Fifa wrote to the Royal Spanish Football Federation warning it would be in breach of the world governing body’s statutes if the Consejo Superior de Deportes, the Spanish government’s national sports council, forced it to stage a presidential election following the arrest and suspension of Angel Maria Villar Llon
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Del Nero has been banned from all international and domestic football activities and could be excluded for a further 45 days, FIFA’s ethics committee said in a statement.
The concluding match of Group B of the African series for Russia 2018 ended 1-1, but FIFA on Tuesday awarded all three points to Algeria following Nigeria’s use of ineligible defender Abdullahi Shehu in the encounter
Pinnick through his official Twitter handle: @AmajuPinnick, on Wednesday narrated what led to the incident
FIFA officials Hannes Thies and Elizabeth Eastman are joined at the Boardroom of the League Management Company in Maitama, Abuja by NFF’s Club Licensing Officer Nasiru Jibril and Assistant Director (Legal), Barrister Okey Obi, with a number of officials from the various Leagues and also from Clubs across the federation.
The match, according to the committee, is declared to be forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Algeria, with the NFF also receiving a fine of CHF 6,000
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed last year that some European football draws have been fixed in the past with the use of hot and cold balls
As expected, the A-League clubs and the New South Wales and Victoria state federations voted against the motion for FFA’s preferred Congress model, one also bitterly opposed by the players’ union
It comes after the World Anti-Doping Agency wrote to football’s global governing body offering to act as a go-between so that a key witness can provide evidence.
On the continent, the Gernot Rohr-side also dropped three places to the eight spot behind Senegal, Tunisia, Egypt, DR Congo, Morocco, Burkina Faso and Cameroon
All three men had pleaded guilty in the United States to separate federal charges ranging from wire fraud to racketeering and money laundering
In the dock are three fabulously wealthy South American former football officials from Brazil, Paraguay and Peru, who are charged with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies
The Telstar 18 evokes unforgettable memories of the 1970 FIFA World Cup – and of legends like Pelé, Gerd Müller, Giacinto Facchetti, Pedro Rocha and Bobby Moore – and will feed the dreams of those who will play for football’s most coveted prize in Russia next year.
Onigbinde told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that this would help them get a good result which would then elevate the team in the FIFA ranking.
Football Federation Australia said the AGM would be held on November 30, the same day as FIFA’s deadline for a governance shake-up.
This was contained in a letter forwarded to the Football Union of Russia, addressed to the General Secretary, Aleksandr Alaev, and signed by FIFA’s Director of Competitions, Christian Unger
The station is also to relay all other major international competitions until 2022, the global soccer body said on Wednesday
A total prize money pool of $400 million represents a 12 per cent increase on the $358 million paid out to teams at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where victors Germany received $35 million.
The Frenchman, whose job was to ensure smooth running of FIFA, and World Cup in particular, was right-hand man to now banned FIFA President, Sepp Blatter.
The ruling body FIFA said in a statement that around 70 per cent of the applications came from the host nation