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The Asian football federation AFC is supporting the Palestinian football body's request for sanctions against the Israeli football association ahead of the FIFA Congress in Bangkok due to the ongoing war in Gaza. "The AFC stands together with the Palestinian federation, and we join them in seeking effective football-related solutions to the grievances raised by the Palestinian federation in their proposal," AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said on Thursday. "It is our duty to support the Palestinian federation for a swift and effective resolution in line with the rules, regul...
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After years of a legal dispute, the Brazilian inventor of the free-kick spray is to get compensation from football's governing body FIFA. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Brazil rejected an appeal from FIFA and ordered the association to pay Heine Allemagne and his company Spuni Comércio de Produtos Esportivos compensation for the misuse of his invention. Allemagne invented the spray in 2000, which referees can use to mark the position of the free-kick wall and then quickly dissolves again. The spray has been used by the South American football association Conmebol since 2009 and was used for ...
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The FIFA Council formally appointed Mattias Grafström as the football governing body's secretary general, FIFA said on Wednesday. Sweden's Grafström has had the job on an interim basis since October 2023, when Fatma Samoura stepped down. He is a close confidant of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and was previously deputy secretary general. "I am humbled and deeply honoured to have been appointed FIFA secretary general," Grafström said. "Football is my passion since I was born. I started playing it as a child and worked in football all my life at all different levels. There are therefore no wor...
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German officials remain confident that their joint bid with Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2027 women's World Cup will be successful in Friday's vote at the congress of the ruling body FIFA. German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf said he was holding many talks in the final countdown to the Bangkok vote to convince FIFA members of the bid, with Brazil the only rival. "We'll throw everything into it to make sure we come out on top at the end of the day after all," Neuendorf said. "We are very confident. We believe that we have submitted an excellent bid and will do every...
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FIFA will organize a first women's Club World Cup in 2026, football's ruling body said on Wednesday after a council meeting. The tournament is expected to be contested by 16 teams in January and February. The competition will be held every four years and further details will follow in due course, FIFA said after approving the match calendar from 2026 to 2029. FIFA said it is also reducing the number of women's international match windows from six to five. The measures "represent an important milestone in our pledge to take the women’s game to the next level by enhancing competitiveness across ...
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Jewish sports organization Maccabi Germany has called on the ruling football body FIFA to dismiss a Palestine association (PFA) motion seeking sanctions against Israel at its congress later this week. "The current motion by the PFA is part of a globally observed attempt to isolate Israel and, in our view, should be decisively rejected," Maccabi President Alon Meyer told dpa. "We hope that the FIFA Congress will once again send a clear signal against such endeavours." The PFA is calling for "appropriate sanctions to be taken against Israeli teams with immediate effect" at Friday's congress in B...
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Jewish sports organization Maccabi Germany has called on the ruling football body FIFA to dismiss a Palestine association (PFA) motion seeking sactions against Israel at its congress later this week. "The current motion by the PFA is part of a globally observed attempt to isolate Israel and, in our view, should be decisively rejected," Maccabi President Alon Meyer told dpa. "We hope that the FIFA Congress will once again send a clear signal against such endeavours." The PFA is calling for "appropriate sanctions to be taken against Israeli teams with immediate effect" at Friday's congress in Ba...
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Germany's bid with Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2027 Women's World Cup has received a lower score than its only rival Brazil in a FIFA evaluation report. The trio's bid was given an average score of 3.7 out of 5, while Brazil received a 4.0, FIFA on Wednesday. The tournament will be awarded on May 17 in Bangkok at the FIFA Congress by a vote of the 211 FIFA member associations. The US and Mexico recently withdrew their joint bid. The evaluation report assesses various aspects such as stadiums, accommodation, marketing, sustainability, human rights and legal issues. According to the repo...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said that FIFA's rules on players transfer may prove to be contrary to European Union's law in view of a dispute between former French player Lassana Diarra and the football governing body. Advocate general Maciej Szpunar emitted an opinion on Tuesday, saying that FIFA rules "governing contractual relations between players and clubs may prove to be contrary to the European rules on competition and freedom of movement of persons." Diarra signed for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in 2013, only to have that contract terminated by the club one y...
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World champions Argentina remain first in the men's football rankings while Belgium are back in the top three of the latest list published on Thursday by the ruling body FIFA. Argentina top the bill with 1,858 points from World Cup runners-up France, who have 1,840.59. Belgium rose from fourth to third with 1,795.23 points, at the expense of England (1,794.90). Brazil, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, European champions Italy and Croatia complete the top 10. Germany remained 16th despite beating France and the Dutch in March friendlies. Indonesia were the biggest climbers, up eight into 134th...
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