Football
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Composition of normalisation committee for the Argentine FA confirmed
Jul 20, 2016News Hour: Following the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council taken on 24 June 2016 to appoint a normalisation committee for the Argentine Football Association (AFA), a joint FIFA and CONMEBOL mission visited Argentina... -
Alfa Bank unveiled as first-ever Regional Supporter for the FIFA World Cup
Jul 20, 2016News Hour: Russia’s Alfa-Bank was announced today as the first FIFA World Cup Regional Supporter during an event in Moscow, marking an important milestone in FIFA’s commercial strategy. As a Regional Supporter for Europe, Alfa-Bank will... -
Gulf Air’s annual ramadan football tournament 2016
Jul 14, 2016News Hour: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, recently held its annual Ramadan football tournament, which saw 10 teams representing different departments and divisions within the airline competing to win the tournament’s... -
FIFA kick-starts overhauled development programme
Jul 13, 2016News Hour: The FIFA Development Committee, chaired by FIFA vice-president and AFC President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, met in Zurich today and started putting in motion Forward, FIFA’s overhauled development programme approved by the... -
Ronaldo tears as Eder brings Portugal Euro glory
Jul 11, 2016News Hour: Cristiano Ronaldo was stretchered off in tears but an extra-time goal by Eder saw Portugal beat hosts France 1-0 in Sunday’s Euro 2016 final to win their first major tournament. The victim of a... -
Barcelona launch campaign backing sentenced Lionel Messi
Jul 10, 2016News Hour: Barcelona have launched a campaign in support of Lionel Messi and his father Jorge after the Argentine pair were sentenced to prison terms this week over tax fraud, reports Reuters. The campaign, under the... -
Sepp Blatter’s appeal against ban to be heard on August 25
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: An appeal by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter against a six-year ban from all soccer-related activities will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on August 25, CAS said on its... -
Tomaž Vesel appointed chairperson of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: The Bureau of the FIFA Council today appointed Tomaž Vesel of Slovenia as the independent chairperson of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee until the 67th FIFA Congress, with immediate effect. Mr Vesel currently serves... -
Lionel Messi gets 21 months for tax fraud, unlikely to serve time
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: Barcelona’s Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it... -
France into Euro 2016 semis, Iceland finish with a bite
Jul 4, 2016News Hour: Olivier Giroud scored twice to take man-of-the-match honours as France marched into the Euro 2016 semi-finals but even after a 5-2 hammering, Iceland departed with pride having struck new underdog blows. France now play...
