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DILI (18 Nov 2011) – FIFA announced this week that they will conduct a pilot study ahead of next month’s Club World Cup in Japan which will see all participating clubs taking part in random doping controls. Players from Barcelona, Santos and the five other clubs competing in the tournament which runs from 8-18 December…
DILI (13 Nov 2011) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have postponed the Asean Zone competition of the AFC Futsal Championship 2012 qualifiers due the current flood situation in Bangkok, Thailand, until further notice. The AFC inform the participating nations that the decision was made after much thought and consideration this week. The AFC believe…
DILI (10 Nov 2011) – After all the talk of using state-of-the-art air conditioning to cool stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architect in charge of one of the venues claimed this week that a more old-fashioned solution would be cheaper and better. Leading firm Populous, which is designing the Sports City…
DILI (26 Oct 2011) – The Asian Football Development Project (AFDP), a non-profit commission founded by HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, FIFA Vice President, hosted a seminar entitled Football and the Hijab: Moving Forward in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The purpose of the seminar is to first address the current position on the matter…
DILI (22 Oct 2011) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter went on the offensive yesterday, hoping his new anti-corruption drive will ease the pressure on his scandal-hit organisation and bring transparency into the world body. Blatter (pix), who won an election battle to see off former Asian football supremo Mohamed Bin Hammam earlier this year, said…
DILI (3 Oct 2011) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland had this week rejected an appeal on provisional measures filed by Mohamed Bin Hammam on 19 August 2011 against the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Since the decision of the FIFA Ethics Committee on 29 May 2011 to provisionally ban Hammam from…