Joseph S. Blatter - © Getty Images photo Blatter & Platini Appeals Dismissed

Jérôme Valcke Dismissed as FIFA Secretary General - FIFA/AP photo Valcke Dismissed as FIFA Secretary General

FIFA NEWS: MENS World Cup reached 3.2 billion viewers - December, 2015
The final between Argentina and eventual champions Germany attracted an in-home audience of 695 million, up by 12 per cent on the 2010 final for viewers watching for 20 minutes or more. The total audience for the final, including in-home and out-of-home figures for viewers watching for at least one minute, hit 1.013 billion

FIFA NEWS: Women’s World Cup tops 750 million TV viewers - December, 2015
According to figures from FIFA and KantarSport, 764 million in-home TV viewers watched at least one minute of match action from Canada. Some 555.6 million people tuned in for at least three minutes during the competition, up more than a third on the comparable figure from the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 in Germany

FIFA NEWS: Israel-Palestine Agree? - December, 2015
FIFA Monitoring Committee Israel-Palestine agree on permanent support unit to facilitate movements of goods and persons

FIFA NEWS: Messi, Ronaldo & Neymar are FIFA Ballon d’Or Award Contenders - December, 2015
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 have also been announced - Carli Lloyd (USA/Houston Dash), Aya Miyama (Japan/Okayama Yunogo Belle), and Célia Šašic (Germany/1. FFC Frankfurt) are in the running for the women’s award

FIFA NEWS: FIFA's 55 Best Players - November, 2015
FIFA's 55 Best Players Shortlist involves votes from nearly 25,000 professional footballers from 70 different countries. They select one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards.

FIFA NEWS: Russia 2018 World Cup Venues & Confederations Cup Preparations - November, 2015
Chairman of the LOC and Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko presented a detailed report on the preparations for the two major football events to take place in Russia in the next three years and the organisers’ milestones for 2016

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Appeal Committee rejects appeals by Blatter & Platini - November, 2015
FIFA Appeal Committee rejects appeals lodged by Joseph S. Blatter and Michel Platini against provisional bans - the provisional measures is still ongoing, meaning that the adjudicatory chamber may still confirm, revoke or amend the provisional decision

FIFA NEWS: 5 Candidates for FIFA Presidential Election - November, 2015
Ad-hoc Electoral Committee admits five candidates for FIFA presidential election

FIFA NEWS: Puskás Award: Ten best goals of the year announced - November, 2015
The FIFA Puskás Award, created in honor and in memory of Ferenc Puskás, the captain and star of the Hungarian national team during the 1950s, will be presented for the seventh year in a row at the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015, which will be held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich.

FIFA NEWS: FIFA kicks off worldwide support for youth football domestic leagues - November, 2015
The project follows a decision by FIFA to promote male and female youth football competitions as a key priority during the financial cycle 2015-2018, with the aim of boosting participation and ensuring a stronger pathway from grassroots to elite-level football for young players

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Confirms February Election - October, 2015
The FIFA Executive Committee approved a set of important measures to further strengthen its governance and increase the transparency of Ethics Committee proceedings while reiterating its commitment to necessary reforms already underway

FIFA NEWS: Men’s shortlists for FIFA Ballon d’Or - October, 2015
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. The winners of all of the awards will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d’Or as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 11 January 2016

FIFA NEWS: Women’s shortlists for FIFA Ballon d’Or - October, 2015
The awards recognise the best in each category, without distinction of championship or nationality, for their respective achievements between 22 November 2014 and 20 November 2015 inclusive

FIFA NEWS: Israel-Palestine holds meeting in Tel Aviv - October, 2015
Attended by two observers, one representative of UEFA (Marios Lefkaritis, UEFA Vice-President and Executive Committee member) and one of the AFC (Sanjeevan Balasingam, Director of Member Associations), both of whom were invited by the chairman, the committee decided to develop sustainable and practical mechanisms together with a proper timetable to better deal with permit applications and avoid security-related delays with regard to the free movement of Palestinian people and goods connected with football

FIFA NEWS: Jack Warner BANNED from football-related activities for life - September, 2015
Mr Warner was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF

FIFA NEWS: Latest transfer insights of “Big 5” football markets - September, 2015
The report also reveals that 80% of the total amount of salaries committed in the context of international transfers since 2013 can be attributed to UEFA clubs. These clubs lead the trend in paying the highest average salaries, with AFC clubs following closely behind. Average salaries tend to grow with age, often peaking at 28 years of age and decreasing afterwards

FIFA NEWS: FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 - August, 2015
The competition will feature Auckland City of New Zealand (OFC Champions League winners), Club America of Mexico (CONCACAF Champions League winners), Barcelona of Spain (UEFA Champions League winners), River Plate of Argentina (Copa Libertadores winners), the winners from this year’s AFC Champions League and CAF Champions League as well as a club from Japan’s J.League representing the host nation

FIFA NEWS: François Carrard to lead FIFA reform process - August, 2015
Coordinator of the IOC 2000 Reform Commission to chair the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee.- Dr Carrard appointed as independent chairman to guide new reforms - Comprehensive proposals to be presented to FIFA Congress in February

FIFA NEWS: Match schedules for FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and 2018 FIFA World Cup - July, 2015
Chaired by Michel Platini, the organising committee also formally approved the procedures for the Preliminary Draw and the qualifiers in each of the six confederations, which have been developed and submitted by the respective confederations. The preliminary competition will span 32 months featuring 851 matches (between March 2015 and November 2017)

FIFA NEWS: Executive Committee sets presidential election for 26 February 2016 - July, 2015
It was decided to set up a specific FIFA Task Force 'Reforms' to be chaired by a neutral chairman who should be appointed in consultation with the confederations’ presidents. This Task Force will be composed of two representatives of each of the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and UEFA, as well as of one representative from each of CONMEBOL and the OFC. Concrete and comprehensive reform proposals should be elaborated for presentation at the next ordinary FIFA Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to be held in Zurich on 24 and 25 September 2015, and thereafter submitted for approval at the extraordinary Congress

FIFA NEWS: Chuck Blazer banned from football related activities for life - July, 2015
Blazer committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF. In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks as well as other money-making schemes