By Samindra Kunti
August 16 – FIFA has banned India from the game with immediate effect over third-party interference, stripping the country of the hosting rights for October’s U-17 Women’s World Cup.
August 16 – FIFA has meted out four-year doping bans to two international players who tested positive for banned substances during qualifying for this year’s World Cup.
August 11 – The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022 opened in Costa Rica yesterday with wins for Colombia over Germany and Australia over the hosts. The tournament marks the first significant live test of the recently launched FIFA+ broadcast service.
August 10 – With the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders having declared a climate change emergency in the Pacific in July, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and FIFA have increased the pace of their agreement to help tackle the issues.
August 5 – July 2022 will likely go down in women’s football history as the month the women’s international game changed forever.
August 1 – Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay have met to finalise their official bid for the 2030 World Cup, the centenary edition of the competition.
August 1 – Brazil ended three weeks of FIFA esports competition winning the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 at the Bella Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.
July 25 – Juventus is returning to EA Sports’ FIFA games for the FIFA 23 edition, leaving rival Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer video game where the club has been exclusive for the past three years.
July 25 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has rubbished the persistent perception that he is a puppet of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, telling media it as an “old story”.
July 20 – July 2022 will likely go down in women’s international football history as the month that changed the women’s game forever.
July 18 – Germany have retained their position at the top of world eFootball with a second win in a row at the FIFAe World Cup 2022 in Denmark.
July 13 – FIFA has unveiled two national sponsors for the finals of its three FIFAe events in Copenhagen, Denmark, that start this Friday (July 14) with FIFAe World Cup 2022, and run through to July 30.
July 12 – It has been a good few days for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who on Friday was acquitted of fraud charges over the CHF2 million payment by FIFA to Michel Platini and has now reportedly had a criminal investigation against him over the award of a World Cup television contract to former Concacaf president Jack Warner dropped by the Swiss public prosecutor’s office.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 8 – Despite both being banned from the game by FIFA and following an investigation lasting seven years, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the two most powerful officials in world football, were dramatically acquitted today of fraud, embezzlement and other corruption charges in a criminal case brought by Swiss judicial authorities that gripped world football politics.
July 5 – New Zealand has been chosen to host the first ever women’s World Cup Play-off tournament, taking place in the cities of Hamilton and Auckland between February 17-23 next year.