Tag: FIFA

Soccer player stabbed to death features in FIFA video game

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LONDON — A promising youth player with Queens Park Rangers who was stabbed to death will be seen playing for the London soccer club...

Saudis put World Cup every 2 years back on FIFA’s agenda

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GENEVA — Playing the World Cup every two years instead of four is back on soccer’s agenda. ...

FIFA details $5M handed to players claiming unpaid salaries

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ZURICH — A FIFA fund helping players whose salaries were not paid sent $2 million to more than 400 applicants from Greek and Turkish...

Athlete union research aims to improve child protection

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GENEVA — A world-wide network of athletes’ unions published research Tuesday aimed at better protecting young people in sports following sexual abuse scandals in...

Union asks Argentina to fire coach for sexual harassment

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BUENOS AIRES — The international footballer's union has told FIFA that a coach working for the Argentine federation should be fired after being accused...

FIFA president gets legal win, special prosecutor removed

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BELLINZONA, Switzerland — In a big legal win for FIFA president Gianni Infantino, a special prosecutor investigating his meetings with Switzerland’s former attorney general...

Fox reaches 6-year agreement with South America’s CONMEBOL

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LOS ANGELES — Fox Sports will become the broadcast home of South American soccer after reaching a long-term agreement with the sport’s South American...

FIFA bans Haiti women’s soccer official in sexual abuse case

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ZURICH — A soccer official in Haiti was banned for 10 years on Monday for her part in the systematic sexual abuse of women’s...

2 French clubs get FIFA transfer ban for staged player deal

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ZURICH — French soccer team Angers and second-division club Paris FC were banned from the transfer market on Friday for staging a player deal...

Super League: How would the breakaway competition work?

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GENEVA — A club-owned breakaway Super League in European soccer came closer to reality on Sunday. ...