After lengthy discussions and discussions about the holding of matches of the Israeli football championship on Saturdays, in connection with numerous requests from players wishing to observe the Sabbath, the District Labor Court ruled to temporarily ban the games on Saturdays. The judgment rendered by the court obliges ...
The FIFA President believes that other national associations of the Old World should learn from the experience of the Russian Federation in introducing the limit on legionnaires in their championships. According to the Daily Mail, citing the Swiss material in the weekly FIFA magazine, the head of the International Football Federation asked the others ...
The International Football Federation (FIFA) has filed a lawsuit against British comedian Simon Brodkin, who disrupted Joseph Blatter's press conference by throwing banknotes at the head of the federation. The incident took place at the very beginning of the press conference. Brodkin, acting under the pseudonym Lee Nelson, approached ...
British comedian Simon Brodkin threw a wad of dollars in the face of acting FIFA President Joseph Blatter. The incident occurred before the start of Blatter's press conference in Zurich, dedicated to the results of the FIFA executive committee held on Monday. The start of the event had to be postponed to a later date. "Here…
FIFA has rejected a request from the US Senate Commission to interrogate the organization's president, Joseph Blatter, in a corruption scandal case, said Senator Jerry Moran's spokesman Garrett Turner. Blatter, who has headed FIFA since 1998, was re-elected for a fifth term on May 29 amid a corruption scandal that resulted in a number of high-ranking ...
A number of fans of the American women's soccer team compared its victory over Team Japan to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when Japanese forces neutralized the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II. “Hey Japan, this is for Pearl Harbor,” wrote...
The President of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Joseph Blatter in an interview with the German newspaper Bunte said that people accusing him of corruption should be held responsible for libel. “Anyone who accuses me of corruption must first prove it. Nobody can do this, because ...
Midfielder of the Slutsk football club Sergei Levitsky proposed marriage to his girlfriend during a match of the national championship of Belarus. Having scored a beautiful goal in the 88th minute of the match, the footballer quickly headed to the edge of the field, ignoring the congratulations of his teammates. Goleador first...
Singapore billionaire Peter Lim has acquired the rights to the image of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. The signed six-year contract was announced on Monday in Singapore, the amount of the deal was not disclosed. According to the agreement, the businessman-owned company Mint Media receives all rights to the player's images except ...
Acting President of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Joseph Blatter said he did not resign as head of the organization. “I didn’t resign, but entrusted my future to the extraordinary congress of FIFA. I am not yet ripe for a museum, ...