Praful Patel will seek to convince Blatter about India's ability to host the 2017 Under-17 Football World Cup. ...
07:49 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Deducting points from teams whose fans or players are guilty of racism is a better way of tackling the problem, the FIFA president said. ...
08:36 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Milan president Silvio Berlusconi later said the team would leave the field of play whenever they suffered racist abuse. ...
10:28 PM, Jan 06, 2013
IOC had banned the IOA for selecting a tainted official at elections held in line with the controversial government sports code. ...
03:19 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Soccer's world governing body are using two systems, Hawk-Eye and GoalRef, at the Club World Cup in Japan. ...
04:44 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Platini remains ardently opposed to the use of goal-line technology, which is being employed at the Club World Cup. ...
01:34 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Blatter was initially opposed to the idea of using goal-line technology but changed his stance two years ago when he saw England denied a clear goal by midfielder Frank Lampard against Germany at the 2010 World Cup. ...
05:10 PM, Dec 05, 2012
London: FIFA has extended the provisional ban on former presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam for another 45 days, the Qatari's lawyers have said. Bin Hammam had a lifetime ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in July but was suspended again one week later, this time for a provisional period of 90 days, as FIFA announced a fresh probe by its ethics investigator Michael Garcia. Now the...
11:01 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Baku: Football is the victim of corruption in every society, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said. Corruption is in our society. We are touched by it. Football is the victim, Blatter said. He also called for solidarity several times during the opening ceremony of AIPS (International Sports Press Association) Young Reporters Program on Saturday. According to Blatter, around 300 million people have been directly involved in the fight against match-fixing....
03:45 PM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Indian football administrators are eager to use an upcoming visit by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to give an impetus to the sport in the cricket-crazy country. "The FIFA chief will visit India on March 9, giving us an opportunity to showcase the potential of football in our country," All India Football Federation secretary-general Kushal Das told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The world body is already helping us...
02:38 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: In a much needed boost to India's bid to host the 2017 Under-17 World Cup Football, FIFA President Sepp Blatter will visit the country early next month to have a first hand account of the developmental work here. Blatter, who is scheduled to visit Nepal during the AFC Challenge Cup (March 8-19), will be in India on March 9, All India Football Federation vice-president Subrata Dutta said here...
07:28 PM, Feb 13, 2012
FIFA President says the invitation has already been extended. ...
12:17 AM, Jul 28, 2009
FIFA head honcho doesn't think such an enormous price tag for Ronaldo. ...
03:53 PM, Jun 13, 2009
FIFA President Sepp Blatter is the most powerful man in the game. ...
10:33 PM, Feb 28, 2009
Sepp Blatter says any Plan B for the 2010 World Cup had been shelved. ...
12:32 AM, Dec 17, 2008
South Africa will become the continent's first World Cup hosts. ...
03:24 PM, Dec 16, 2008
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has reiterated that he is confident South Africa will be ready to host the 2010 World Cup. ...
08:57 PM, Jun 19, 2007
Blatter's 2nd term lasted for 5 years rather than the usual four when FIFA decided not to end the President's term. ...
05:44 PM, May 31, 2007
Impressed by what Kalam said, Blatter said the federation plans to send three top footballers to India next year. ...
03:57 PM, May 04, 2007
