(FIFA.com) Friday 6 December 2013 © AFP With the group stage matches now defined, ticket sales for the 2014 FIFA…
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World governing body FIFA on Friday conducted the draw for next year’s World Cup, when 32 national teams will converge on Brazil to compete for the sport’s most important prize. Six months and six days before the tournament opens with a game between…
Thirty-two teams will learn their fate when the group stage draw for the 2014 World Cup finals takes place on Friday. The draw will follow a ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) and will involve some complex juggling to separate, as far…
© Foto-net The international football community on Thursday learnt the sad news of the passing of former South African President…
© Getty Images Chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the FIFA Executive Committee held its fourth and final meeting…
© Getty Images The total contributions for the participants of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ will be up 37 per…
The Sao Paulo stadium scheduled to host the opening match of the World Cup but scene of a fatal accident last week will be ready in April, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday. “We have received information it should be ready in mid-April,” Blatter…
Brazilian legend Pele said on Wednesday he hoped current Brazil star Neymar’s experience in Europe with Barcelona could give the Selecao a boost at next year’s World Cup. Brazil “shouldn’t fear anyone,” Pele said as he pinpointed next June as Neymar…
The official ball to be used at next summer’s World Cup “The Brazuca” has been unveiled in Rio de Janeiro to the samba sounds of drums and cymbals. First to show off their skills with the new ball in a ceremony at a park in the south of the city were…
© AFP At its meeting in Costa do Sauipe/Bahia earlier today, the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup™ approved the…
© FIFA.com FIFA.com, the most-visited football website in the world, today announced the launch of the official FIFA app. The…
If psychic diva Marcia Fernandes is proven right, millions of Brazilians will be sorely disappointed next July as she forecast a German victory in the final of the World Cup. “Germany is going to prevail,” the popular medium said in a highly anticipated…
© Getty Images The FIFA Appeal Committee yesterday decided to reject the appeal lodged by the Football Federation of Ukraine…
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…
© 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.
© 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…
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…