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- Blatter gets '6+5' green light from European parliament
- BRUSSELS AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter defended his controversial 'six plus five' foreign player system at the European parliament here, saying it would nurture young talent and benefit the national game. Plans to further explore the system, which would limit clubs to fielding six home-grown players and a...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- Bolivian leader enjoys slice of league action
- LA PAZ AFP — Bolivian President Evo Morales donned his shorts Saturday to help second division league outfit Litoral see off Municipal 4-1. Morales, a vocal opponent of FIFA's attempts to prevent the Andean nation playing World Cup qualifiers at high altitude in La Paz, is a lifelong fan...
- Research articles 2008-04-26
- Bolivia to take World Cup altitude row to UN
- LA PAZ AFP — Bolivian president Evo Morales said on Saturday that the country's battle to have their World Cup qualifiers played at altitude will be taken to the United Nations. World football governing body FIFA has banned the South American team from staging qualifiers above 3,500m in La...
- Research articles 2008-04-19
- 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
- Benelux bid welcomed by Blatter
- BRUXELLES AFP — The joint bid by Belgium and The Netherlands to host the 2018 World Cup finals was welcomed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday according to the Dutch Football Federation president. Jeu Sprengers said that far from condemning them for putting together a joint bid, the...
- Research articles 2007-11-14
- Indonesia defies FIFA over disgraced football chief
- JAKARTA AFP — Indonesia's football association Wednesday dismissed calls by FIFA to replace its disgraced president after he was found guilty of large-scale corruption. The sport's world governing body this week called for fresh elections to replace Nurdin Halid, convicted over a cooking oil scandal, as president of the...
- Research articles 2007-10-31
- Belgian and Dutch bid planned for 2018 World Cup
- BRUSSELS AFP — Belgian and Dutch football federation officials said on Friday they would be meeting FIFA president Sepp Blatter about a possible joint bid for the 2018 World Cup finals. A delegation led by Belgian Alain Courtois will meet Sepp Blatter on November 14, probably at the headquarters...
- Research articles 2007-10-19
- Blatter prods South Africa on World Cup infrastructure
- CAPE TOWN AFP — South Africa still faces a major challenge to upgrade its infrastructure, including transport network and hotels, to host a successful World Cup in 2010, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday. After meetings with President Thabo Mbeki and civic leaders in Cape Town, Blatter told...
- Research articles 2007-06-19
- 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
- I'm confident says UEFA presidential candidate Johansson
- NYON, Switzerland AFP — UEFA boss Lennart Johansson says he's confident of seeing off Michel Platini in the January 26 vote for the presidency of European football's governing body. The sitting president, 77, speaking here on Friday, said: "Over the past couple of weeks I've met the heads of the...
- Research articles 2007-01-19
- Johansson slams Blatter double talk
- PARIS AFP — UEFA boss Lennart Johansson hit back at comments made by FIFA counterpart Joseph Blatter expressing his sympathy for the Swede's rival for the presidency of European football's governing body. French football legend Michel Platini, 51, will be up against sitting president Johansson, 77, at the January 26...
- Research articles 2007-01-15
- Blatter wants amateurs out of Club World Cup
- YOKOHAMA, Japan AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he would work to throw amateur teams out of the Club World Cup after Auckland City's goalless showing here. Auckland, representing Oceania after Australia joined the Asian confederation, finished bottom of the tournament after losses to Al Ahly and Jeonbuk Motors....
- Research articles 2006-12-17
- Chelsea want FIFA to investigate Real over Robben approach
- LONDON AFP — English champions Chelsea asked FIFA to investigate Real Madrid for making an alleged illegal approach to sign Dutch winger Arjen Robben. The London club are furious Real's newly-elected president Ramon Calderon claimed his representatives had spoken to Holland international Robben about a possible move to the...
- Research articles 2006-07-05
- French official blames Blatter for 'catastrophic' refereeing
- BERLIN AFP — A leading French referee has slammed the "catastrophic" officiating at the World Cup and blamed FIFA President Sepp Blatter for putting politics before football in choosing referees. "They have selected the best teams from each continent, but not the best referees," said Bernard Saules, the president...
- Research articles 2006-06-27
- FIFA president appalled by Italian match-fixing scandal
- ROME AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed his dismay about the state of Italian football as the Serie A match-fixing scandal rumbles on. "It's terrible what's happening, especially for the game's image," he told the Gazzetta dello Sport. "I could understand it if it had happened...
- Research articles 2006-05-20
- Voice of Asian football silenced but AFC denies rift
- SINGAPORE AFP — For almost three decades Peter Velappan has been the voice of the Asian Football Confederation AFC, but the controversial secretary general has now been silenced. AFC president Mohammed bin Hammam, a Qatari who says he lives by the maxim that actions speak louder than words, has...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- Bulgarian FA apologises for Stoichkov's dig at UEFA president
- SOFIA AFP — The Bulgarian Football Union BFU has apologised to UEFA following "scandalous" remarks by national team coach Hristo Stoichkov against the the body's president Lennart Johansson. Following Bulgaria's 3-0 loss to Sweden in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Solna Sweden on September 3, Stoichkov accused Johansson...
- Research articles 2005-09-07
- Olympic threat for football lifted
- PARIS AFP ? Fears that football might be thrown out of the Athens Olympics were lifted when FIFA chief Joseph Blatter signed the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA Code. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has said that any federation that does not sign the WADA code could not compete...
- Research articles 2004-05-21
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