FIFA extends 7-team Club World Cup to 2021; Japan to host
Football | December 04, 2020 23:22 ISTFIFA wanted a December 2020 edition in Qatar to be the last with seven teams — six continental champions and the host nation’s domestic league winner.
FIFA wanted a December 2020 edition in Qatar to be the last with seven teams — six continental champions and the host nation’s domestic league winner.
The ban was announced during the Madagascan official’s campaign to be re-elected for four more years as the head of African soccer. His position also makes him a FIFA vice president.
Haitian football federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned from the sport for life on Friday following accusations of systematic sexual abuse of female players.
In September, FIFA had suspended the TTFA indefinitely for pursuing a dispute through the country's High Court in contravention of the world governing body's statutes.
Any club that ended a player’s contract for becoming pregnant faces having to pay compensation and a fine, and being banned from the transfer market for one year.
Rowan Arumughan, who officiated in Lionel Messi's first match as Argentina captain in a FIFA friendly against Venezuela in Kolkata, said a referee also needs to know "skilful players who can challenge the referees".
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal by Munir El Haddadi in an urgent ruling sought by the player and the Moroccan football federation before African Cup of Nations qualifying games this month.
FIFA’s move toward more transparency is in a draft code it has worked on since 2017, but has been resisted by top agents.
Jérôme Valcke was found guilty of a lesser change of forging documents linked to World Cup broadcasting deals in Italy and Greece.
The governing body of world football said that Infantino has mild symptoms and "has immediately placed himself in self-isolation and will remain in quarantine at least for 10 days.
The spending dropped by $1.9 billion in the European transfer window this year, according to FIFA.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says former FIFA Council member Kwesi Nyantakyi had his life ban for financial corruption cut to 15 years on appeal.
Infantino met with tournament organisers and took part in a seven-a-side match at Al Bayt Stadium, a 60,000-capacity venue designed to resemble a traditional Arab tent.
The announcement comes one week before the two opening rounds of South American World Cup qualifiers.
Blatter was quizzed about suspected criminal mismanagement at FIFA one day after Platini spent about three hours at the offices of Switzerland’s federal prosecutors
The proposal is a significant drop in strictness of the rule which currently binds players to their first national teams after making just a minute of an appearance for them at the senior level.
Cost-cutting is also predicted to help offset a $200 million hit from being unable to stage a revamped Club World Cup in June 2021, when Europe and South America stage their postponed continental championships.
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) said in a media statement that the European governing body UEFA has "confirmed that England, Germany and Spain will represent Europe in the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2021".
FIFA official Sara Booth has said that Delhi will have a positive impact of hosting the women's U-17 World Cup.
Infantino's talks with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber about the sprawling investigation into football corruption has put them both in the sights of a special prosecutor.
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