Tag: Football
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FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in São Paulo
August 30, 2012: The biggest metropolis in Latin America will play a very important role in the FIFA Confederations Cup organisation. Although São Paulo is not among the six cities that will host matches in 2013, the economic capital of Brazil will stage the competition’s draw, on 1 December 2012. The draw is considered to…
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Women’s football is growing exponentially
Japan, August 28, 2012: An interested spectator during the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012 has been FIFA Women’s World Cup™-winning coach Norio Sasaki. Having also led Japan to a silver medal at the recent London Olympics, Sasaki has been at the forefront of women’s football development, with his side receiving widespread praise for…
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FIFA U-20 Last eight settled after final jostling
Japan – August 27, 2012: The day began with six teams hunting three remaining quarter-final berths across the two groups, with Korea DPR, Norway and USA collecting their tickets to the last eight. However, arguably the biggest story came as the only confirmed team of those on show today, Germany, stunned two-times champions USA with…
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FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013
Zurich – Switzerland, August 27, 2012: FIFA is pleased to announce that the media accreditation process for the draw for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 opened today (27 August 2012) via the FIFA Media Channel. The deadline for accreditation applications is Friday, 28 September, 2012. Thereafter, the applicant’s information will be subject to a…
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FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012
Japan, August, 25, 2012: Glancing up at the scoreboard at the end of her team’s opening match with Argentina at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012, Canadian captain Shelina Zadorsky is likely to have considered the result as a job well done. The resounding 6-0 victory, which included a penalty from Zadorsky to…
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Thais aims to live up to Marta comparisons
Saitama – Japan, August 24, 2012: Marta, After two hard-fought draws in Group B of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012 the alarm bells are ringing for Brazil. That much was clear on the faces of the players as they trooped out of Komaba Stadium in Saitama following Wednesday’s 1-1 stalemate with Nigeria,…
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Argentina call on Aguero, Barcos
August 24, 2012: Argentina have called up injured Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero for World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru next month. Aguero sustained a knee injury in City’s opening Premier League match against Southampton on Sunday and his club do not expect him back on duty until after the international break. City manager…
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Training camp for proposed international matches
Lahore – Pakistan, August 24, 2012: Top 25 football players of Pakistan are starting their national training camp for proposed international friendly matches on FIFA Fair Play Day at Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) House, Lahore from 26th August to 1st September, 2012. According to PFF, the probables of the training camp are: Jaffar Khan of…
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Chairman of the Adjudicatory Chamber
Zurich – Switzerland, August 23, 2012: The chairman of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, after having invited Mr Bin Hammam to submit a written statement, confirmed the provisional measures imposed on Mohamed bin Hammam. The decision was taken following the procedure stipulated in art. 84 par. 2 of the FIFA…
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FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012
Miyagi/Saitama – Japan, August 22, 2012: THE DAY REPLAYED – exciting finale, Match day 2 in Groups A and B of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012 proved a frustrating one for Nigeria and Switzerland, while Korea Republic got off the mark and Japan rescued a draw. The Nigerians came close to booking…