Bin Hammam loses appeal against latest suspension
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Mohamed Bin Hammam has lost the latest round of his ongoing campaign to clear his name and regain a place at the top table of Asian and world football.
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Messi and Ronaldo go head-to-head for Ballon d’Or
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – Lionel Messi is favourite to pick up a fourth consecutive FIFA World Player of the Year award after being selected among 23 candidates for the prestigious annual prize.
Goal-line technology providers Hawk-Eye and GoalRef granted licences by FIFA
By Andrew Warshaw
October 24 – In a major breakthrough for goal-line technology, both the Hawk-Eye and GoalRef systems have now been licensed for worldwide use by FIFA.
Exclusive: All the big leagues are interested, claims GoalRef official
By Andrew Warshaw
October 23 – One of the two companies developing goal-line technology say “all the big leagues” in Europe including the Premier League have made contact with a view to implementation its system.
Reforms are improving FIFA, insists Compliance Committee chairman
By Tom Degun
October 16 – Domenico Scala, the chairman of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee, believes the reforms his team are making to football’s world governing body are helping to make it more clear and transparent.
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein pushes for more to be done to stop match-fixing
By Andrew Warshaw
October 12 – FIFA Executive Committee vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan is pushing for a revolutionary corruption ranking system among FIFA members to make them more accountable when it comes to match-fixing and illegal betting.
Champagne calls for greater democracy within Blatter’s reform process
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 – Jérôme Champagne, an influential former FIFA administrator says the reform process instigated by Sepp Blatter, while “starting to adapt to the 21st century”, fails to address the need for greater democracy within the organisation.
Venue changed for South Africa friendly in Poland for safety reasons
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 – South Africa’s upcoming away friendly against Poland this Friday (October 12) has been switched to the capital after the original venue refused to allow the match to take place.
UEFA appoints CAA Eleven to manage Euro 2016 and 2018 World Cup broadcasting rights
By Andrew Warshaw
October 2 – The sale of broadcasting rights for qualifying matches for the 2016 European Championship and the 2018 World Cup will be handled by the newly created CAA Eleven agency, UEFA has announced.
Ottawa out of running to host Under-20 World Cup matches
By David Gold
October 2 – Ottawa will not host the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in 2014 as its new Lansdowne Park stadium may not be ready in time.
FIFA’s Goal programme hits landmark $250 million investment figure
By Andrew Warshaw
September 27 – FIFA may have been rocked by scandal over the past 18 months but the organisation’s Goal programme, set up 13 years ago to assist developing nations, has reached a new milestone.
Goal-line technology on schedule for introduction at Club World Cup
By Andrew Warshaw
September 20 – Goal-line technology experts are putting the final preparations to what could be a landmark development in the move to introduce scientific aids for referees after years of debate.
ICSS launches Save the Dream campaign in clamp down on match-fixing
By Andrew Warshaw at the Sorbonne University in Paris
September 11 – A new initiative aimed at raising awareness among young athletes of the dangers of match-fixing and manipulating results was launched here today in a joint enterprise between the Qatar Olympic Committee and the International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS).
Over a third of top footballers using risky food supplements, reveals FIFA
By Andrew Warshaw
September 9 – Over one third of top footballers have been riskily using food supplements to enhance their performance, according to FIFA, even though there is no scientific evidence to prove they have any benefit.
ICSS calls for tailored, international approach to tackling security threats in sport
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit organisation based in Qatar, highlighted a number of pressing needs to make sport events safer when its officials attended this week’s Sponsors Sports Venue Summit in Munich.