Sepp Blatter and Jerome Valcke are among the officials who milked the association
While critics step up their call for Sepp Blatter’s departure amid a growing scandal, he has no plans to step down before his replacement.
US media reports say the FBI has a new focus on Fifa supremo Sepp Blatter, but many are already asking who the next chief of Fifa will be.
South Africans will now start to reap the benefits of hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup, Safa said when it received R450-million from global body Fifa.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has announced that Jeremy Valcke will retain all his duties relating to the 2014 World Cup despite his clash with Brazil.
Fifa general secretary Jérôme Valcke made a scathing attack on Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup on Friday, saying "not a lot is moving".
Fifa says it has opened disciplinary proceedings against Lisle Austin for breaching regulations by going to court to challenge his suspension.
Sepp Blatter has shrugged off the corruption allegations engulfing football’s governing body, denying the sport was in crisis.
Jerome Valcke has denied suggesting Qatar’s 2022 bid team were guilty of corruption in an email sent to scandal-tainted Jack Warner.
The World Cup would bring South Africans together to create the kind of country that Nelson Mandela would have wanted, Danny Jordaan said on Tuesday.
No terror threats against the World Cup have been uncovered by any intelligence agency working with Fifa, despite claims of an al-Qaeda plot in Iraq.
Danny Jordaan says the Soccer World Cup is in good financial shape even though Fifa handed the LOC an extra $100-million recently.
World soccer governing body Fifa on Tuesday brushed aside lingering doubts about South Africa’s readiness for the World Cup.
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/ 25 February 2010
Some work still needed to be done at the stadium set to host the opening and closing matches of the Soccer World Cup, Fifa’s Jerome Valcke said.
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/ 28 January 2010
World Cup organisers said on Wednesday they were very happy with ticket sales for June’s soccer spectacular and slammed alarmist foreign reports.
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/ 2 December 2009
The Netherlands were among the eight seeded teams announced here Wednesday for the 2010 World Cup, but France and Portugal missed out.
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/ 9 September 2009
Fifa has vowed to monitor the upcoming SA Football Association (Safa) elections to ensure they do not effect preparations for the Soccer World Cup.
The world has now seen that SA is ready to stage the 2010 World Cup finals, which kick off on June 11 next year, Fifa said on Monday.
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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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/ 16 September 2008
The cheapest 2010 World Cup ticket will cost R140. This was announced on Tuesday by Irvin Khoza, chairperson of the 2010 local organising committee.
Bafana Bafana’s new coach, Joel Santana, will have to earn his huge salary when he arrives in Johannesburg next week to take over from fellow Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira. Santana was warned by world football governing body Fifa that it expected Bafana to shine at both the Confederations Cup next year and the 2010 World Cup finals.
South Africans will be able to watch the 2010 Soccer World Cup for free on South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) television or at public viewing events, Fifa announced on Monday. Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said the SABC did not need a licence to broadcast the Fifa Confederations Cup in 2009 or the 2010 World Cup.
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/ 25 November 2007
Despite qualifying automatically as hosts of the 2010 World Cup, South Africa got some of the toughest opposition possible as preparation in the 2010 World Cup draw on Sunday. The draw, broadcast live to 170 territories, took place at the Durban International Convention Centre.
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/ 23 November 2007
South Africa’s ability to stage the world’s most widely watched sporting event will undergo intensive scrutiny on Sunday when it hosts the qualifying draw for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Thousands of football administrators and journalists will be present in Durban, with hundreds of millions more watching on television, for an extravaganza designed to silence the sceptics.
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/ 22 November 2007
Fifa president Sepp Blatter arrived in Durban on Thursday amid tight security. His arrival ahead of the 2010 preliminary draw came on the same day that 2010 South African local organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan unveiled the 2009 Confederations Cup emblem at Durban’s International Convention Centre.
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/ 22 November 2007
A total of 170 countries will go into Sunday’s draw for the 2010 World Cup preliminary competition being held in Durban, Fifa said on Thursday. The teams will be chasing 31 places at the World Cup finals to be hosted by South Africa in 30 months’ time.
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/ 22 November 2007
World soccer governing body Fifa was concerned about 2010 stadium preparations, its general secretary, Jerome Valcke, said on Thursday at a media briefing in Durban. Stadium workers in Nelspruit, Durban and Cape Town recently staged strikes for better wages and this raised concerns that South Africa would not be ready to host the World Cup.
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/ 14 November 2007
The ongoing strike that has seen construction workers down tools at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium could spread to other 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums that are under construction, as well as the high-speed Gautrain. Meanwhile, about 600 striking construction workers marched to Durban’s City Hall on Wednesday.
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/ 14 November 2007
Confirmation that the Soccer World Cup has arrived on the shores of Africa is little more than a week away. The reality for many in the soccer fraternity will only sink in when they watch the preliminary draw beaming out from Durban’s International Convention Centre to television screens across the world.
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/ 16 October 2007
A senior Fifa official gave his seal of approval on Tuesday to South Africa’s preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, playing down concerns about stadium construction after a recent strike. ”I am satisfied with the general preparations,” Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said.