The former presidents of FIFA and UEFA Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini, respectively, began trial today in a court of Bellinzona, Switzerland, on suspicion of fraud, mismanagement, abuse of trust and falsification of documents. According to Lusa, the trial of Blatter, who led FIFA between 1998 and 2015, now with...
The organizers of the soccer World Cup in Qatar, which will run from November 21 to December 18, registered 23.5 million ticket applications during the second sales phase, FIFA announced today. The eight countries with the most demand are England, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, United States, France, Mexico and...
FIFA and UEFA announced the suspension of Russian national teams and all soccer teams from their leagues, including the World Cup, this Monday (28) due to the attacks on Ukraine. The suspension is to prevail "until further notice." The "king" sports bodies had issued a joint statement advancing that Russian "national teams and clubs" will be...
The players of the national beach soccer team, António José Namape Júnior "Figo" and Nelson João Manuel, are on the list of 100 candidates for the title of Best Player of the Year 2021. The information was disclosed by Beach Soccer WorldWide, an organism that manages, next to FIFA, the beach soccer on an international level. From the list...