# fifa - Friday 5 August, 2022
# Ireland WNT
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# Ireland WNT
Vera Pauw’s outfit are up to 26th place.
# fifa - Tuesday 19 July, 2022
# Legal
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# Legal
The pair were cleared on 8 July by the Federal Criminal Court following a mammoth investigation that began in 2015.
# fifa - Monday 11 July, 2022
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A potentially seismic hearing at the European Court of Justice begins today.
# fifa - Friday 8 July, 2022
# Verdict
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# Verdict
Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona rejected the prosecution’s request for a suspended prison sentence.
# fifa - Thursday 23 June, 2022
# Qatar
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# Qatar
National teams had named squads of 23 players ever since the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
# fifa - Friday 17 June, 2022
# American Dream
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# American Dream
The expanded tournament will be the first to feature 48 teams.
# fifa - Wednesday 15 June, 2022
# Trial
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# Trial
The Swiss prosecutor’s demand is more lenient than he could have asked for – a maximum of five years in prison if found guilty.
# fifa - Monday 13 June, 2022
# Laws Of The Game
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# Laws Of The Game
The news was announced following the International Football Associations Board’s annual meeting in Doha.
# fifa - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Political Football
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# Political Football
The former president of football’s governing body and French football legend Michel Platini were appearing at a Swiss criminal court.
# fifa - Tuesday 10 May, 2022
# It's In The Game
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# It's In The Game
The game will be rebranded as EA Sports FC.
# fifa - Monday 18 April, 2022
# CAF
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# CAF
They were banned by FIFA over government interference.
# fifa - Tuesday 12 April, 2022
# United Passions
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# United Passions
This will be the final hearing in a long-running saga that began in 2011.
# fifa - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# Abuse
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# Abuse
The organisation has been urged to do more to end abusive practices in the Qatari private security sector.
# fifa - Friday 1 April, 2022
# World Cup 2022
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# World Cup 2022
The winners of the play-off path containing Scotland, Wales and Ukraine will face England in Qatar.
# fifa - Thursday 31 March, 2022
# Human Rights
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# Human Rights
Speaking at the Fifa Congress in Doha, Lise Klaveness said the 2022 finals were awarded ‘in unacceptable ways, with unacceptable consequences’.
# fifa - Wednesday 30 March, 2022
# Arsene Knows?
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# Arsene Knows?
An idea to enlarge Europe’s Nations League to take in South American countries has also been mooted.
# fifa - Wednesday 16 March, 2022
# Rules Relaxed
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# Rules Relaxed
The announcement comes on the third week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
# fifa - Tuesday 8 March, 2022
# Problems
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# Problems
Fifa’s former number two Jerome Valcke is also in hot water.
# fifa - Thursday 3 March, 2022
# Challenge
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# Challenge
The ban means Russia will not participate in the upcoming men’s World Cup qualifying play-offs or UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 this summer.
# fifa - Monday 28 February, 2022
# Crime And Punishment
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# Crime And Punishment
The men’s team had been due to play in qualifying play-offs in March for the World Cup in Qatar later this year.
# fifa - Sunday 27 February, 2022
# Ukraine War
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# Ukraine War
The nation will have to play under the name ‘Football Union of Russia’.
# fifa - Friday 25 February, 2022
# Money Talks
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# Money Talks
The Wembley arch will reportedly be lit to support Ukraine, ahead of a match featuring a club owned and bankrolled by a Russian oligarch.
# fifa - Wednesday 26 January, 2022
# Not On
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# Not On
Infantino controversially referenced migrants risking drowning in the Mediterranean during a speech.
# fifa - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# Suspended
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# Suspended
The Elephants play Equatorial Guinea this evening.
# fifa - Monday 20 December, 2021
# Global Football
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# Global Football
Gianni Infantino: ‘If I was going to a vote tomorrow probably the majority would vote in favour of World Cups every two years.’
# fifa - Friday 17 December, 2021
# New Look
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# New Look
Uefa vice-president Zbigniew Boniek made the announcement today.
# fifa - Thursday 2 December, 2021
# AFCON
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# AFCON
The European Club Association is understood to be desperate to avoid a repeat of the problems which surrounded the September international window.
# fifa - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Recognition
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# Recognition
The former Celtic captain has been added to the shortlist for a gesture of solidarity towards Glen Kamara.
# fifa - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# Corruption
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# Corruption
Swiss prosecutors have today indicted the pair, who have been banned from football since 2015.
# fifa - Friday 15 October, 2021
# Doubling Down
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# Doubling Down
Fifa wants to shorten the gap between its flagship men’s and women’s tournaments to two years.
# fifa - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Violence
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# Violence
Hungary fans clashed with police at Wembley on Tuesday night, while there was also trouble at the Albania-Poland fixture.
# fifa - Friday 1 October, 2021
# International Duty
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# International Duty
Upon their return, the players must quarantine for 10 days at a club facility, which they can only leave once a day to train or play.
# fifa - Thursday 23 September, 2021
# Splitting Opinion
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# Splitting Opinion
Wenger’s idea to stage the World Cup once every two years led to widespread criticism, while Uefa issued a scathing response
# fifa - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Slap On The Wrist
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# Slap On The Wrist
The Hungarian FA have also been fined just under €185,000 after Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham were targeted with monkey chants earlier this month.
# fifa - Monday 20 September, 2021
# Political Football
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# Political Football
The world governing body is in favour of shortening the gap between its showpiece event from four to two years.
# fifa - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Fall-out
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# Fall-out
Ireland international Caoimhin Kelleher is in line to start against Leeds on Sunday if Alisson isn’t available.
# fifa - Monday 6 September, 2021
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Premier League players Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso, Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia were said to have breached Covid-19 regulations.
# fifa - Sunday 5 September, 2021
# Interview
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# Interview
Sue Ronan discusses her time with Ireland as a player and manager, and the work she has done since.
# fifa - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Unhappy
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# Unhappy
The Fifa Congress voted in May to conduct a feasibility study into holding the competition more regularly.
# fifa - Monday 9 August, 2021
# Investigation
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# Investigation
Former Fifa president Blatter, 85, is being investigated over a €1.85million payment to Michel Platini.
