Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | World football governing body FIFA said Monday it will analyze reports from match officials before deciding upon a course of action for the suspended World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina. Sunday’s clash at Sao Paulo’s Corinthians Arena was called off shortly after kickoff …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Education and Sports has secured Shillings 30 billion for the renovation of Mandela National stadium, Namboole. This comes after the World football governing body FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) banned the stadium from hosting international games. The State Minister for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has confirmed that Uganda risks playing its World Cup Qualifiers in neighbouring countries unless the World football governing body FIFA and the Confederation of African Federation (CAF) lifts the ban on Mandela National Stadium. In May last year, the Confederation of African Federation (CAF) …
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Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | World soccer governing body FIFA has approved a project team of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for the implementation of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the country’s premier league, Ghana FA announced on Thursday. “The FIFA technical team approved a project team for Ghana, which is …
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London, UK | FIFA.COM | Legendary former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has said he will push for football to be more spectacular on the world stage. He said this in the latest episode of ‘Living Football’, FIFA’s football magazine show. Wenger joined FIFA as Chief of Global Football Development in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FIFA is teaming up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatment and diagnostics, and to encourage people to keep practicing life-saving, everyday public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and to protect …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The world football governing body, FIFA has today slapped a five year ban on Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over abuse of office and financial misconduct. Ahmad, aged 60 years and elected CAF president in 2017, has also been fined …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | World soccer governing body FIFA has banned Africa’s top administrator Ahmad Ahmad,60, for five years for financial misconduct. FIFA, in a statement, said their investigatory chamber had found that Ahmad had breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his …
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Berlin, Germany | XINHUA | German football clubs are considering refusing to allow their players to turn out for their countries in the upcoming internationals in November. Various clubs have called the current travel rules for national team staff and players irresponsible. Several sides suffered from positive COVID-19 cases after …
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Doha, Qatar | XINHUA | The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has unveiled its match schedule on Wednesday, as the hosts will kick off the tournament at Al Bayt Stadium on November 21, 2022 at 13:00 local time. During the 12-day group stage, there will be four matches per day …
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