Etiket: FIFA
Fifa tries to relaunch its World Cup project every two years
Ultimate formality or prelude to abandonment? Faced with the virulent opposition of many football players to its biennial World Cup project, Fifa brings together its 211 federations on Monday, December…
FIFA calls for a biennial World Cup
(Geneva) Opponents of FIFA’s campaign to hold World Cups every two years appear to be afraid of losing their hegemony at the top of world football, its president Gianni Infantino…
2022 World Cup: ex-CIA agent hired by Qatar to spy on FIFA
The tiny Arabian Peninsula nation of Qatar has for years employed a former CIA agent to help spy on soccer officials as part of a cost-intensive effort to secure and…
Three Canadians in the running for FIFA honors
Canada has three representatives among those vying for FIFA honors. Posted on November 22, 2021 at 9:01 p.m. They are Captain Christine Sinclair, goaltender Stephanie Labbé and coach Bev Priestman.…
2026 World Cup | FIFA concludes visits with a stop in Toronto
(Toronto) A FIFA delegation concluded its visits to the 2026 World Cup candidate cities with a stop in Toronto on Monday, having already seen Canadian soccer in a context very…
FIFA | Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini accused of fraud
(Berne) Ex-FIFA executives Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other mischief by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial payment of 2…
It marks us. Taittinger, official champagne of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
At the start of the football world cup, Olivier de Lagarde receives the marketing director and ambassador of champagne Taittinger, official champagne of the competition: Vitalie Taittinger. The brand is…
FIFA Ranking | Canada breaks into the world top-50
(Zurich) The excellent performances of the Canadian men’s soccer team allowed him to break through the top-50on Thursday when the FIFA World Ranking update was released. Posted on October 21,…