BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Evidence from FIFA's medical experts on why the ban on Muslim women footballers … More »Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts' hijab knock ba …
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - English FA chairman … More »English FA happy with FIFA changes …
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Lydia Nsereka, … More »Nsereka becomes first woman on FIFA …
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Lydia Nsereka, the president of the Burundi Football Association, became the first woman ever to sit on the executive committee of soccer's world governing body FIFA at the annual congress on Friday. "I am delighted we have the first … More »Nsereka becomes first woman on FIFA executive committee
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA has a real chance to reform itself in a way that will be remembered by future generations and it must not pass up this "singular" opportunity, its anti-corruption advisor Mark Pieth told Congress delegates on Friday. Pieth, the … More »Pieth urges FIFA to take singular chance to reform
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA has a real chance to reform itself in a way that will be remembered by future generations and it must not pass up this "singular" opportunity, its anti-corruption advisor Mark Pieth told Congress delegates on Friday. More »Pieth urges FIFA to take singular chance to reform
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The newly independent state of South Sudan became the 209th member of FIFA on Friday, when it was voted into full membership of world soccer's governing body by delegates at FIFA's annual congress. South Sudan, which ceded from Sudan … More »South Sudan becomes FIFA's 209th member
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA's new insurance policy will cover players injured on international duty and provide clubs around the world with a maximum annual payout of $9.7 million per player, delegates at the FIFA Congress were told on Friday. The payouts … More »FIFA authorises first insurance policy for international injuries
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A year on from his scandal-scarred re-election as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter told delegates at their annual conference on Friday that world soccer's governing body was taking big steps back to calmer times. More »FIFA's big troubles are behind us, says Blatter
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called on Germany's World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer and his panel of soccer experts to try to come up with an alternative to penalty shootouts to settle drawn matches. Blatter was speaking to delegates … More »FIFA President calls for alternative to penalty shootouts
LONDON (Reuters) - England's home friendly against Belgium at Wembley next month will be used to test the Hawk-Eye goalline technology system, world governing body FIFA said on Thursday. Independent testers from EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials … More »England friendly to trial goalline technology
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Howard Webb, the referee when Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch with a cardiac arrest and nearly died in March, has warned players that feigning injuries could risk lives. Webb said in an interview … More »Feigning injury could cause tragedy, says referee Webb
Goal-line technology will be tested in an international match for the first time, when England take on Belgium in a Euro 2012 warm-up, FIFA said on Thursday. More »Goal-line technology for England friendly - FIFA
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Referees are routinely criticised for having poor eyesight, lacking fitness and getting decisions wrong but FIFA medical experts want whistlers tested for performance-enhancing drugs. Top class and international match officials are … More »FIFA want referees to be tested for drugs
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter's reform of FIFA will continue on Friday when delegates at the 62nd FIFA Congress review a set of proposals aimed at modernising the way world soccer's governing body is run. In an interview with Reuters this week, the … More »FIFA Congress set to accelerate Blatter's reforms
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Champions League rule which has denied Tottenham Hotspur a place in next season's competition because Chelsea won Saturday's final could be reviewed by UEFA's executive committee, president Michel Platini said on Wednesday. Chelsea … More »UEFA may review rule that hit Spurs Champions League bid
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA is heading into calmer waters after a series of corruption allegations over the last two years, its president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday. "I am an optimist," Blatter told reporters ahead of the world soccer body's annual congress. … More »Blatter says FIFA is sailing into calmer waters
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Kosovo took a huge step towards FIFA membership on Tuesday when world soccer's governing body said its 208 member countries could start playing friendly internationals against teams from the Balkan province. FIFA and UEFA, European … More »Kosovo moves a step closer to FIFA membership
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA co-opted a woman to its executive committee for the first time on Tuesday and continued its reform process by pressing ahead with changes to its ethics committee. More »FIFA names woman to executive committee for first time
(Reuters) - Australia coach Holger Osieck has slammed global soccer governing body FIFA for scheduling the Socceroos' away World Cup qualifier against Oman in the late afternoon, fearing the effects of extreme heat on his players. More »Australia coach slams FIFA over Oman qualifier kick-off
BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA's annual Congress is to be presented with a proposal limiting mandates for its president and officials and barring election for anyone over the age of 72, according to the agenda released on Thursday. The suggestion, which is unlikely … More »FIFA Congress to discuss age limits for officials
COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - Hosts Britain, world champions Spain, Brazil and Mexico were named by FIFA as the top seeds for the men's Olympic football tournament on Monday, a day before the draw for the finals. More »Britain, Brazil, Spain seeded for men's Olympic football
COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - Hosts Britain, world champions Spain, Brazil and Mexico were named by FIFA as the top seeds for the men's Olympic football tournament on Monday, a day before the draw for the finals. Britain, world champions Japan and defending … More »Britain, Brazil, Spain seeded
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam will have to wait another two months to find out whether his appeal against a life ban for bribery has been successful. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) completed … More »Bin Hammam appeal verdict expected in June
NAIROBI (Reuters) - World soccer's ruling body FIFA has threatened to sanction Kenya's top player Dennis Oliech over his decision to pull out of the national team. Oliech, who plays for French Ligue 1 side AJ Auxerre and is the captain of the east African … More »Fifa threatens to sanction Kenya's Auxerre player Oliech
(Reuters) - Former Indonesia caretaker coach Aji Santoso has been banned for four games for suggestions of bribery to match officials in a humiliating 10-0 World Cup qualifying defeat by Bahrain in February, local media reported on Wednesday. Santoso … More »FIFA bans and fines Indonesia coach for bribe remark
The Football Association has led the calls for goal-line technology to be introduced after a controversial goal was awarded in the FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham. More »Renewed Calls For Goal-Line Technology
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The good news is that despite late starts and strikes, work on the 12 stadiums being built or renovated for the 2014 World Cup is largely on schedule. The bad news is that they are already three times over budget and are being built … More »Brazil World Cup stadiums on track, but costs soar
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA's long-awaited reforms quickly came under fire on Friday and soccer's governing body also risked igniting a new conflict with clubs by forcing them to release players for the Olympic Games. More »FIFA announces reforms, risks Olympic conflict
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA, stung by a string of corruption cases, approved plans to give its ethics committee more bite on Friday although further reforms suggested by an independent governance expert were put on hold. FIFA's executive approved plans to … More »FIFA approves ethics reform, other moves on hold
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA made a profit of $36 million (22 million pounds) in 2011 on revenues of more than $1 billion, soccer's world governing body said in its financial report released on Friday. More »FIFA makes $36 million profit in 2011
ZURICH (Reuters) - Football's governing body FIFA has ordered clubs to release Under-23 players called up by their national teams for the Olympic Games soccer tournament. The move, approved by FIFA's executive committee on Friday, is potentially controversial … More »FIFA orders clubs to release players for Olympics
ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter's plans to give more bite to FIFA's ethics committee have been approved by the executive, the president of football's governing body said on Twitter on Friday. More »Blatter's ethics committee split approved by FIFA executive
BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA's executive committee is bracing itself to receive an anti-corruption report on Friday with president Sepp Blatter saying soccer's governing body needs actions, not just words. Mark Pieth, a professor at the Basel Institute of Governance, … More »FIFA needs action not words, says Blatter
BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have been rapped by the Swiss Federal Court for a "serious and manifest" attack on the rights of Brazilian footballer Matuzalem. More »FIFA and CAS rapped by Swiss court over Matuzalem case
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian lawmakers on Wednesday moved a step closer to passing a long-delayed measure key to preparations for the 2014 soccer World Cup, breaking a gridlock in Congress that threatened to delay President Dilma Rousseff's legislative … More »Brazil World Cup legislation moves closer to passage
(Reuters) - FIFA is putting its entire executive committee on the organising body of the World Cup after fears about the progress of preparations for Brazil in 2014. More »FIFA puts executive board on World Cup organising body
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter halted a whistle-blowing programme designed to help root out match-fixing in Football before it could even start to work, FIFA's outgoing head of security said on Wednesday. More »FIFA blows whistle on match-fixing hotline
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - UEFA might stick with using extra assistant referees rather than introduce goalline technology in its Champions League and European Championship matches even if the use of technology is passed into law this year, UEFA general … More »UEFA could cold-shoulder goalline technology
(Reuters) - FIFA is putting its entire executive committee on the organising body of the World Cup after fears about the progress of preparations for Brazil in 2014. More »FIFA puts executive board on World Cup organising body
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Former FIFA president Joao Havelange remained in a serious condition in hospital a week after being taken ill with septic arthritis, a statement said on Monday. "The medical condition of the FIFA president of honour is still … More »Havelange condition still serious, says hospital
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Britain's automatic and long-established vice-presidency of FIFA is now an anachronism and the time might be right for it to be abolished, said English FA chief executive Alex Horne. He was backed by his counterpart in the Scottish … More »England, Scotland ready to relinquish British FIFA seat
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the recovery of Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba was "a miracle" which had deeply affected him as it brought back memories of Marc-Vivien Foe of Cameroon who died in similar circumstances in … More »Deeply religious Blatter praises Muamba "miracle"