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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…
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Governance

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"
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Business

The issue of solidarity payments for academies developing US soccer talent remains decidedly unsettled following a Fifa ruling in June
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Events

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 …
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World football’s governing body Fifa has announced that Belgium has expressed an interest in hosting the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
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Governance

Fifa has today (Thursday) handed a life ban to Romer Osuna, former treasurer and member of the Executive Committee of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), in the latest sanction relating…
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Finance & Law

English Premier League football club Manchester City has been fined CHF370,000 (€340,000/$380,000) by global governing body Fifa for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of p…
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Events

The Swiss Attorney General’s (OAG) office has confirmed that charges have been filed by prosecutors in the country against three former German Football Association (DFB) executives in relation to a payment l…
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Finance & Law

Fifa president Gianni Infantino believes the governing body will exceed its pledge to double the prize money for the 2023 Women's World Cup to $60m (€54m).
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Brazil has become the second country to reconfirm its interest in hosting the 2023 Women’s World Cup after Fifa announced that its flagship women’s tournament would expand to 32 teams for the next edi…
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SportBusiness speaks to Fifa's chief women’s football officer, Sarai Bareman, to get her reflections on the 2019 Women's World Cup in France and hear how she is hoping to leverage the momentum gained from that event to further develop women’s football around the world.
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Fifa has reopened the bidding process for the 2023 Women's World Cup after its Council approved the tournament's expansion from 24 to 32 teams
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Governance

Following the success of this summer's Women's World Cup in France, world governing body Fifa is reportedly looking to fast-track its plans to expand the tournament from 24 to 32 teams
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Governance

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has announced details of Fifa Clearing House, which will seek to ensure that smaller clubs get a fairer share of fees when selling players they have developed t…
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Governance

Fifa’s reform roadmap for the Confederation of African Football is set to be challenged after the latter body’s executive committee member, Musa Bility, said he will take his opposition to the plan to …
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Governance

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has signed a protocol agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to outline a road map for the two organisations to support the latter’s reform pro…
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Events

Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia have officially bid to host the Fifa U20 World Cup in 2021. In total, three of the five bids for the U20 World Cup are from Asia
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has proposed plans to expand the Women’s World Cup to a 32-team tournament and double its prize money.