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Japanese Ref Masaaki Toma In Charge Of FA Cup Match via TheFA FA Cup history will be made this weekend when Japanese FIFA referee, Masaaki Toma, takes charge of Brentford v Basingstoke in the First Round Proper on Saturday. The J-League official is in the UK as a part of an ongoing referee exchange programme  and has already refereed a Reserve ...

England players train with poppies on their boots FIFA a couple of days ago, lifted the "poppy ban" and will allow the English national team to wear an arm band with a poppy on it. But you can see that someone over at Nike was on top of things, just in case they didnt. Check out the boots that Theo Walcott came to train in yesterday.... Niiiice. image

FIFA - Team GB's Olympic Schedule/Tickets Back On via FIFA The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed the dates of Team GB’s group stage fixtures ahead of London 2012 Olympic Football tickets going back on sale on 29 November 2011. The men’s team, coached by Stuart Pearce, will begin their ...

FIFA permit England players to wear poppies on armband v Spain. via FIFA.com "The FA can confirm that FIFA has today agreed that the England team will now be permitted to wear a poppy on the black armbands the players will wear during Saturday’s match with Spain. While continuing to adhere to the Laws of the Game, wearing the poppy on the ...

Forbes Names FIFA's Sepp Blatter #63 World's Most Powerful People via FIFA FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has retained his place on Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s 70 most powerful people. The Swiss has risen two places to 63rd on the annual compilation, which is topped by the USA’s president Barack Obama. Impressively, Blatter ...

Fifa refuses to allow England to wear poppies, the Armistice Day emblem, on their shirts when they play Spain at Wembley on the eve of Remembrance Sunday fifa statement: "FIFA fully acknowledges the significance of the Poppy Appeal and the ways in which it helps commemorate Remembrance Day on 11 November each year. As a multinational ...

Men’s nominees for FIFA Ballon d’Or 2011 revealed Shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or gala 2011 :: via FIFA :: image source The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2011 Éric Abidal (France), Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Karim Benzema (France), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo ...

FIFA Improving Transfer Matching System via FIFA With just over a year having passed since FIFA’s Transfer Matching System (TMS) became mandatory for all international transfers of professional players, plans are already being put in place to further improve and refine the system. TMS, which strives to ensure transparency in transfer deals ...