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  FIFA World Cup: Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate

  Football | June 28, 2014 19:16 IST

  Rio De Janeiro: Luis Suarez claimed to FIFA's disciplinary panel that he did not deliberately bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.   The Uruguay striker writes in Spanish that "in no way it

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  FIFA panel leaves Russia anti-gay issue to Blatter

  Football | September 13, 2013 11:24 IST

  Zurich: A FIFA task force against discrimination is not contacting 2018 World Cup host Russia about a controversial anti-gay law, panel chairman Jeffrey Webb said on Thursday.Instead, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and top official Jerome

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  FIFA panel approves Islamic headscarves for women

  Football | July 05, 2012 23:38 IST

  Zurich, Jul 5: Football's rules-making approved headscarves for Muslim women players on Thursday, reversing a ban on the Islamic hijab that was enforced in FIFA competitions for five years.The panel, known as IFAB, gave its