Category: FOOTBALL

Mexico City, May 14, 2016: The 66th FIFA Congress kicked off a new era for FIFA and global football with the announcement of a “step change” in FIFA’s investment in football development, new FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, progress on the implementation of the reforms, and the FIFA Legends programme. FIFA Forward: a new tailor-made…

Zurich, April 20, 2016: FIFA is pleased to announce that the media accreditation process for the Official Draw for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016, which will take place in Amman on 30 May 2016 at 5pm (local time) at King Hussein Cultural Centre, is now open via the FIFA Media Channel. The…

Bucaramanga, April 20, 2016: The FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016 is fast approaching. Indeed, the build-up has already begun, as shown by the event held on Tuesday 19 April at the Reynaldo Orduz Auditorium in Bucaramanga’s Parque del Agua water park, which witnessed the launch of the Official Mascot, the logos of the Host…

Zurich, April 01, 2016: The Rio 2016 Organising Committee opens the media accreditation application process for the draws for the men’s and women’s Olympic Football Tournaments. The draw will take place at 10:30am on Thursday, 14 April 2016, in the auditorium of Estádio Mário Filho, Avenida Presidente Castelo Branco, Maracanã – access through gate 10.…

Miami, March 31, 2016: The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) informs media that the accreditation process for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016 is open to all media as of today. Media members can apply by visiting this link and filling out the application in its entirety. Note that…

Paris, Mar 18, 2016: Times are changing at FIFA. It is time for transparency, to the laundry and the announcement effects. Promising but not always painless for the institution. At the initiative of its new president, the Swiss Gianni Infantino, FIFA unveiled the open state of its accounts. In the broad sense, without trying to…