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FIFA suspends Blatter, Platini, Valcke for 90 days
Football | Oct 08, 2015, 05:02 PM ISTZurich: 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 | Oct 03, 2015, 05:32 PM ISTZurich (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 | Sep 30, 2015, 01:53 PM ISTBuenos 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 | Sep 26, 2015, 12:14 PM ISTZurich: 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 | Sep 08, 2015, 08:12 AM ISTBengaluru: 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 | Sep 03, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTZurich: 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 | Aug 21, 2015, 06:42 PM ISTNew 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 | Aug 07, 2015, 07:36 AM ISTBarcelona: 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
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Ronaldinho set for Fluminense debut
Football | Jul 31, 2015, 07:39 AM ISTRio de Janerio: Ronaldinho is set to make his debut for Fluminense on Saturday in their Brazilian Serie A clash against his former side Gremio.The two-time FIFA World Player of the Year began training with
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Chung Mong-joon wants to replace Sepp Blatter at FIFA
Football | Jul 30, 2015, 05:33 PM ISTSeoul: Former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon on Thursday said he wants to replace Sepp Blatter as the world football governing body's next president.Chung is a major shareholder of automobile giants Hyundai. The South-Korean has also
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Zico seeks Brazil federation support for FIFA presidency
Football | Jul 29, 2015, 08:29 AM ISTRio de Janeiro: Brazil great Zico has sought backing from the country's football federation (CBF) in his bid to become president of the world football governing body FIFA.The 62-year-old expressed his wish to run for
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FIFA's president blatter deserves Nobel prize, says Vladimir Putin
Football | Jul 29, 2015, 04:33 AM ISTMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel prize for his work in world sport.In an interview with Swiss TV broadcast on Monday, two days after Putin and
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Government concerned about football's decline in country:Sports minister
Football | Jul 22, 2015, 05:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said the Indian government is concerned at the "dismal" condition of the game of football in the country and is making "persistent efforts" to promote it.Sonowal acknowledged that
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UEFA chief Michel Platini hopes 'new leadership' will solve FIFA's woes
Football | Jul 21, 2015, 05:21 PM ISTMadrid: European football's governing body UEFA president Michel Platini has underlined the urgent need for reform within FIFA, hoping the "new leadership" will solve the world football body's troubles.FIFA is set to elect a new president
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Sepp Blatter news conference at FIFA delayed by British comedian
Football | Jul 20, 2015, 09:45 PM ISTZurich: A British comedian disrupted a news conference by Sepp Blatter on Monday, showering the FIFA president with fake money.As Blatter took his seat, performer Simon Brodkin rose from a front-row seat to confront him."This
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FIFA to decide president election date
Football | Jul 20, 2015, 09:42 AM ISTZurich: FIFA's executive committee is to meet at the soccer world governing body's headquarters on Monday to set the president election date.FIFA leader Sepp Blatter held talks with his vice presidents late Sunday ahead of
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FIFA expels Chuck Blazer for life for bribery, corruption
Football | Jul 09, 2015, 04:03 PM ISTGeneva: Chuck Blazer was banned for life by FIFA's ethics committee on Thursday for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the longtime most senior American in world football.The expulsion from football duty was a
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Scared of getting arrested if I leave Switzerland: Sepp Blatter
Football | Jul 06, 2015, 08:07 PM ISTZurich: World football governing body FIFA's Swiss president Sepp Blatter has admitted he would not leave his country as he fears arrest.FIFA is at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, with the United States'
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FIFA deflects criticism over Blatter's absence in final
Football | Jul 04, 2015, 12:48 PM ISTVancouver : FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association deflected criticism about FIFA President Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke not attending the Women's World Cup final, saying the winning captain won't care who hands
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Indian football pitches not fit for World Cup matches: FIFA official
Football | Jun 30, 2015, 07:51 AM ISTPanaji: India does not have a single football pitch good enough to host a FIFA World Cup match, a senior FIFA official said on Monday.Javier Ceppi, world football's governing body FIFA's tournament director for the