Archive for the 'Sepp Blatter' Category
World Cup Soccer In Africa – Who Really Wins
'For four action-packed weeks in June and July 2010, the largest international television audience ever to follow a single event will be watching the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa. But what will happen after the trophy is lifted, the caravans move on, and the dogs stop barking?
International heavyweights like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ...
Handover of the bidding documents from the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidders
Sunil Gulati, President of the US Soccer Federation USSF and Bid Chairman, left, Carlos Bocanegra, Captain of the US men's national team, and FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, right, pose during the handover of the USA bid to host the FIFA soccer World Cup 2018/2022 in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, May 14, 2010.
More bid handovers after the jump
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Sepp Blatter steps in to fix Togo’s African Nations Cup Problem; ban lifted
Togo will be allowed to compete in the 2012 and 2014 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments after FIFA president Sepp Blatter helped convince the CAF to remove the ban imposed because the nation pulled out of the Angola 2010 edition.
CAF president Issa Hayatou has agreed to ask his executive committee to vote next week to readmit Togo to the next two ...
Are changes to the soccer rule book coming?
from espn.com:
Football's law-makers will decide on Saturday whether to introduce a change to the rule book which could lead to a dramatic drop in red cards - but there will be no discussion on changes to the offside rule. The International FA Board (IFAB) meeting in Zurich will rule on a FIFA proposal where players would no longer receive an ...
FIFA discussing the ‘Paradinha’: “This must be stopped”
from the wsj online
This weekend in Zurich, as it makes final preparations for June's World Cup, soccer's main rule-making body will discuss the latest controversial bit of Brazilian magic: a devastating penalty-kick maneuver known as the paradinha. The tactic, which in Portuguese means "little stop," was first popularized by Pelé in the 1970s but ...
Sepp Blatter Weighs In On John Terry / Wayne Bridge Affair
Just when you thought he'd have more important issues to worry about, FIFA President Sepp Blatter decided to weigh in on the John Terry / Wayne Bridge affair. Classy Sepp....
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Richard Dunne Blasts Sepp Blatter Over “Moral Compensation”
With FIFA President Sepp Blatter proclaiming publicly that Ireland deserves a special award of "Moral Compensation" following the Thierry Henry 2010 World Cup Playoff handball situation, international defender Richard Dunne issued a strong response making sure everyone knows he wants none of it.
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