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Fifa suspends Haiti football chief accused of rape
Yves Jean-Bart, 73, categorically denies accusations that he raped several young female footballers at a training facility outside Port-au-Prince over the...
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Five substitutions per team to be allowed on temporary basis
The change in the rules will be allowed in all competitions which are due to finish by the end of this year and it will be up to individual competition organisers whether to implement it.
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Fifa investigating Fernandes Man Utd move after Sampdoria complain
The 25-year-old joined United from Sporting in January for an initial fee of 55 million euros (48 million pounds) and has registered three goals and four assists in nine games.
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FIFA vice-president ponders calendar year season in Europe
The head of world soccer’s governing body himself has said that football will be totally different when it restarts and that the current stoppage could be a good chance to overhaul the overloaded calendar which is due to run until 2024.
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Season re-start possible despite Dutch and French moves, says Uefa
The comments from UEFA’s Tim Meyer contrast with FIFA’s medical committee chairman Michel D’Hooghe who on Tuesday said football should not be played until at least September to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Matches should not be played until September says Fifa medical chief
Fifa’s medical committee chairman Michel D’Hooghe has said football should not be played until at least the start of September to limit the spread of the new coronavirus and when it does resume that yellow cards be handed out for spitting.
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Fifa to release $150 million to member associations due to COVID-19 pandemic
Each of Fifa’s 211 member associations would receive $500,000 in the coming days as well as any remaining entitlements for 2019 and 2020, it added.
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SA to participate in the inaugural Fifa eNations Stay n Play Cup
The Fifa eNations Stay and Play Cup is designed to encourage players and fans to stay at home during the rampant COVID-19.
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New bribe details on 2018, 2022 World Cup votes as execs charged
Former 21st Century Fox employees Hernan Lopez, 49, and Carlos Martinez, 41, face charges along with 65-year-old Gerard Romy, who worked for Spanish media conglomerate Imagina.
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Fifa urges clubs and players to reach agreement over wages: sources
The call from world football's governing body comes as Premier League clubs are locked in talks with players and their representatives about taking pay cuts after government ministers called on players to "play their part".
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'Cordial and united' - football buries differences to tackle coronavirus
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin didn’t mention any names but Fifa president Gianni Infantino, whose efforts to create the Club World Cup have not gone down well with Uefa, was sitting in the front row.
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Platini loses European court appeal against football ban
A chamber of seven judges at the Strasbourg-based court ruled Thursday that Platini's "suspension from football-related professional activity was justified".
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Fifa offers help to players with unpaid wages
Several recent reports have highlighted the gravity of the problem caused by clubs failing to pay their players, notably after shutting down.
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Fifa ends intervention in African football
Fifa effectively took over the running of African football after the corruption scandals which consumed the Confederation of African Football (CAF) last year, including allegations against CAF president Ahmad Ahmad which he has denied.
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Africa Cup of Nations moved to January next year, says Cameroon
The new timing will avoid a clash with Fifa’s revamped 24-team Club World Cup to be played in China in June and July 2021.
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Biggest and best? Infantino reveals aims for new Club World Cup
While the existing Club World Cup features only the six continental champions as well as the champions of the host nation, the new event will see many of the biggest sides in the world - including eight from Europe - descend on China for the first edition.
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Qatar postpones launch of new 2022 World Cup venue
The venue was due to be inaugurated when it hosted the semi-final of the Club World Cup between Liverpool and an as yet undetermined side on 18 December.
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Manchester City's appeal against financial probe thrown out
CAS general secretary Matthieu Reeb told reporters that the Premier League champions’ appeal, made in June, had been judged inadmissible.
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Ex-Arsenal boss Wenger joins Fifa as global development chief
The 70-year-old was recently linked with the Bayern Munich job following the sacking of Niko Kovac but said that while he was approached he was never a candidate for the job.
