Archive for the 'FIFA' Category

October 27th, 2011

FIFA Raises $1.85 Billion In Television Deals For 2018 And 2022 World Cups

FIFA Makes $1.85 Billion Off 2018/2022 World Cup TV Deals via Guardian Fifa has completed broadcast deals worth $1.85bn (£1.15bn) for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in the last week, including an estimated $1.2bn earned from US sales to Fox, Telemundo and Fútbol de Primera. Football's world governing body confirmed it has also sold rights to SBS in ...
October 25th, 2011

2011 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year – Ten Nominees

2011 FIFA Women's World Player Of The Year Nominees via FIFA The winners of all of the awards will be revealed at the second FIFA Ballon d’Or gala as part of a televised ceremony at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 9 January 2012, during which the FIFA/FIFPro World XI and the FIFA Puskás Award for the most beautiful goal of the year will also be ...
October 20th, 2011

FIFA News :: FIFA unveils Match schedule for 2014 FIFA World Cup

FIFA unveils Match schedule for 2014 FIFA World Cup "The Match Schedule for the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup™ was announced in Zurich on 20 October 2011. The 64 matches will be played in 12 cities across the country. Sao Paulo will witness the Opening Match on 12 June 2014 while Rio de Janeiro will be the venue for the Final of the world’s ...
October 18th, 2011

Jack Warner Goes Public With Warnings To FIFA President Sepp Blatter

Jack Warner's Public Warning To FIFA President Sepp Blatter via DailyMail 'I have promised in the past a tsunami that would hit the FIFA, and indeed, it will come,' said disgraced former FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner, who was on FIFA's ruling executive committee for 28 years. A verdict in bin Hammam's appeal to CAS is not expected for several ...
October 17th, 2011

FIFA Ethics Committee Takes Decisions On Ethics Proceedings Against CFU Officials

FIFA Ethics Committee Makes Decisions On CFU Officials via FIFA The FIFA Ethics Committee, chaired by Claudio Sulser (Switzerland), has today (14 October 2011) taken decisions regarding the ethics proceedings that had been opened in August against several Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officials. The proceedings had been opened in regard to ...
October 16th, 2011

Behind the Scenes :: FIFA 12 | Player Face Capture [Video]

Behind the Scenes of "Player Face Capture" for FIFA 12 "See the amazing improvements for FIFA 12 in making your favorite players look as they do in real life. Our Capture Systems Team travelled across Europe taking high-res multi-angle images of teams like Manchester City, Aston Villa and Newcastle United." Video after the jump.... (more...)
October 14th, 2011

FIFA Satisfied With WADA Decision To Withdraw CAS Appeal In Case Of Mexican Footballers

FIFA Satisfied With WADA's Decision To Drop Appeal Over Mexico's Drug Test via FIFA FIFA would like to express its satisfaction with the decision taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to withdraw its appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the decision not to sanction five Mexican footballers who tested positive for ...
October 13th, 2011

Jack Warner Addresses Video Leak – ‘Tantamount To Contempt Because It Seeks To Influence International Opinion

Jack Warner Addresses Video Leak via Guardian Jack Warner has claimed the leak of a video appearing to show him urging officials to accept cash gifts from Mohamed bin Hammam shows there is a conspiracy against Caribbean football. Warner, who quit as a Fifa vice-president in June after being charged with bribery, said the timing of the leak in ...