Tag: International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)

In Qatar’s World Cup Summer, the Mercury Rises and the Clock Ticks

DOHA, Qatar — The sun comes up before 5 a.m. and immediately puts the entire city on convection…

FIFA and EA Sports End Their Two-Decade Partnership

Those games, though, will not offer the same sort of match simulations devotees of the EA Sports version…

The Female Soccer Players Challenging France’s Hijab Ban

SARCELLES, France — Every time Mama Diakité heads to a soccer game, her stomach is in knots.It happened…

What to Know About 2022 World Cup Travel to Qatar

The most avidly followed sports event on earth, the FIFA World Cup, returns this fall — another chance…

Soccer’s Richest Clubs Sidestep Salary Caps in New Cost Controls

The biggest reforms of European soccer’s financial controls in a generation will stop short of creating U.S.-style salary…

FIFA Proposes Penalties for Russia but No Ban, Yet

Under mounting pressure to take action against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, the leadership of world soccer’s…

How Sanctions on Russia Could Affect Champions League and Top Soccer Clubs

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has exposed fissures in European soccer that are threatening multimillion-dollar sponsorship agreements and have…

Inside the FIFA Legends, Questions of Power and Process

It was at the end of that meeting, the woman said, as she and Macedo left a conference…