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Brazil's, Marta is on the short list for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year aka Ballon d'Or Award. She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year five consecutive times, in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 - BrokenSphere photo

 

Xavi (Spain/FC Barcelona) is one of eight players from Spain's national team that is on the short list for the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award - FC Barcelona photo

 

 

 

FIFA NEWS: Three nominees for the FIFA Fair Play Award announced - December, 2012
Each year, FIFA commends persons or institutions for their fair play, an issue that has always been of crucial significance to world football’s governing body. FIFA aims to promote the principles of fair play through projects and campaigns - 2010 WORLD CUP VOTING... We take a look back for how nations were voted for in the awarding of the countries to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup

FIFA NEWS: Best Midfielders, Defenders & Goalkeepers - November, 2012
THE FIFA PLAYERS CHOICES - The final FIFA FIFPro World XI will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 7 January 2013. During the televised gala, the winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the best player of 2012 and the winner of the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year 2012 award will also be revealed

FIFA NEWS: Women's shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2012 revealed - November, 2012
Who will be the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football for 2012? - The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee, the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup as well as by a group of experts from France Football.

FIFA NEWS: Men’s shortlists for FIFA Ballon d’Or gala 2012 revealed - November, 2012
The candidates for the FIFA Ballon d’Or and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football awards have been unveiled. The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men’s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football

FIFA NEWS: FIFA welcomes Simone Farina’s appointment at Aston Villa - October, 2012
Farina will continue as an ambassador against match-fixing for INTERPOL and FIFA, two organisations which in May 2011 formed a partnership to tackle corruption, match-fixing and organised crime related to illegal betting

FIFA NEWS: Goal Programme: USD 250 million for football development - October, 2012
The figures speak for themselves. Thirteen years after its launch by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the Goal Programme has reached a new milestone

FIFA NEWS: 2018 FIFA World Cup to be played in 11 Host Cities - October, 2012
The early announcement of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Host Cities almost six years ahead of the event is a positive move as it allows the host country stakeholders to make a start on preparing the infrastructure to accommodate the football fans who will flock into Russia in 2018

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 - August, 2012
The ninth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, scheduled to be played from 6 to 16 December 2012, will take place in the Japanese cities of Yokohama and Toyota City - September 9 kick-off for general ticket sales on FIFA.com

FIFA NEWS: New Audit and Compliance Committee holds first meeting - August, 2012
The new committee has an increased scope of responsibility compared to the former Audit Committee. The main duty of the Audit and Compliance Committee is to ensure the completeness and reliability of the financial accounting as well as reviewing the financial statements

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Ethics Committee bans Mohamed bin Hammam as provisional measure - July, 2012
The investigation aims inter alia at assessing the PwC report of 13 July 2012 in respect of potential misconduct on behalf of Mr bin Hammam in the light of the provisions of the FIFA Code of Ethics

FIFA NEWS: FIFA expresses concern over CAS decision in Bin Hammam case - July, 2012
FIFA has noted with concern the decision announced today by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the Mohamed Bin Hammam case

FIFA NEWS: Chairmen of Ethics Committee announced and new Code of Ethics approved - July, 2012
The Executive Committee also unanimously adopted the new Code of Ethics, which will come into force on 25 July 2012

FIFA NEWS: Goal-line Technology (GLT )- July, 2012
IFAB makes three unanimous historic decisions - The IFAB agreed to unanimously approve – temporarily during a trial period – the wearing of headscarves. The design, colour and material permitted will be defined and confirmed following the IFAB Annual Business Meeting in Glasgow in October

FIFA NEWS: Match-fixing Sanctions extended worldwide to 13 football participants - June, 2012
FIFA extends worldwide sanction to 26 football participants - These cases follow on from 45 domestic sanctions extended to have global effect in February and April 2012, to participants in Turkey and Finland

FIFA NEWS: 2014 FIFA World Cup sustainability strategy presented at Rio+20 - June, 2012
The strategy builds on the experience gained from environmental and social development programmes at FIFA tournaments since 2005, on international standards such as ISO 26000 and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and on the development policies of the government of Brazil

FIFA TOP 10 - Uruguay oust Germany from second place - June 2012
Spain widen the gap remain untouchable at the top of the FIFA World Ranking - England (6th, up 1), Argentina (7th, up 2) and Denmark (9th, up 1), while Portugal have fallen by five places - FIFA warns about the abuse of painkillers 39% of all players took painkillers before every game - AMAZING THAILAND & CAMBODIA RANKINGS

FIFA NEWS: Appoints first Woman to Executive Committee - May, 2012
FIFA Congress fully backs reform process, and welcomes South Sudan as 209th FIFA member - The reforms include in particular the restructuring of the Ethics Committee with a new system of two chambers – investigatory and adjudicatory – each with an independent chairman

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Executive Committee agrees major governance reforms - March, 2012
Including new Ethics structure

FIFA NEWS: FIFA debuts on YouTube - March, 2012
FIFA PUTTING IT ON THE LINE - "There is no better platform in terms of reach and penetration than YouTube,” said FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. - Our archives revealed a FIFA press release from five years ago regarding the criteria for implementing goal line technology which has yet to come to fruition. It's a case of then and now and how slow things go in the world of FIFA.

