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Promotion and relegation from Champions League on the agenda at ECA General Assembly
Andrea Agnelli, chairman of the European Club Association, has stoked rumours that promotion and relegation could be introduced to the Uefa Champions League as representatives from 164 clubs gathered in…
Fifa details record interest in 2023 Women’s World Cup
World football’s governing body Fifa has reported record levels of interest in bidding to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Fifa revises Women’s World Cup bidding, approves VAR
Fifa has agreed to open up the vote for hosting rights to the 2023 Women’s World Cup, while world football’s governing body has also confirmed that the video assistant referee (VAR) system will be in …
Fifa votes to approve revamped Club World Cup, in spite of opposition by European clubs
Fifa has voted to approve plans to launch a revamped, 24-team Club World Cup in June 2021, despite opposition from Europe’s leading clubs.
Infantino continuing to push for 48-team World Cup in 2022
Fifa President Gianni Infantino addressed the media following the Fifa Council meeting in Miami on Friday
Leading clubs threatened to boycott Fifa Club World Cup ahead of Fifa Council
The 15 clubs on the European Club Association’s (ECA) Executive Board signed a letter advising Fifa they would boycott the governing body’s revised Club World Cup ahead of today’s Fifa Council in Miami…
Tebas accuses Uefa of planning weekend Champions League fixtures, backs Fifa Club World Cup
LaLiga president Javier Tebas has heavily criticised Uefa’s plans to reform the Champions League and has put his full support behind Fifa’s proposal for a quadrennial Club World Cup.
Fifa confirms London as host city for inaugural eNations Cup
London will host the first-ever Fifa eNations Cup on 13th and 14th April, with 20 nations now lined up to compete in the event
Salguero latest former ExCo member banned by Fifa
Rafael Salguero has become the latest former Fifa Executive Committee member to be banned by world football’s governing body after it ruled he was guilty of various bribery schemes and the illegal reselling o…
US Soccer under fire as Fifa comes to town
As world football leaders gather in Miami for the Fifa Council meetings, the United States Soccer Federation finds itself under fire from multiple fronts, with six active legal actions and pressure to…
Fifa pushes 24-team Club World Cup in 2021
Fifa Council members will vote in Miami on Friday on a proposal to launch an expanded 24-team Club World Cup in the summer of 2021.
Fifa touts benefits of expanded 2022 World Cup in leaked feasibility report
Fifa has outlined a list of 10 stadia in five countries that could be utilised to help stage an expanded 2022 World Cup, with world football’s governing body stating the move would be worth an additional $…
Leaked documents allege Qatar offered to pay bonus to Fifa ahead of 2022 World Cup vote
A leaked media-rights contract indicates the state of Qatar offered to pay Fifa an additional $100m (€89m) - as part of the deal with Qatari state broadcaster Al Jazeera (now beIN Media Group) - if it was …
Le Floc’h: Fifa Women’s World Cup sponsorship rights could be unbundled in 2022
Women’s World Cup currently has two-tier sponsorship model
Global Partner tier includes sponsorship rights to all Fifa events
Individual Women’s World Cup tickets go on sale
Individual tickets have gone on sale for the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup in France, with prices beginning at €9 ($10.10).
Fifa considering Kuwait and Oman as 2022 co-hosts of expanded competition
Fifa appears poised to press forward with the idea of a 2022 World Cup with 48 teams
Fifa revenues rise to $6.4bn in spite of governance crisis
Fifa’s revenues have outstripped the organisation’s own projections, rising to $6.4bn in the four-year period that included the 2018 World Cup in Russia (2015-18). Th
Fifa bans former senior vice-president
World football’s governing body Fifa has handed David Chung a six-and-a-half-year ban, with the former Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) president becoming the latest senior official to be sanctioned i…