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DILI (31 May 2011) – The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, decided to lift the suspension on Brunei Darussalam (NFABD, formerly BAFA) and extended the deadline for Indonesia FA (PSSI). The committee took the decision on Brunei after ascertaining that the national association had fulfilled the conditions established by the FIFA…
DILI (30 May 2011) – The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Petrus Damaseb (Namibia), decided to provisionally suspend, with immediate effect, FIFA Vice-President Jack A. Warner and FIFA Executive Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) worldwide after examining their cases in relation…
DILI (29 May 2011) – AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam withdrew his candidature from the FIFA Presidential election, which is slated for June 1, earlier today. In a statement posted on his personal website (www.afcpresident.com), the AFC chief said: “It saddens me that standing up for the causes that I believed in has come at…
DILI (29 May 2011) – The 61st FIFA Congress will be held in Zurich in a few days where representatives of all Member Associations gather for ‘football’s parliament’. The Congress, the organization’s supreme body, bears a particular responsibility for developing the game, the nature of which has changed markedly since FIFA’s foundation on 21 May…
DILI (26 May 2011) – FIFA are investigating allegations of bribery involving presidential candidate Mohamed Hammam and FIFA vice president Jack Warner – just days ahead of Sepp Blatter’s bid for re-election as head of football’s governing body. The two senior officials will face an ethics investigation at FIFA headquarters on Sunday, three days before…
People would not be people without their whims, and footballers are no different. As we found out in a previous edition, players and coaches can be a superstitious lot. Some players care little for their personal appearance, but others are concerned about fashion and style. Freddie Ljungberg notoriously stripped for Calvin Klein, and David Beckham…