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Platini’s Euro revolution inspires shocks and complacency

YoopyaOct 13, 2014July 29, 20230

By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) – When Michel Platini revamped the European Championship, turning the finals from a tough, lean 16-team tournament in 2012 into

Top FIFA Official: ‘The 2022 World Cup Will Not Take Place In Qatar’

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 25, 20230

Qatar will not host the World Cup in 2022, according to Theo Zwanziger, the German member on the executive committee of world football’s governing body

FIFA best in world for ethics, says president Blatter

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 16, 20230

By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) – Soccer’s governing body FIFA has an exemplary ethics set-up unmatched by any other sports organisation, its president Sepp Blatter

FIFA executive committee probed over World Cup watches

YoopyaSep 16, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Soccer’s governing body FIFA is investigating whether any ethics rules were broken when members of its executive committee received commemorative watches from sponsors

FIFA finance watchdog member temporarily suspended during probe

YoopyaSep 16, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – FIFA has temporarily suspended a member of its financial watchdog after he was arrested on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering in his native

World cup: Belgian defender, 36, key in plans to stop Messi

YoopyaJul 4, 2014July 25, 20230

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Daniel Van Buyten has been written off as too old and too slow many more times than Lionel Messi has been

World cup: France, Germany meet in all-Euro World Cup quarter

YoopyaJul 4, 2014July 16, 20230

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A European presence in the World Cup semifinals is assured as Germany and France meet at the Maracana on Friday,

World cup: Ghana to have formal agreements for player bonuses

YoopyaJul 3, 2014July 16, 20230

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ghana is planning to take pre-emptive action for the next World Cup to avoid off-the-field problems over bonus payments. The

World Cup: Europe vs Africa in 2nd-round matches

YoopyaJun 30, 2014July 16, 20230

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Free-scoring France takes on Nigeria and Germany faces Algeria as the second round continues at the World Cup on Monday

World cup: Costa Rica dreams come true against Greece

YoopyaJun 30, 2014July 16, 20230

By Philip O’Connor RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) – For Costa Rica defender Michael Umana it was a case of dreams come true as he stepped up