July 6, 2012
Goal-line technology has been approved, but its introduction is still some way off
Goal-line technology has been given the all-clear, but, suggests Keir Radnedge, it will be some time before most of us see the system in action.
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July 3, 2012
Goal-line technology set to get the go-ahead this week
Despite attempts by UEFA president, Michel Platini, to block its introduction, goal-line technology looks set to receive its final approval by the International Football Association Board later this week.
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June 22, 2012
Blatter and Platini keep each other at arms length
It will be all smiles when Sepp Blatter attends the Euro 2012 final as a guest of Michel Platini, but behind the scenes the FIFA president is carefully putting distance between himself and the man…
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June 6, 2012
United Germany? On the pitch perhaps, but certainly not off it
Germany may be among favourites to win Euro 2012 but not everyone has their attention focused on the NationalElf's attempt to land a fourth European crown but a first since 1996.
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May 30, 2012
FIFA continues to pay lip service to the problem of racism
Given their failure to confront racism in eastern Europe, culminating in the award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia, perhaps FIFA should change the name of their Kick Out Racism campaign to Back Up…
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May 28, 2012
A man’s world? Not any more, as FIFA appointment strikes a blow for equality
When FIFA president Sepp Blatter, in Zurich last year, told Congress that it was time to bring a woman into the executive committee, there was a whiff of tokenism about the proposal. But that notion…
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May 24, 2012
One big happy family? FIFA’s internal squabbles show no sign of going away
Despite maintaining a facade of unity at the annual FIFA Congress, the fragile truce didn't last, as football's competing factions were soon back on the warpath.
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May 10, 2012
FIFA having second thoughts about the use of the headscarf
Having initially endorsed the use of the headscarf, FIFA appears to be backtracking on the issue.
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April 20, 2012
Bin Hammam must wait for CAS verdict
Mohamed Bin Hammam’s hope of a quick verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport have been dashed. Keir Radnedge explains the workings of the court...
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April 2, 2012
Sepp Blatter: the cat that got the cream
No wonder Sepp Blatter looked like the cat that got the cream; the Independent Governance Committee report into FIFA, showed that the wily old campaigner has got his own way once again.
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March 29, 2012
FIFA’s day of transparency dawns
Friday sees the publication of the long-waited report into the governance of FIFA. A number of people are reportedly not happy with what it contains or they fear it contains.
