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/ 28 November 2009
It’s time for Fifa to get with the programme so that the outcome of a game is not solely dependent on a single person.
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/ 25 November 2009
Football governing body Fifa and South African media are locked in a stand-off over restrictive terms and conditions imposed by Fifa.
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/ 24 November 2009
Fifa has called an special general meeting following the Thierry Henry handball incident and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Europe.
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/ 21 November 2009
A day that began with Fifa ruling out a replay of the France vs Ireland World Cup play-off ended, after pleas, denials and opinions from all quarters.
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/ 19 November 2009
Danny Jordaan on Thursday promised South Africa would stage the best final draw in Cape Town on December 4 and the best World Cup in Fifa history.
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/ 16 November 2009
Diego Maradona was banned from all football for two months by Fifa on Sunday over his sexually-explicit rant last month.
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/ 30 October 2009
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the top picks for the 2009 World Footballer of the Year award as part of a 23-player shortlist.
The 10 South African stadiums for the 2010 World Cup will be ready on time, organisers said on Wednesday.
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/ 10 September 2009
Sir Alex Ferguson has reacted angrily to claims by French club Le Havre that Manchester United illegally poached a young player from their club.
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/ 3 September 2009
Chelsea have been fined and hit with a ban on registering players until January 2011 by Fifa as punishment for their role in a contractual dispute.
More than 120 000 tickets for the World Cup are set to be given away, Local Organising Committee chief executive Danny Jordaan said on Friday.
Fifa fined the Ivorian football federation on Wednesday after 22 people died in a stampede at a World Cup qualifying match in March.
By giving away tickets to the Confederations Cup, Fifa is admitting that they are actually overpriced.
Free tickets will be distributed for the remaining group matches at the Confederations Cup to help fill the stadiums, Fifa said on Wednesday.
Organisers of the Confederations Cup on Monday said they were looking at ways to avoid repeat scenes of footballers playing in half-empty stadiums.
South Africa is well-prepared to stage the Confederations Cup from Sunday onwards, one year ahead of hosting the World Cup.
Fifa is demanding that Malawi soccer authorities improve safety at their national stadium for World Cup qualifying matches.
Hosting the Confederations Cup and the Indian Premier League gives SA officials confidence the Soccer World Cup will be staged without problems.
Soccer’s world controlling body Fifa will earn about R25-billion on the TV media rights to broadcast the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
Juventus have apologised over the racist chanting directed at Inter Milan’s teenage striker Mario Balotelli at Turin’s Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.
Danny Jordaan’s briefing to the Uefa congress in Copenhagen on Thursday was positively received by some of the key figures in world soccer.
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/ 20 February 2009
Makhenkesi Stofile almost spoiled a perfect Valentine’s Day outing last Saturday with his controversial ”dreamland views” on Bafana Bafana.
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/ 20 February 2009
From pricing to logistics, South Africans are facing obstacles to get tickets for the Confederations Cup and the World Cup.
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/ 19 February 2009
Ticket sales for the Soccer World Cup will open on Friday. ”We hope that you will come and enjoy the game!” said Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke.
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/ 18 February 2009
Fifa aims to prevent black market trade in cheap tickets for the 2010 World Cup by making them only available for collection in South Africa.
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/ 28 January 2009
South Africans are now more confident about hosting the Soccer World Cup than they were in 2004, a survey revealed on Wednesday.
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/ 22 January 2009
The countdown to Africa’s first Soccer World Cup hits the 500-day mark next Tuesday, but you’d hardly know it from walking the streets.
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/ 10 December 2008
Australia’s government on Wednesday agreed to spend millions of dollars to back the country’s bid as host nation for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
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/ 26 November 2008
Transport and security remain the key challenges facing world soccer governing body Fifa and the 2010 World Cup local organising committee.
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/ 30 October 2008
South Africa, suffering from one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime, is turning to private security firms to help make the streets safe.
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/ 25 October 2008
Fida president Sepp Blatter said on Friday his organization’s finances are not at risk in the world financial crisis.
Afro-pessimism, says Fifa, is affecting South Africa’s preparations for next year’s Confederations Cup and the 2010 Soccer World Cup.