Sports Notes - LIN SANITY FEVER IS OVER - March 2012
It was a matter of time when the Jeremy Lin balloon would come down to reality and the NY Knicks would return to their old ways of losing. Lin s the best thing to happen in the NBA this season the question is can the Knicks return to their winning form with their two super stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire returning to the lineup - Peyton Manning is shopping for a team to blend his talents. The Denver Broncos are said to be in the driver's seat with the Arizona Cardinals 2nd. Manning tosses to super star receiver Larry Fitzgerald is a match made in heaven. Can it be signed sealed and delivered on earth? - CAMBODIA LOSE FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES AND RISE 6 SPOTS IN THE FIFA RANKINGS

FIFA NEWS: International match calendar - March, 2012
A player may play more than one international tournament per year; however, Olympic and youth tournaments are not included in the international match calendar.

FIFA NEWS: Goal Line Technology - March, 2012
IFAB approve two companies for next phase of GLT tests - The IFAB received a general evaluation of eight available Goal Line Technology (GLT) systems

FIFA AWARDS: Badge of Champions awarded to FC Barcelona - January 2012
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or after polling 47.88 of the votes, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (21.6)%) and Xavi (9.23%). Sawa, winner of the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award, led Japan to the title at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 in Germany, where she also won the adidas Golden Ball as the best player of the competition and the adidas Golden Boot for her five goals. She collected 28.51% of the votes

FIFA AWARDS: Messi, Sawa, Guardiola and Sasaki triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011 - January 2012
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or after polling 47.88 of the votes, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (21.6)%) and Xavi (9.23%). Sawa, winner of the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award, led Japan to the title at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 in Germany, where she also won the adidas Golden Ball as the best player of the competition and the adidas Golden Boot for her five goals. She collected 28.51% of the votes

FIFA NEWS: Men's short lists for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2011 revealed - December, 2011
The candidates for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football and FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football awards were also announced.

FIFA NEWS: Men's short lists for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2011 revealed - November,, 2011
The candidates for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football award have been unveiled

Sports Notes MAX - BIN HAMMAM LATEST VICTIM IN FIFA'S SLUGHTER HOUSE - July, 2011
ELIMINATE THE COMPETITION - Red flags went up when a few days prior to the election fire storm FIFA donated to INTERPOL the largest grant it has ever received from a private institution

FIFA NEWS: Almost half the world watched the 2010 FIFA World Cup - July, 2011
Based on viewers watching a minimum of 20 consecutive minutes of coverage, the 2010 tournament reached nearly a third of the world population with 2.2 billion viewers, or 3% higher than in 2006

FIFA NEWS: FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter re-elected for a fourth term - May, 2011
The 208 member associations of FIFA were all in attendance at the start of the Congress, 206 associations had the right to vote. The associations of Brunei Darussalam and São Tomé e Príncipe were not entitled to vote as they had not met the statutory requirements regarding minimum participation in FIFA competitions. Consequently, 206 associations had the right to vote. In total, 203 ballots were cast in an election conducted by secret ballot.- PLUS.. BLATTER'S 2007 ELECTION REPORT

Sports Notes Part 2 - FIFA's CORRUPTION TURMOIL IN REVIEW - May, 2011
FIFA HOUSE ROCKS - FROM THEN UNTIL NOW - This FIFA corruption firestorm began with England accusing FIFA of corruption in QATAR winning hosting the 2222 World Cup. Qatar's Mohammed bin Hammam was to run against Sepp Blatter for the presidential seat. He and Blatter have since been accused of corruption. Blatter was cleared and bin Hammam was suspended and dropped out of the presidential race against Blatter. Read the FIFA press releases of these events

Sports Notes - FIFA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS HEATING UP - May, 2011
DOWN & DIRTY - With FIFA engulfed with bribery accusations of its members the story won't go away. Just a few days before the elections FIFA President Sepp Blatter's opponent FIFA Executive Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam from Qatar is now being taken to task being accused of improprieties. It appears to be the beginning of a major mud throwing competition - FIFA TOP 10

FIFA NEWS: FIFA makes historic contribution to INTERPOL - May, 2011
In long-term fight against match-fixing

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Task Force Football 2014 to start its work on 10 May 2011 - April, 2011
The Task Force’s objective is to look at proposals to improve both the attractiveness of football and match control in elite competitions in areas such as the Laws of the Game, refereeing, competition regulations, women’s football, medical matters and fair play.

FIFA NEWS: QATAR DEBATE - Appeals Ethics Committee Decisions - February, 2011
Clarification on 2022 FIFA World Cup dates - Regarding the bans on Reynald Temarii and Amos Adamu for a breach of the FIFA Code of Ethics

FIFA NEWS: Messi, Marta, Mourinho and Neid crowned as the best of 2010 - January, 2011
These awards were decided after a poll in which the captains and head coaches of the men’s (for the two men’s football awards) and women’s (for the two women’s football awards) national teams as well as international media representatives selected by France Football voted for candidates in each of the four categories. The votes from each of the three groups counted for one-third of the final result

 

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