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A group of top female footballers have scaled back their demands in protest against Fifa’s decision to stage the 2015 Women’s World Cup on artificial turf.

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb has dismissed suggestions that he is set to stand for the presidency of Fifa.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) general secretary Dato Alex Soosay has said the organisation will not reverse its decision to support Sepp Blatter’s re-election bid, despite Prince Ali bin Al Hussein’s announcement that he will stand for the Fifa presidency.

David Chung has been returned to office as president of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for another four year term, as the continental governing body today (Wednesday) pledged its support for Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s re-election campaign.

Fifa vice-president Prince Ali bin Al Hussein has confirmed that he will stand against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of football’s global governing body later this year.

Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said the local organising committee (LOC) for the 2018 Fifa World Cup will have a budget deficit this year, as the country continues to face up to its financial problems.

Barcelona has said it is considering taking to the Swiss federal courts after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the Spanish Liga football club’s appeal against a transfer ban, which begins t…

Fifa has maintained it will not re-open the voting process for the hosting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, but president Sepp Blatter said that the confidential report into the bidding process for football’s showpiece events will be published in part.

World football’s governing body Fifa has said its ban on third-party ownership (TPO) of players will be introduced on May 1.

Michael Garcia, chairman of the Investigatory Chamber of the Fifa Ethics Committee, has stepped down from his position a day after his complaints over the report into allegations of corruption during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were dismissed by football’s global governing body.

The European Club Association (ECA) and European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) have joined forces to put forward a staging period of May 5 to June 4 for Qatar’s 2022 Fifa World Cup, arguing that the model would avoid a “brutal split” of domestic football caused by a winter tournament.

Complaints from the investigator who led the probe into allegations of corruption during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, as well as two whistleblowers who provided evidence to the report, have been dismissed by Fifa, football’s global governing body.

Sports federations based in Switzerland, such as Fifa and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), are set to be subject to greater financial scrutiny by banks in the European country under a new bill passed today (Friday) by Swiss lawmakers.

Mexican Football Federation (FEMEXFUT) president Justino Compean has talked up the chances of his country hosting the 2026 Fifa World Cup, stating Mexico will have the infrastructure necessary to host the tournament.

Jerome Valcke, the secretary general of Fifa, has indicated that Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s global governing body, will oppose a proposed January-February window for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil generated the most social media content in history for a sports event. The host’s 7-1 defeat to Germany produced 35.6 million tweets alone, which remains a record number on Twitter for any live event. The eventual world champions Germany also received a 95-per-cent increase in their Twitter following during the World Cup campaign.