadillo to its new home. The FIFA President’s visit to the hospital was a source of…
© Foto-netHis Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, today visited FIFA President Blatter at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.During the meeting, HH the Emir and FIFA President Blatter discussed the bilateral relations between Qatar and FIFA, ways and means of enhancing the cooperation, as well as Qatar’s continued progress in improving the welfare of migrant workers. They also reviewed preparations and efforts by the State of Qatar in various fields to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals.”It was an honour to host HH the Emir. Qatar is working hard to take advantage of…
© FIFA.comFIFA TV dominated the 2014 International Broadcasting Convention Awards on September 14, bringing home two of the biggest prizes in the global broadcast industry for their work in producing and distributing the FIFA World Cup™.At a glittering ceremony in Amsterdam, the IBC celebrated FIFA TV’s long-term dedication to distributing and delivering the very best viewing experience of the FIFA World Cup to fans around the world with their flagship International Honour for Excellence award. Receiving this top industry prize places FIFA TV among highly-distinguished company from the entertainment industry, including Oscar-winning Hollywood directors James Cameron (Titanic) and Peter Jackson…
© FIFA.comSwiss artist Rolf Knie drew inspiration from the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil to create a very special painting entitled ‘Die brasilianischen Ball-Artisten’ (‘Brazilian Ball Artists’), presented to FIFA President Sepp Blatter as an exclusive gift. “Sepp has made football and FIFA what it is today,” Knie explained. “For that he has my utmost respect and complete admiration.” Depicting a player juggling 13 balls, the picture is the first – but probably not the last – footballing subject painted by the renowned artist, who hinted: “It could become the start of a whole series.” For now at least,…
© AFPOn 25 and 26 September 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee will convene for its next meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich. The agenda is now available.The main focus of the meeting will be on updates from the various FIFA competitions as well as reports from the chairmen of several FIFA committees that are due to meet at FIFA’s headquarters between 22 September and 24 September ahead of the Executive Committee session. FIFA.com News
© FIFA.comWith regard to an enquiry from the Sunday Times, it is important to note that we are speaking about two different matters. Firstly, the fact is that FIFA has not distributed any watches to any of the members of its Executive Committee nor to its President neither to its Secretary General. As the official timekeeper of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and in line with the company’s standard approach for any of its marketing activations, Hublot provided FIFA with watches as part of the contract and as a form of value in kind. In accordance with internal governance processes, FIFA…
© Getty ImagesFIFA TMS has launched a new report today with analysis of the international transfers involving clubs from England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain during the summer transfer window. These five markets accounted for 82 per cent or USD 2.3 billion of the total spend (USD 2.8 billion) realised by the 26 countries that saw their transfer window close on 1 September 2014. The report – ‘The Big 5: Transfer Window Analysis Summer 2014’ – is available in English and provides unique insights into this summer’s transfer window including key trends and comparisons with previous transfer windows. The topics include: New…
© Getty ImagesFIFA has sent a letter today, 9 September, to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirming that the conditions set out in FIFA’s letter of 3 September have been met and that, therefore, the NFF is not suspended. The NFF had been set a deadline of 8 September to ensure that the persons claiming to have been elected to NFF positions vacated the association’s premises and to confirm that the NFF General Secretary could perform his work without interference. In the meantime, FIFA has received a letter from the NFF with these assurances and with an explanation of the…
© Getty ImagesThe Ad-hoc Electoral Committee, established to oversee the election process for the office of the FIFA President, appointed Domenico Scala as its chairman. Such a committee has been set up for the first time as part of the Electoral Regulations for the FIFA Presidency, which are designed to ensure transparency and fairness in the election process as well as respect for basic and fundamental democratic principles. Scala, who is also the independent Chairman of the FIFA Audit & Compliance Committee, spoke with FIFA.com about how the elections will work.FIFA.com: Mr. Scala, as the chairman of the Ad-hoc Electoral…
© Getty Images Following the decision by the FIFA Emergency Committee, FIFA has today, 3 September 2014, sent a letter to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirming that the NFF will be suspended with immediate effect should there still be persons claiming to have been elected to NFF positions on 26 August 2014 and occupying their offices on Monday, 8 September 2014 at 08.00 (Central European Time). The decision follows events linked to the NFF general assembly held on 26 August 2014. While the said general assembly was duly convened by the NFF Executive Committee to adopt a new roadmap…
A new working group set up to address the topic of third-party ownership of players’ economic rights met for the first time today, 2 September 2014, at the Home of FIFA in Zurich. It followed on from the FIFA Congress decision in June to create a dedicated working group to analyse all possible regulatory options in relation to this complex practice and to make preliminary suggestions, which will be presented to the Players’ Status Committee and ultimately to the FIFA Executive Committee later in September. The meeting was chaired by England’s Geoff Thompson, chairman of FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber and…