Barcelona wants FIFA ruling changed on 15-year-olds The Catalans are appealing a FIFA directive not to select French teenager Theo Chendri to play in one of their youth teams. ...  
10:59 PM, Feb 27, 2013

FIFA bans 74 for match-fixing in Italy, South Korea FIFA has banned 74 more officials and players from world soccer for helping fix matches, this time in Italy and South Korea. ...  
09:17 PM, Feb 27, 2013

FIFA extends China match-fixing bans worldwide Match-fixing bans on 58 Chinese soccer officials and players will be extended worldwide, the sport's governing body FIFA said on Monday. ...  
08:34 PM, Feb 25, 2013

Third goal-line technology system approved by FIFA The German-manufactured Cairos system uses magnetic fields set up around the goals to determine whether or not the ball has crossed the line in situations where it is not clear to the naked eye. ...  
07:38 PM, Feb 25, 2013

CONCACAF supports changes to FIFA presidency terms CONCACAF has backed a proposal to limit the FIFA presidency to two four-year terms and to impose an age limit of 72 for the president. ...  
03:11 PM, Feb 25, 2013

FIFA investigates Zambia over match-fixing players FIFA is investigating Zambian officials over allegations they allowed eight players banned for match-fixing in a notorious case in Finland to return to football without permission. ...  
11:37 PM, Feb 22, 2013

Neymar not ready to shoulder Brazil burden, says Pele Neymar, who plays for Santos, has been billed as the best player to have emerged from Brazil in the last few years and is expected to lead the attack at the 2014 World Cup. ...  
11:44 PM, Feb 20, 2013

FIFA confirms goal-line technology in World Cup FIFA has confirmed that goal-line technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup and has invited more providers to submit tenders. ...  
05:39 PM, Feb 19, 2013

FIFA to propose tougher sanctions for racist abuse The governing body aims to approve tougher sanctions for racist abuse at football matches when its 209 member nations meet in May. ...  
08:35 PM, Feb 15, 2013

FIFA plans biological profiling at World Cup FIFA plans to use biological profiling of players at this year's Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup in its efforts to tackle doping. ...  
08:02 PM, Feb 15, 2013

AIFF, sports ministry hope to satisfy FIFA queries
by IANS
Sports ministry is yet to hear from the AIFF the specific assurances demanded by FIFA. ...  
04:55 PM, Feb 14, 2013

FIFA clears Didier Drogba to play for Galatasaray Drogba can play in a Champions League last-16, first leg at home to Schalke next Wednesday. ...  
11:06 PM, Feb 13, 2013

European federations accused of diluting FIFA reforms European soccer federations have been accused of trying to water down reforms aimed at making the sport's governing body FIFA more transparent and less prone to corruption. ...  
10:43 AM, Feb 09, 2013

Anti-corruption advisers challenge FIFA to change FIFA's anti-corruption advisers urged Sepp Blatter's executive committee to "demonstrate leadership" and not undermine their efforts. ...  
11:12 PM, Feb 08, 2013

FIFA fines Hodgson's agent over rules breaches FIFA's disciplinary committee fined Angel 7,000 Swiss francs and ordered him to pay costs for the disciplinary process. ...  
09:08 PM, Feb 08, 2013

Premier League clubs agree cost-control measures UEFA warned on Monday that the failure to control salaries was endangering the future of football on the continent. ...  
09:29 PM, Feb 07, 2013

It's impossible to stop cheats, says FIFA chief Blatter The head of world soccer governing body FIFA said that cheats would always exist in the sport and it would be impossible to stop them, after revelations of a global match-fixing scandal this week. ...  
08:15 PM, Feb 07, 2013

FIFA launches website for whistleblower reports Alleged infringements of FIFA's Code of Ethics reported at the site will directly reach its lead ethics prosecutor, Michael Garcia. ...  
10:26 PM, Feb 06, 2013

Match-fixing in football: How deep is the rot?

Football expert Novy Kapadia wants FIFA to clamp down on match-fixing after European police claimed Monday that several matches were fixed worldwide over the last few years. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 05, 2013

FIFA reacts to Europol's fixing revelations

"FIFA and the football community are committed to tackling this problem but we won't succeed alone," the apex body said. ...
08:45 PM, Feb 05, 2013