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Fifa recommends cap on player agent commissions
Football's world governing body Fifa has recommended a cap on the commissions earned by agents from player transfers
Infantino talks up Women’s World League, Club World Cup
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said he will continue to push for a new Women’s World League national team competition, despite seeing his original proposal blocked from within world football’s gov…
Iran will lift ban on women attending football matches, Fifa says
Fifa’s president Gianni Infantino has said Iran will lift its ban on women attending football matches.
Arabsat hits back at rights-holders in beoutQ dispute
Satellite operator Arabsat has branded comments made by a group of major rights-holders as “irresponsible” and “disgraceful” about its alleged role in the Saudi Arabian pirate channel beoutQ dispute.
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Fifa calls for Iran to lift ban on women in stadiums
Fifa's president Gianni Infantino has called Iran's ban on women attending football matches "unacceptable" and called for it to be lifted
Hayatou returns to football with Cameroon advisory role
Issa Hayatou, the former president of the Confederation of African Football, has returned to the sport in an advisory role for the sports ministry in his native Cameroon
India the “next nut to crack” for Fifa in Asia, Le Floc’h says
Fifa considers India “the next nut to crack” in terms of football’s sporting and commercial development in Asia, the confederation’s chief commercial officer Philippe Le Floc’h has said.
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AFC and Fifa presidents hold talks in Zurich
Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation, last week met with Fifa president Gianni Infantino to discuss topics including greater cooperation between the global…
Fifa issues life ban to imprisoned former Conmebol president
World football’s governing body Fifa has issued a life ban to former South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) president Juan Ángel Napout, more than a year after he was sentenced to a nine-year pr…
African club football set for ‘radical transformation’, PwC lands CAF reform contract
Professional service group PwC has been selected to support the substantial reform process for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) being overseen by Fifa, as initial meetings on the matter flagged…
Russia, Chile and El Salvador submit bids for 2021 Beach Soccer World Cup
Fifa, football’s global governing body, has announced today (Wednesday) that it has received bids from Russia, Chile and El Salvador to host its Beach Soccer World Cup in 2021.
Fifa organises data protection summit in October
Football world governing body Fifa is organising a Data Protection Summit at the Home of Fifa in Zurich on 2 October 2019, as a platform for all member associations, confederations, clubs and players’ u…
Belgium and Bolivia drop out of 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup race, eight countries remain
Eight candidates remain in the running to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, with Belgium and Bolivia dropping out following the governing body’s announcement that the tournament would expand from 24 …
Thomas replaces Le Floc’h in commercial shake-up at Fifa
Simon Thomas, the experienced sports marketing executive, is to replace Philippe Le Floc’h as chief commercial officer at Fifa, football’s international federation.
Scandal-hit former Conmebol president Leoz dies
Nicolas Leoz, a long-time president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and key figure in the wide-ranging corruption scandal that hit world football in 2015, has died at the age of…
Fifa gives Iraq green light to host World Cup qualifiers; “closely monitoring” Hong Kong situation
Football world governing body Fifa has allowed Iraq to host their national team's upcoming World Cup qualifying games in their southern city, Basra, following a "security assessment by a Fifa delegation"
Fifa ruling shakes up compensation, development structures in US player market
The issue of solidarity payments for academies developing US soccer talent remains decidedly unsettled following a Fifa ruling in June
Belgian FA rejects talk of Women’s World Cup bid
The Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA/KBFV) has denied that it will bid for the 2023 Women’s World Cup after world football’s governing body Fifa announced that it had expressed interest in …