All posts tagged "FIFA"

  • FIFA disbands anti-racism task force, turns blind eye to 2018 World Cup fears

    FIFA has disbanded its anti-racism task force, saying the committee “completely fulfilled its temporary mission” despite widespread fears of discriminatory behavior ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Members of the committee were informed of its...

    • Posted September 25, 2016
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  • FIFA transfer bans put Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in limbo

    FIFA have handed Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid a body blow with a potential two-year transfer ban for breaching its rules on registering overseas players under the age of eighteen. Assuming Barcelona beat relegation embattled Sporting Gijon...

    • Posted January 15, 2016
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  • Goodbye 2015, the year Sepp Blatter and Co. faced their fate

    I have seen the future. Football’s future. It does not involve Sepp Blatter. As 2015 comes to a close, FIFA’s president has finally been shunted out of the organization in ignominious fashion, pinned down by a barrage...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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  • England set for a World Cup qualifying meeting with the Auld enemy!

    Vladimir Putin (somehow) managed to keep his shirt on, and no one throw a flutter of fake cash over Sepp Blatter, so things seemed to be running relatively smoothly at the preliminary draw for the Fifa 2018...

    • Posted July 26, 2015
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  • Sepp Blatter and the need for change at FIFA

    One of many frustrating parts of solving the puzzle of corruption in FIFA is the utter lack of transparency within the organization. I certainly don’t know the full extent of what’s going on, neither does Loretta Lynch and...

    • Posted May 31, 2015
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  • Winter World Cup poorly marketed

    Traditionalists aside, FIFA’s inevitably stuck as the World Cup simply cannot possibly be played in the Qatar summer of 2022. Heat levels reach an inhumane average temperature of 106F during its summers, unfit for a football match....

    • Posted February 23, 2015
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  • FIFA hit marketing gold with Stephanie Roche

    The FIFA Fair Play Award went to all of the volunteers at the 2014 World Cup? That’s sweet. A bit superficial, but give the five chosen volunteers their shining moment on stage and there you go, FIFA...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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  • Everything you need to know about Prince Ali’s FIFA Presidential Bid

    Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein is doomed to lose. In an election which Sepp Blatter is the overwhelming favorite to win for the fifth straight year, that for the president of FIFA, Al Hussein would need a...

    • Posted January 6, 2015
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  • Can Neuer fairly run against Messi in the Ballon D’Or?

    More than usual, there is reason to get excited about the Ballon D’or shortlist. Of course, as it has been for six of the past seven years, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi make up for two-thirds of...

    • Posted December 1, 2014
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  • The curious case of stars on club kits

    When walking by the kit of Brazil’s national team, it is eye catching. Not just because of the vibrant colors or star studded names on the back, or the famous crest, but one of the lesser elements...

    • Posted September 4, 2014
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