Timor Leste
You might think you’ve seen it all in football, but there’s always something lurking around the corner to make you say ‘you’re kidding me’, or words to that effect. At the same time that Arsenal’s Robin van Persie was attracting all the publicity by being shown a rather silly red card in front of 95,000…
DILI (12 March 2011) – The situation of the FA of Indonesia (PSSI) was discussed during the FIFA Associations Committee and also the FIFA Executive Committee which was held in Zurich earlier this month. The FIFA Executive Committee made the following decision: “The PSSI should organise the general assembly on 26 March 2011 to elect…
As part of our regular ‘The things they say’ series, FIFA.com has brought together selections of the choicest phrases ever uttered by such footballing luminaries as Romario, Diego Maradona and Eric Cantona, to name just three. We have decided to mix things up a little in the case of Brazilian goal-getter Ronaldo, who last week…
DILI (1 March 2011) – Olympic chief Jacques Rogge has urged governments around the world to clamp down on illegal betting and licensed bookmakers, warning that the credibility of spectator sports is at stake. “We need their support, they alone have the judicial powers, they can tap telephone calls, they can issue warrants, they can…
On 2 June 1886, a group of like-minded men met in offices at Holborn Viaduct in London. They all had two things in common – each was possessed of a magnificent and well-nurtured moustache, and each was convinced of the need to establish a supreme authority to enshrine and protect the laws of the…
DILI (9 Feb 2011) – European football clubs have voiced strong opposition to talk of a winter World Cup and criticised the way world governing body FIFA have been handling changes in football. “The time for monopolies is over. Football needs democracy and transparency,” said European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. “ECA members agree that…