FIFA 10 is an excellent upgrade on FIFA 09. In the latest addition you can play alongside greats such as Ronaldo.If there is one game that I eagerly watch out for, it’s FIFA’s football edition that is released once every year. EA Sports’, the Canada-based company which brings out FIFA football games, does so with elan, overshadowing others. FIFA 10 is an excellent upgrade on FIFA 09, and it seems football...
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Zurich - The ruling football body FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency will set up a partnership to develop a biological passport for footballers.The announcement was made at a meeting between FIFA boss Joseph Blatter and WADA president John Fahey at the FIFA headquarters.The biological passport, similar to that used in cycling, is part of a new anti-doping programme of FIFA. Fahey said that target...
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Berne: Argentina coach Diego Maradona will appear before a FIFA disciplinary committee on Sunday over his foul-mouthed outburst last month, soccer's world governing body said on Tuesday.Maradona could be sidelined from matches in next year's World Cup if FIFA decide to hand him a stadium ban for his rant at the end of the 1-0 win in Uruguay that guaranteed his team a place at the finals in South Africa.The...
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Iraq were suspended by world governing body FIFA after the Iraqi Olympic Committee dissolved the governing board of the Iraq FA.On Tuesday FIFA warned Iraq would face a ban if the decision was not overturned within 72 hours.FIFA has now implemented the suspension "until the decision of the Iraqi Olympic Committee is revoked and the IFA retakes possession of its offices" and they hope for a rapid resolution.A...
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Asian Cup holders Iraq face being kicked out of world soccer after the country's football association was disbanded by a rival sports authority, governing body FIFA said on Tuesday."FIFA has learnt that the Iraqi Olympic Committee announced the dissolution of the governing board of the Iraqi Football Association (IFA)," a FIFA statement said. "The basis on which such a decision could be taken is incomprehensible...
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Governing body of soccer launches global initiative to enhance synthetic turf quality-- As participation in the world's most popular sport grows, so do the demands for top quality playing surfaces. Since launching the FIFA Quality Concept forFootball Turf in 2001, the world governing body for football has recognized thatsynthetic turf can be an alternative to the maintenance or durability limitations...
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Iraq faces being kicked out of world soccer after its football association was disbanded, the sport's governing body FIFA [] Committee announced the dissolution of the governing board of the Iraqi Football Association (IFA)," a FIFA statement said."The basis on which such a decision could be taken is incomprehensible to FIFA. This stands in total contradiction with IFA and FIFA statutes."Iraq has been...
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BERNE: Argentina coach Diego Maradonawill appear before a FIFA disciplinary committee on Sunday over his foul-mouthedoutburst last month, soccer's world governing body said onTuesday.FIFA said last month that Maradona, who was kicked out ofthe 1994 World Cup as a player for a doping offence -- could face a stadium banfor his rant at the end of the 1-0 win in Uruguay which guaranteed his team aplace...
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FIFA are planning to withdraw from the governance of players' agents, risking criticism throughout the footballing world.The plan has been circulated to the 208 national associations, and would see the world governing body step aside from overseeing the international market.A FIFA spokesperson told the Guardian: "FIFA has engaged itself very actively in trying to find a solution to the regulation of...
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Iraq faces suspension from world soccer if it does not restore the disbanded national federation by Thursday.World governing body FIFA said Tuesday it was "incomprehensible" for Iraq's Olympic committee to dissolve the national soccer authority's ruling board on Monday.Iraqi Olympic officials alleged that the soccer federation had committed financial and administrative irregularities and repeatedly...
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