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- Blatter warns against boys from Brazil
- PARIS AFP — FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has reiterated his call for a curb on the number of foreign players appearing for club sides. The head of world football said he would be asking the next FIFA congress to adopt his controversial 'six homegrown players per team' plan. ...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- Six plus five good idea but illegal: UEFA chief
- MOSCOW AFP — UEFA president Michel Platini said Tuesday he believed FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter's plan to get football clubs to play with six home-grown players and a maximum five foreigners was "a good idea - but illegal." "It's a good thing but completely illegal," said the head of...
- Research articles 2008-05-20
- Olympic boycott would not benefit anyone, says head of FIFA
- FRANKFURT, Germany AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter opposes a boycott of the Beijing Olympics in the belief nobody would benefit from such a move, the German Football Federation DFB on Monday reported the head of world football's governing body as saying. "A boycott has never benefited anybody -...
- Research articles 2008-04-14
- FIFA president Blatter demands life bans for dangerous tackles
- LONDON AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Friday called for lifetime bans and criminal charges to be brought against players found guilty of dangerous tackles. Blatter believes reckless challenges are one of the biggest scourges of the modern game and he has demanded a "zero tolerance" policy ahead...
- Research articles 2008-03-07
- Asian Football Confederation chief slams English Premier League
- SINGAPORE AFP — AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam has lashed out at the powerbrokers of the English Premier League for putting "money before responsibility" in their plan to play matches overseas. The Asian Football Confederation chief is strongly opposed to the proposals and said the Premier League and its...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- Bolivian leader slams FIFA over high altitude games
- LA PAZ AFP — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday accused FIFA of killing off football in high-altitude nations by making an adaptation period obligatory for matches played at over 2,500 metres. "(It's a) way of cutting up the world...a death sentence for the universality of football," Morales told...
- Research articles 2008-01-14
- Blatter criticises England's foreign football coach decision: BBC
- LONDON AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticised England's decision to hire a foreign coach on Monday, the day Fabio Capello arrived at FA headquarters for his first day of work. Capello succeeded Steve McClaren following England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008. The FIFA president claimed the FA...
- Research articles 2008-01-07
- FIFA sets up 40 million dollar referee scheme
- TOKYO AFP — Football's governing body FIFA set up a 40-million-dollar project Saturday to train referees at both the highest level and "grass roots" of the game. "The future of our game is intrinsically linked with the quality of refereeing," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said after the body's executive...
- Research articles 2007-12-15
- Hawk-eye ready for Premier league testing
- LONDON AFP — The Premier league is set to test Hawk-eye technology in football with a view to remove doubts over goal-line decisions, the chief of the company that makes the product has said. The ball-tracking system, which is already used in cricket and tennis, will initially be put...
- Research articles 2007-07-08
- A case study of moral neglect in the Egyptian sports establishment
- ABSTRACT The system of management of the Egyptian sports establishment is analyzed in terms of ethical concepts and theories. The failure of this establishment to secure the honor of hosting the 2010 World Cup is used as a case study. The analysis of this event shows that an organizational...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- FIFA's "social responsibility" in new Blatter term
- ZURICH AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter is set to be voted in for a third term as the boss of football's world governing body here this week with social responsibility the main thrust of the coming years. Blatter, who became president in 1998, also said his new tenure,...
- Research articles 2007-05-30
- South American presidents rally against FIFA altitude ban
- LA PAZ AFP — The presidents of Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela on Wednesday joined their Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales in demanding that FIFA reverse a ban on high-altitude stadiums being used for international matches. World football's governing body on Sunday introduced the new ruling banning matches at more than...
- Research articles 2007-05-30
- Goal-line techology gets go-ahead
- MANCHESTER AFP — World football's rule-making body on Saturday moved a step closer towards sanctioning the introduction of goal-line technology. The International Football Association Board - made up of FIFA and the FAs of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - agreed that a system could be introduced to...
- Research articles 2007-03-03
- Hawk-Eye hopes to solve footballs goal-line debate
- LONDON AFP — Hawk-Eye, the technology used to judge tight line calls in tennis, will this weekend be proposed as the solution to football's desire for a reliable system of judging when the ball has crossed the goal-line. Football's rules-making body, the International Football Association Board IFAB, will also...
- Research articles 2007-03-02
- CAF envoys set conditions for chaotic Kenyan football
- NAIROBI AFP — African football governing body officials sent to Kenya to help resolve the country's crisis-hit sport on Thursday said Nairobi must fulfil four key conditions in to order to return normalcy. Confederation of African Football CAF vice-president Amos Adamu said Kenya must withdraw all football-related cases pending...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
- Kenya minister rejects football panel
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenyan Sports Minister Maina Kamanda rejected the country's football governing body ahead of next week's planned meeting with FIFA to resolve the problems facing the sport. Kamanda said he had not recognised the Kenya Football Federation KFF, which he had dissolved in November but was then reinstated...
- Research articles 2007-01-10
- FIFA chief complains about government meddling in football
- GENEVA AFP — FIFA President Sepp Blatter criticised government interference in football, just a day after he agreed to set up a commission with Polish authorities to tackle a dispute over government powers to sack footballing bosses. "Despite the indisputable respect that the world of football must show national legislation,...
- Research articles 2006-10-18
- We won't tolerate racism from Croatia: UEFA
- LONDON AFP — European football's ruling body UEFA has warned Croatia and its fans they could face heavy sanctions if they rain racist abuse down on England when the sides meet in Zagreb on Wednesday. A number of Croatia's clubs and the country's federation have been warned for racism-related issues...
- Research articles 2006-10-10
- Mexes agent ban upheld
- PARIS AFP — FIFA has upheld the six-month ban dished out to football agent Olivier Jouanneaux for his part in AS Roma defender Philippe Mexes' controversial transfer from Auxerre. Jouanneaux was suspended back in February and was also fined 50,000 Swiss francs (41,000 dollars) for his role in the centre-back's...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- FIFA in bid to reconcile Zidane with Materazzi
- BERLIN AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter said that efforts were being made to bring together French captain Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco Materazzi in a move of reconciliation. Zidane was sent off in the second period of extra time in the World Cup final in July for head-butting...
- Research articles 2006-09-11
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