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With a national workshop in Colombia and a regional workshop in Algeria, FIFA’s Security Division has brought its workshop activities…

The FIFA Interactive World Cup success story continues to develop, with the event being honoured with two significant industry accolades in recent weeks. The FIWC was once again named by the Guinness World Records as the largest online gaming tournament in the world and received the Football Brand of the Year Award at the Football…

© Getty Images FIFA and the National Organising Committee are pleased to announce a sponsorship agreement with Labatt Breweries of Canada. Labatt is the second National Supporter of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. The agreement provides Labatt with extensive marketing rights within Canada for the next edition of the flagship tournament in women’s…

Tunisian club side CS Sfaxien edged out visiting DR Congo’s TP Mazembe 2-0 in the first leg of the Orange…

© Getty Images   FIFA can today confirm the extension of sanctions imposed on three players relating to match-manipulation investigations conducted by the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) and the El Salvador Football Association to have worldwide effect.

© Getty Images FIFA has launched a new Facebook page dedicated to women’s football and available in six languages, while also activating the official Twitter account for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ ahead of a busy calendar of events in 2014 and 2015.

Barely a week after witnessing the national team bow out of 2014 World Cup after a playoff qualifier defeat (4-1)…

© Getty Images One of the longest and most successful partnerships in modern sports marketing history will continue. Today, FIFA and adidas formally announced an extension of their long-term partnership agreement granting adidas the Official Partner, Supplier and Licensee rights for the FIFA World Cup™ and all FIFA events until 2030. The announcement was made…

TP Mazembe coach, Patrice Carteron is looking forward to this weekend’s Orange CAF Confederation Cup final first leg against Tunisian…

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and the President of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) and of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Michael Sommer, today agreed that fair working conditions must be introduced quickly, consistently and on a sustained basis in Qatar. The meeting, which was held at the Home of FIFA in…

Al Merrikh have been crowned winners of the 2013 Sudanese Premier League, pipping bitterest rivals Al Hilal to the title.The…

CAF President, Issa Hayatou has congratulated the five African teams to have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.Algeria,…

© FIFA.com The Official Emblem of the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 was unveiled today at Wellington Regional Stadium as 35,000 fans gathered for New Zealand’s World Cup qualifying match against Mexico.

Algeria captain Madjid Bougherra led by example scoring the decisive goal against Burkina Faso and hand Les Fennecs the final…

The much expected miracle at the Air Defence Stadium in Cairo failed to see the light of day as Ghana…

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says that local coaches need to be given a chance to prove their worth and he…

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided today, 15 November 2013, not…

(FIFA.com) Tuesday 12 November 2013 © FIFA.com Following the recent decision by WADA to revoke the accreditation of the LADETEC laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, and after thorough consideration and discussion with WADA and the Brazilian authorities, FIFA has decided to use the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, to analyse blood and urine samples…

© Getty Images FIFA can today confirm the worldwide extension of sanctions imposed on 26 players and one official relating to match-manipulation investigations conducted by the Italian Football Association (FIGC).

© Getty Images The race to determine the winner of the FIFA Puskás Award for the “best goal of the year” has started today, 11 November 2013, on FIFA.com and francefootball.fr. Fans from across the world will decide which of the ten goals selected by FIFA and selected Football Committee members will be the winner…