Posts Tagged "FIFA"

Football Federation Australia must wait to find out the fate of a six-figure donation it made which was allegedly pocketed by former FIFA heavyweight Jack Warner.

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Australia’s clash with Oman in the Asian World Cup Qualifier on Tuesday night was disappointing on numerous levels.

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Football officials around the world are currently discussing the pros and cons of holding the 2022 FIFA World Cup during a Qatar summer, with the traditional months of June and July being a sticking point due to the summer heat.

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The fallout from the Mohamed bin Hammam corruption scandal in world football led to FIFA suspending another leading Asian member of its executive committee on Monday.

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FIFA conceded for the first time Saturday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to winter if medical evidence showed that playing in the intense summer heat would be dangerous.

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FIFA has committed to using goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and could have four systems competing for selection.

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The integrity of football in Europe has been called into question as Europol announced results of a two year investigation into football match-fixing.

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Racism has been the dark underbelly of football for decades. We’ve come a long way since the 1980s, where black players were mercilessly hounded by opposing fans, but despite the efforts to promote anti-racism education campaigns, racism still routinely rears it ugly head.

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FIFA aims to “revolutionise” the transfer market by helping clubs avoid using agents, who took commissions averaging 28 per cent in cross-border player deals in 2012.

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Mohamed Bin Hammam on Monday announced that he had resigned from his roles on FIFA’s executive committee and as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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The constant confusion and argument over football’s offside rule is really starting to become a problem.

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Sixty-two places separate Australia and Jordan in FIFA’s world rankings, but a win for the Socceroos in Amman on Tuesday night is far from a formality, according to coach Holger Osieck.

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Following FIFA awarding the World Cup hosting rights to Qatar, it is highly unlikely that Australia will get to host the premier sporting event in the near future. In fact, Australia may never host a World Cup.

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced that world football’s governing body has adopted a new code of ethics in the wake of a series of damaging corruption scandals.

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Football finally embraced goal-line technology as FIFA’s lawmaking panel approved two systems for use in matches on Thursday.

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Did it cross the line? Or didn’t it cross the line? Or was it on the line? It’s a conversation that has taken place at water coolers and pubs since the 1966 World Cup Final, disputing controversial decisions of sporting games all over the world.

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A tragedy, if not a heartbreaking farce. That’s the message now coming from FIFA President Sepp Blatter on the use of penalties to decide the outcome of football matches.

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The video referee has ruined rugby league. And that farcical end to game one in Origin prompted a media fall-out similar to the one which erupted after Besart Berisha slotted home the winning penalty in the A-League grand final.

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The beautiful game needs to embrace video technology. The atrocious penalty awarded to Brisbane Roar in the dying stages of the A-League grand final leave no room for argument.

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This time it was an on-field controversy, as a contentious penalty decision marred the nation’s football finale, only adding to the recent off-field dramas that have rocked the A-League.

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