Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid have each lodged an appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee against the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee that sanctioned the clubs for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. The appeals have been granted suspensive effect by the chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee until the Appeal Committee has taken and … Continue reading Appeals of Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid granted suspensive effect

The Indian Super League’s reputation just grows as Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg mentioned about the two-year-old football tournament as one of the key world events discussed by the people on the social networking site last year. The ISL found a passing mention as one of the world’s leading celebration of happy moments last year in Zuckerberg’s announcement of Facebook’s quarterly results. He shared an update … Continue reading Indian Super League Termed Key World Event on Social Media by Facebook

UEFA has signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish Anti-Doping Agency. Under the agreement, the organisations will coordinate their anti-doping programme and testing activities, and exchange information and intelligence considered useful in planning doping tests. This also includes the building up of players’ biological passports. The Polish agency is the 17th organisation with which UEFA has signed such an agreement, strengthening UEFA’s efforts to create … Continue reading UEFA Anti-doping agreement with Poland

The UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) investigatory chamber, headed by chief investigator Yves Leterme, has provided updates on Hull City (England), Panathinaikos (Greece) and Sporting CP (Portugal), who all concluded settlement agreements last year. The three clubs were found to have fully complied with the terms of their agreements. As a consequence, they have exited the settlement regime. The investigatory chamber decided to refer … Continue reading Three clubs exit settlement agreement with CFCB

Hisense has signed as a global sponsor of UEFA EURO 2016, the first-ever sponsorship deal with a Chinese company in the championship’s 56-year history. Hisense will also sponsor other UEFA national team competitions until the end of 2017, including the European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Futsal EURO 2016, the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and UEFA Women’s EURO 2017. Hisense is … Continue reading Hisense signs as UEFA EURO 2016 global sponsor

FIFA has approved the list of Venue Specific Training Sites (VSTSs) for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ submitted by the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC). The list includes 36 VSTSs in 11 Host Cities – three for each one of the 12 FIFA World Cup stadiums. The VSTSs will be available for training sessions of the national teams participating in the 2018 FIFA … Continue reading 36 Venue Specific Training Sites approved for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia