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via FIFA The chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to provisionally ban FIFA Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a maximum period of 90 days. The decision was taken following a request ...

via FIFA.com The adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to ban FIFA Executive Committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of eight years after he was found guilty of several breaches of the ...

via Guardian The long-awaited report by Fifa's ethics committee into the scandal involving collapsed marketing partners ISL has named Havelange and two former executive committee members, Ricardo Teixeira and Nicolás Leoz, as receiving bribes. All three have since resigned from Fifa. The report by the Fifa adjudicatory chamber chairman ...

via FIFA Reaction from FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter on the report from the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, regarding the examination of the ISL case: “I have taken note of the report from the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, ...

via US Soccer U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati has been elected to the FIFA Executive Committee following a vote this afternoon at the CONCACAF Congress in Panama City, Panama. Gulati will serve a four-year term as one of three representatives from the Confederation that encompasses North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ...

I'm wholeheartedly convinced that video games like the FIFA franchise have played a significant role in the growth of the game in the US. And I have a feeling that is going to continue to be the case. I stumbled upon this little bit of history on the FIFA Soccer video game when I was at their offices this week. It's amazing to think how influential ...

I mentioned that I went up to Redwood City this week to get a glimpse into what the folks at EA Sports are working on for FIFA 14. I had never been to their Redwood campus, and let me tell you - it it impressive! The campus is massive and it's basically it's own self sustaining city. Beyond the sheer amount of buildings and size of it all, there are ...

I was in Redwood City yesterday to get a sneak peek at the new FIFA 14 video game. The game is still in development so we only got a small glimpse into what is to come with the updated game. But one of the things we did see was a new feature called Pure Shot. In the past, the approach to shooting the ball was not as natural as the game developers had ...