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  India rise three spots to 163rd in FIFA rankings

  Football | January 07, 2016 23:02 IST

  New Delhi: Indian football team moved up three rungs to occupy 163rd spot in the FIFA rankings issued on Thursday on the back of its SAFF Cup title triumph.India had beaten Afghanistan 2-1 in the

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  FIFA bans Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from soccer for 8 years

  Football | December 21, 2015 14:57 IST

  Zurich: FIFA's ethics committee has banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years years from all soccer-related activities.Platini's bid to succeed Blatter as FIFA president in a Feb. 26 election is now likely ended.Ethics

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  FIFA suspend heads of CONMEBOL, CONCACAF

  Football | December 05, 2015 7:51 IST

  Rio De Janeiro: The presidents of South American football confederation CONMEBOL and North, Central America and Caribbean confederation CONCACAF have been suspended for 90 days, world football governing body FIFA said on Friday.The announcement came

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  Stand-in FIFA boss Issa Hayatou falls asleep during meeting

  Football | December 04, 2015 11:57 IST

  New Delhi: Stand-in FIFA boss Issa Hayatou was seen falling asleep during the Executive Committee meeting on Thursday.In a video which is being shared on social media widely, 69-year-old Hayatou was noticed closing his eyes

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  FIFA vice presidents Napout, Hawit arrested as bribery suspects

  Football | December 03, 2015 20:13 IST

  Zurich: FIFA vice presidents Juan Angel Napout and Alfredo Hawit were arrested Thursday as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's widening bribery case that has rocked soccer's scandal-hit governing body.Both men have opposed their

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  FIFA President Blatter says he was near death in hospital

  Football | November 23, 2015 18:34 IST

  Zurich: Without specifying his illness, Sepp Blatter said in excerpts from a television interview that he was near death when hospitalized for stress-related problems this month.The suspended FIFA president was "between the angels singing and

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  FIFA rejects Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini appeals against 90-day bans

  Football | November 18, 2015 22:56 IST

  Geneva (AP): Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini lost their appeals Wednesday against interim 90-day bans for financial wrongdoing in the growing corruption scandal that has shaken world soccer.Platini's lawyer said FIFA had "perverted its own

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  FIFA presidential race: Including Michel Platini, 7 in fray

  Football | October 28, 2015 16:25 IST

  Geneva: Seven men are in the running to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, with Michel Platini's candidature pending because of his suspension from soccer.FIFA published the list of valid applications "proposed in due time

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  Sepp Blatter should remain FIFA chief: F1 boss Ecclestone

  Football | October 17, 2015 16:51 IST

  Moscow: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone believes outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter should remain in charge of the world football governing body despite facing corruption charges.Blatter, who is suspended, is under criminal investigation over a

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  World Cup qualifier: India lose five in a row as Oman cruise to 3-0 victory

  Football | October 13, 2015 23:29 IST

  Muscat:  Indian football team's abject humilation continued as they slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round, losing 0-3 to Oman in an away game here today.For the hosts,

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  Cristiano Ronaldo receives record fourth Golden Boot

  Football | October 13, 2015 21:16 IST

  Madrid: Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo received his record fourth Golden Boot award on Tuesday after becoming the highest scorer in Europe's domestic leagues last season.No other player has won it four times in the game's

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  Messi the best in last 10 years, no intention to head FIFA: Pele

  Football | October 12, 2015 21:33 IST

  Kolkata: Football king Pele on Monday rated Argentina's talismanic forward Lionel Messi as the best footballer of the last ten years and declared he has no intention of heading FIFA.However, the Brazilian legend refused to

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  FIFA suspends Blatter, Platini, Valcke for 90 days

  Football | October 08, 2015 17:02 IST

  Zurich: World football's governing body FIFA on Thursday suspended its president Sepp Blatter, general secretary Jerome Valcke and president of the European football body UEFA Michel Platini for three months."The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics

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  Sepp Blatter defies calls from FIFA sponsors to quit immediately

  Football | October 03, 2015 17:32 IST

  Zurich (AP): Sepp Blatter defied calls from FIFA sponsors Budweiser, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Visa to quit immediately as president of world soccer's governing body on Friday rather than cling on until the emergency election in

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  More FIFA leaders should be imprisoned: Maradona

  Football | September 30, 2015 13:53 IST

  Buenos Aires: Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said more FIFA leaders should be imprisoned, a media report said.He also said that FIFA president Joseph Blatter is "corrupt" and UEFA president Michel Platini is "a liar","More

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  FIFA announces dates for 2022 World Cup

  Football | September 26, 2015 12:14 IST

  Zurich: World football's governing body FIFA on Friday announced the dates of the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar.The 28-day tournament will kick off on Monday, November 21 while the final is scheduled

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  Acid test awaits India against Iran in FIFA WC qualifiers

  Football | September 08, 2015 8:12 IST

  Bengaluru: The odds are stacked heavily against beleaguered India as they brace up for the uphill task of locking horns with Asian toppers Iran in the 2018 World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup football qualifiers

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  India rise a spot to 155th in FIFA rankings

  Football | September 03, 2015 16:11 IST

  Zurich: India have jumped a place to the 155th spot in the global football rankings released on Thursday.According to the rankings released by world football governing body FIFA, India fared marginally better as they moved up a place from their

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  Kumbh Mela was better organised than FIFA World Cup: Harvard

  India | August 21, 2015 18:42 IST

  New Delhi: 2013 Maha Kumbh Mela held at Allahabad was better organised than FIFA World Cup in Brazil, researchers from Harvard University have said.The 449-page book 'Kumbh Mela - Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity' by the

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  Don't struggle to motivate myself: Lionel Messi

  Football | August 07, 2015 7:36 IST

  Barcelona: Argentina's football superstar Lionel Messi said he doesn't struggle to motivate himself for his national team or club, Spanish outfit FC Barcelona, adding his ultimate aim is to keep winning whenever he plays.“Motivation is