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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
- Coe holds talks with Fergie over Great Britain Olympic job
- LONDON AFP — Sebastian Coe revealed Wednesday that he has held talks with Alex Ferguson to try and persuade the Manchester United manager to coach a British football team at the 2012 London Olympics. Coe, the chairman of the London organising committee for the Games, declined to reveal if...
- Research articles 2008-05-14
- 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 calls off World Cup matches at last minute
- TIANJIN, China AFP — Matches at the women's World Cup on Wednesday were called off at the last minute and rescheduled after protests from the teams involved, leaving many fans in the lurch. It means China's crunch Group D game against New Zealand here and Australia's equally important showdown...
- Research articles 2007-09-19
- Women's World Cup turns ugly amid spying, verbal abuse claims
- WUHAN, China AFP — The women's World Cup took an ugly turn Thursday after Denmark contacted FIFA and police over apparent spying as reports claimed a Danish coach had verbally abused the Chinese team. Two men, described as Chinese, were found with video cameras sitting behind a glass mirror...
- Research articles 2007-09-13
- FIFA chief dismayed at 11-0 scoreline in women's World Cup opener
- CHENGDU, China AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday admitted the one-sided 11-0 scoreline in the opening match of the women's World Cup was "not good" for the sport. Asked about the hammering defending champions Germany dished out to Argentina on Monday, Blatter replied: "Definitely I did not...
- Research articles 2007-09-11
- 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
- ALGERIA: FIFA: NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM RANKING FELL ONE SPOT.
- According to Al-Khabar newspaper (February 13, 2008), the ranking of the Algerian Football National Team by the FIFA (International ... According to Al-Khabar newspaper (February 13, 2008), the ranking of the Algerian Football National Team by the FIFA International Federation of Association Football fell one...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- 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
- Depressed Iranian players plan to be champions again
- DOHA AFP — óFIFA banning Iran's football team for government interference in the sport has spraked depression among the team, but a reprieve has buoyed hopes that they can be champions once again. "That was a terrific shock for us," said Iran's veteran Brazilian coach Rene Simoes on the banon...
- Research articles 2006-12-05
- Northern Irish jig with joy at FIFA rankings news
- LONDON AFP — Northern Ireland's recent impressive bid to qualify for the Euro 2008 tournament may have left some more established international sides stunned. But for their manager Lawrie Sanchez, it is all part of a slow building process which he began in modest fashion when he took over the...
- Research articles 2006-10-18
- Australia tops FIFA rankings in Asia but says it should be higher
- SYDNEY AFP — Football Federation Australia FFA has welcomed revised FIFA world rankings that make the Socceroos Asia's top team but demanded to know why the team did not rise higher. The Socceroos went up nine places to 33rd in the latest world rankings after winning through to the...
- Research articles 2006-07-13
- Blatter furious over Berlin post-match battle
- BERLIN AFP — FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has vowed to take tough action against those responsible for the free-for-all that marred the end of the Germany-Argentina World Cup quarter-final. The tense game in Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Friday was won on penalties 4-2 by Germany but the on-field celebrations...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Study into the possible participation of EPFL and G-14 in a social dialogue in the European professional football sector
- Chapter 1: Introduction The purpose of this study is to investigate whether EPFL and G-14, as European employers' organizations may participate in a possible Social Dialogue with FIFPro under the EC Treaty in the professional football sector. An additional question to be answered is which themes might be relevant...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Not all gloom and doom for Asia Blatter says
- BERLIN AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter has issued words of encouragement to Asian football following the poor showing by the continent's representatives at the World Cup. Only Asian zone newcomers Australia made it through to the last 16 out of the five teams that came to Germany and...
- Research articles 2006-06-29
- NBA fans also cheering on US at World Cup
- MIAMI, United States AFP — This is an extra special time of year to be an American sports fan. With the NBA finals and the 2006 FIFA World Cup going on at the same time, fans attending the Miami/Dallas series have the best of both worlds. Before cheering on...
- Research articles 2006-06-19
- Star-studded parade of former World Cup winners at FIFA Congress
- MUNICH AFP — More than 100 World Cup winners provided a trip down memory lane on the opening day of football governing body FIFA's international congress. Alcides Ghiggia and Juan Carlos Gonzalez Ortiz, two members of the Uruguay team that beat Brazil in the 1950 final in Rio de...
- Research articles 2006-06-07
- FA denies Ferguson-Eriksson rift
- LONDON AFP — The Football Association has dismissed reports of a rift between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson over Wayne Rooney's injury. An angry Ferguson, smarting after United could only manage a scoreless draw at home to Middlesbrough on Monday, said Rooney would...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
- WHERE ONLY CHAMPIONS TREAD
- WHEN the winners of this week's Club World Championship are declared, will the format of the tournament itself be among them? The third of Fifa president Sepp Blatter's accident-prone attempts to instigate a club competition to accompany the World Cup and rival the Uefa Champions League begins this morning in...
- Research articles 2005-12-11
- 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
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