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We'll stand by Sepp Blatter: AIFF
Football | Jun 03, 2015, 07:16 AM ISTKolkata :The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Tuesday said it would stand by Sepp Blatter, who resigned as FIFA president, for the way he has helped the development of the game in India.However, AIFF
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Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president
Football | Jun 03, 2015, 09:43 AM ISTZurich: Sepp Blatter today resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body.The 79-year-old Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term on Friday, two days after a corruption crisis
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FIFA scandal: Small club footballers, local leagues are the biggest victims
Football | Jun 01, 2015, 08:42 AM ISTRio de Janeiro: The accused in the Fifa scandal are easy to spot: globe-trotting executives charged with diverting millions, meant to build the game, to their personal accounts. Those who feel victimized aren't as obvious:
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Organiser of 2010 World Cup admits paying $10 million to FIFA
Football | Jun 01, 2015, 07:29 AM ISTJohannesburg: The former president of the local organising committee for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Danny Jordaan, admitted that the organisation he headed paid $10 million in 2008 to FIFA, although he denied
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279 migrant Indian workers died in Qatar last year : Amnesty report
World | Jun 01, 2015, 07:06 AM ISTLondon: As many as 279 migrant workers from India, one of the largest migrant worker sending countries, died in 2014 in Qatar - the host of 2022 Fifa World Cup, Amnesty International said in its
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Why re-elected Fifa president Sepp Blatter needs Europe and the Americas on his side
Football | May 31, 2015, 04:30 PM ISTNew York: What would happen if Sepp Blatter hosts a World Cup and most of Europe, several South American powers and the United States don't show up? Blatter was voted to a fifth term as
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Sepp Blatter re-elected FIFA president as Prince Ali concedes defeat
Football | May 29, 2015, 11:39 PM ISTZurich: Sepp Blatter was on Friday re-elected as the president of the world football governing body, FIFA, for the fifth consecutive time as he defeated lone challenger, Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein here.Prince Ali conceded
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Under-17 World Cup to be held in Sep-Oct 2017: FIFA
Football | May 30, 2015, 06:34 AM ISTMumbai: India would host the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in six different venues, four of which have been given provisional approval, in September-October 2017, it was announced by the tournament organising committee head today.Announcing the
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Full Text from Sepp Blatter's speech at FIFA congress
Football | May 28, 2015, 11:26 PM ISTZurich: Text from FIFA President Sepp Blatter's speech on Thursday at the opening of the FIFA congress:You will agree with me, these are unprecedented and difficult times for FIFA. The events of yesterday have cast
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Rahul accuses PM Modi of running govt like RSS shakha , Top 5 News Headlines of today
India | May 28, 2015, 09:22 PM ISTI consciously avoided choosing “populist course”: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he has consciously avoided choosing a “populist course” and had instead opted for a “more difficult path” of correcting the defective
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US wants to block Blatter re-election to take away Russia's World Cup: Putin on Fifa scandal
Football | May 28, 2015, 05:42 PM ISTMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of meddling in Fifa's affairs and hinted that it was part of an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country.Putin said in
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Brazil ready to collaborate over FIFA graft probe: Rousseff
World | May 28, 2015, 10:47 AM ISTRio de Janerio: Brazil President Dilma Rousseff said her country was ready to collaborate with the Swiss and US authorities over their probe into football corruption.Swiss police arrested seven officials from football's governing body FIFA
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Corruption rocks FIFA: 7 top officials held, face extradition to US
Football | May 28, 2015, 08:42 AM ISTZurich: Two days before FIFA elects its new president, the Swiss Police arrested seven top officials of the world football governing body on corruption charges, while in another incident on Wednesday the Swiss Federal Office
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Michel Platini: FIFA led by Blatter will always lack credibility
Football | May 25, 2015, 05:05 PM ISTGeneva (AP): FIFA lacks credibility while Sepp Blatter is president, according to UEFA leader Michel Platini, saying his former mentor fears the “emptiness” of life after leaving soccer's world governing body.Blatter is clinging to power
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5 important events happened on 21st May
Who cares | May 21, 2015, 11:32 AM ISTHistory is not created in a day! But, a day can bring many changes in history. Following are five historical events that happened this day and changed the future course of the world.1. In the
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Allegations behind FIFA signing ban are 'false': Real Madrid
Football | Apr 29, 2015, 09:18 PM ISTMadrid: Spanish football club Real Madrid on Wednesday claimed that allegations of violating transfer rules and regulations of players who are minors launched by FIFA and resulting in a punitive sanction are "absolutely false".The club
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2018 FIFA World Cup: India placed in Group D for round 2 of Asian qualifiers
Football | Apr 14, 2015, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: After successfully navigating the first round of qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, India was on Tuesday drawn in Group D for the next phase of Asian qualifiers. The draw for the second
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India makes huge jump of 26 places to be at 147th in FIFA list
Football | Apr 09, 2015, 06:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian football team reaped a rich harvest of a win and a draw against Nepal last month in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Round One as it made a huge jump of
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Belgium rises to No. 3 in FIFA rankings led by Germany
Football | Apr 09, 2015, 04:36 PM ISTZurich: Belgium rose to its highest-ever spot at No. 3 in the latest FIFA monthly rankings, which are still led by World Cup winner Germany.Argentina is second and Belgium traded places with No. 4 Colombia.Brazil,
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Pele backs Blatter for 5th term running FIFA
Football | Mar 21, 2015, 09:34 AM ISTLondon: Pele is supporting Sepp Blatter's bid to continue running world football as the FIFA president prepares for his toughest-ever election battle.Blatter is taking on three rivals in FIFA's May election, including Pele's friend, Luis