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FIFA and Interpol launch programmes to educate on the dangers of match-fixing

FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) has joined forces with Interpol, the international police organisation, to launch four online learning programmes to educate players, coaches and referees on match-fixing, on the 26/09/2013.The programmes focus on different groups often…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 10202
• Published on 27/09/13 at 18:02
©  D.R.
Qatar 2022: 44 Nepali workers died in two months on construction sites, according to The Guardian

At least 44 Nepalese workers, employed on construction sites of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have died between the 04/06/2013 and the 08/08/2013, according to the British newspaper The Guardian, on the 25/09/2013, who obtained the documents from the Nepalese in Doha (QAT).These workers, often…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 10158
• Published on 26/09/13 at 19:05
©  dinamo
Racism: UEFA to sanction Dinamo Zagreb with 2 matches behind closed doors, including one suspended

Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) are sanctioned by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) to two European competition matches behind closed doors, including one suspended, on the 25/09/2013. The club has also been fined €70,250. The suspended match has been deferred for a probationary period of five…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 10151
• Published on 26/09/13 at 17:34
2014 World Cup: 75 Brazilian footballers protest against an over packed 2014 calendar

"Footballers from first and second divisions express their concern at the sight of the 2014 calendar published by CBF (Brazilian Football Federation). Due to the short period of time and the large number of matches concentrated in short periods, we decided to meet independently to request a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs
• Article # 10139
• Published on 26/09/13 at 15:37
FIFPro: the international union concerned about the heat during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

"It astonishes me that the media is obsessed with Qatar in nine years' time (2022) and does not seem very bothered about the World Cup in 2014" said the secretary general of FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers), Theo van Seggelen on the 24/09/2013.Travelling and heat are…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 10114
• Published on 25/09/13 at 17:58
©  D.R.
A "travel guide" application for fans in Europe

FSE (Football Supporters Europe) association has created the FSE Football Fans' Guide, a smartphone application for travelling supporters. The independent European organisation wants to create a free informative tool from data provided by the fans themselves.The application, available offline…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Stadiums, …
• Article # 10105
• Published on 25/09/13 at 16:44
©  D.R.
Eire: Irish Noel King appointed interim manager after the resignation of Giovanni Trapattoni

Irishman Noel King has been appointed interim manager of Eire by the FAI (Football Association of Ireland), on the 23/09/2013. He takes over Italian Giovanni Trapattoni, who left his post on the 11/09/2013.FAI's board of management stated that "it will take the appropriate time to appoint the best…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 10077
• Published on 25/09/13 at 11:30
©  Stadt Zurich
Switzerland: Zurich residents vote against a loan to build a new stadium

Zurich (SWI) inhabitants have refused, on the occasion of a local referendum, a credit of €175.8m for the construction of a 19,000-seat stadium, on the 22/09/2013. 50.8% of voters were against, or a gap of 1,747 votes.Municipal authorities had offered to give credit to build a new stadium on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Stadiums
• Article # 10070
• Published on 25/09/13 at 10:30
©  D.R.
England: player wants to sue FIFA and the international transfer system

English player Joe Yoffe is considering suing FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) due to international transfer rules that limit, he said, the mobility of players outside the transfer window, the British press announced, on the 24/09/2013."A couple of lawyers have already said…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Transfer Market, …
• Article # 10067
• Published on 25/09/13 at 09:47
©  FIFA
FIFA: 2022 World Cup in Qatar on the Executive Committee's agenda on the 03 and 04/10/2013

"2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar: period of the competition," is the title of topic 25.2 of the agenda of FIFA's (Federation Internationale de Football Association) executive committee, scheduled on the 03/10 and 04/10/2013 at the organisation's headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland).If this World Cup is…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 10061
• Published on 24/09/13 at 18:14