For all its flagrant indiscretions, though, fifa has never run afoul of the law. |
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The fifa World Cup in Brazil is full of last minute-headers, powerful kicks, and even the occasional bite. |
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I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of fifa. |
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If only he had worked for fifa, he might have a Picasso by now. |
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This year we got lucky and the fifa World Cup made our summer sing. |
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The 2014 fifa World Cup has been a thrilling affair, to say the least. |
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In all of this lies the chance, also, for fifa to redeem itself. |
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Causing murders, although not technically prohibited by any FIFA edict, would almost certainly constitute ungentlemanly conduct. |
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Commercially, the Beijing Olympics knocks the FIFA World Cup, which started on Friday, into a cocked hat. |
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Some of the larger German stadia include areas of convertible seating, introduced mainly because of the demands of Uefa and Fifa. |
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The Australian Socceroos jubilate after defeating Uruguay in the FIFA World Cup qualifier at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, yesterday. |
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There has to be special dispensation for goalkeepers and the SFA have got to argue our case with Fifa. |
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At World Cups, referees receive directives from Fifa about a particular aspect of the game which has become a concern. |
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He said fans should behave well as Zambia risked FIFA sanctions if they misconducted themselves. |
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When I got back to the dressing room, I was presented with a friendship quaich from my FIFA colleagues in Scotland and gifts from the teams. |
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His opponent for the Fifa presidency was a Jordanian who won more than a third of the vote but pulled out rather than force a second round. |
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Fifa, however, is showing every sign of being somewhat less than neutral about the whole business. |
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He remains mystified as to why Fifa would risk disunity by producing such a controversial document. |
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But nonetheless, FIFA has recently cut its funding for anti-trafficking programs, skinner said. |
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Mitchell felt their ultimatum left Fifa with little room for manoeuvre. |
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Brazilians angry at their government and FIFA could turn this giant soccer tournament into a tipping point. |
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One day, South Sudanese will be watching as their national football team competes for the right to hoist the FIFA World Cup trophy above their heads. |
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He and several other blundering referees were cut by FIFA when it announced its list of officials for the remaining three rounds. |
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The South African Football Association will send a hefty invoice amounting to more than R5 million to FIFA for costs incurred for the now-botched World Cup qualifier against Senegal in November. |
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There is to be a Fifa investigation into the scenes of violence that marred the end of the World Cup qualifying playoff game between Turkey and Switzerland. |
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Both the IOC and FIFA have embraced and proselytised the central tenet that a belief in the positive values of sport is at the heart of their purpose and their success. |
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And as criticism of the system mounts by the day across the football world, it may well be that this season's opening will prove the last before FIFA ring down the curtain. |
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It is time for FIFA and Uefa to act by kicking the team out of the world cup and send the clearest signal possible that the football authorities will not tolerate racism. |
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Wales is represented at major world sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, the Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games. |
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Graham Taylor was Robson's successor, but resigned after England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. |
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However, it was terminated by them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup's conclusion. |
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The national team made its debut in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions, Italy. |
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They play their home matches in RheinEnergieStadion which also hosted 5 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
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The most recent edition of the tournament was the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. |
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The winners of each continental competition contest the FIFA Club World Cup. |
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In the island, the most noted footballer is Salvatore Schillaci, who won the Golden Boot at the 1990 FIFA World Cup with Italy. |
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All this has been an act of revenge for Sir Stanley Rous having lost the FIFA presidency in 1974 to Joao Havelange. |
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In 1987, Caine narrated Hero, the official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. |
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Uruguayans do not think any less of Suarez now but they are angry at Fifa for what they have done. |
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There was a time when Fifa daftly introduced new interpretations of rules at the World Cup. |
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Both the Copa Nissan Sudamericana and the FIFA Club World Cup will be telecasted exclusively in Spanish by Fox Sports en Espanol later this year. |
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Subsequently, Gibraltar applied for FIFA membership but this bid was also turned down. |
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Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Arab country to do so. |
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On 2 December 2010, Qatar won their bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, despite never previously qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Finals. |
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However, a FIFA inquiry into the bidding process in November 2014 cleared Qatar of any wrongdoing. |
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During the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euros there is a daily supplement of The Game. |
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Wales made its only World Cup finals tournament appearance in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. |
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This resulted in the FA leaving FIFA, as well as withdrawing from the 1924 and 1928 football tournaments. |
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Consequently, in October 2011, Wales had rapidly risen to 45th in the FIFA rankings. |
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The match was a culmination of Speed's efforts which led Wales to receive the unofficial award for biggest mover of 2011 in the FIFA rankings. |
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For 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, Wales were drawn in Group A with Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland and Macedonia. |
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Interventions by FIFA gave the FAI de jure organising rights over the 26 counties of the Republic, with the IFA restricted to Northern Ireland. |
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Following up on this, Iceland qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the smallest nation ever to accomplish this feat. |
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These were very early days for international football, and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been a failure. |
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On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship itself. |
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On 10 January 2017, FIFA confirmed the 2026 World Cup will have 48 finalist teams. |
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An equivalent tournament for women's football, the FIFA Women's World Cup, was first held in 1991 in China. |
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It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. |
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After 1970, a new trophy, known as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was designed. |
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan, was the first one held in Asia, and the only tournament with multiple hosts. |
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The club's fans subsequently received awards from UEFA and FIFA for their behaviour at the match. |
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They failed in qualification for the 1974, leading to Ramsey's dismissal, and 1978 FIFA World Cups. |
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In 1994, the United States hosted a successful FIFA World Cup with games played at Soldier Field. |
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At the time, despite the FAW being a FIFA and UEFA member it had not previously organised a national league, only the Welsh Cup. |
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The following season, he won the UEFA Super Cup and scored in a third major final to help the club win the FIFA Club World Cup. |
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France has hosted events such as the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. |
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In June 2007, representatives of the three countries announced they would bid, as a single political entity, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. |
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Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, and Algeria have advanced to the knockout stage of recent FIFA World Cups. |
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In 1994, combined with FIFA Youth Group, SOS Children's Villages became the main beneficiary. |
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Iceland's national football team has yet to participate in the FIFA World Cup. |
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Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the internal and external evaluation of Germany's national image has changed. |
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Russia will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with 11 host cities located in the European part of the country and in the Ural region. |
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Switzerland hosted the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and was the joint host, with Austria, of the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. |
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In 1986, Morocco became the first Arab and African country to qualify for the second round of the FIFA World Cup. |
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Oman hosted the Asian 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, where 11 teams competed for three spots at the FIFA World Cup. |
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Oman has competed repeatedly for a position in the FIFA World Cup, but have yet qualified to compete in the tournament. |
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It has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but participated in the 1994 and 1996 African Cup of Nations. |
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The Bahamas were hosts of the first men's senior FIFA tournament to be staged in the Caribbean, the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. |
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Recife was one of the 12 Brazilian cities that hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Brazil. |
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In the sports field, Rio de Janeiro was the host of the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. |
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Rio de Janeiro was one of the host cities of the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, for which on both occasions Brazil was the host nation. |
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The Uruguay national football team has won the FIFA World Cup on two occasions. |
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In April 1994, the Super Eagles ranked 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, the highest ranking achieved by an African football team. |
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In January 2011 ASEAN foreign ministers agreed to bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2030 as a single entity. |
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Canada, Mexico and the US submitted a joint bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. |
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The 8ft by 12ft work of art, shows a Metro train whooshing past the Fifa 2018 logo. |
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Germany's biggest investment bank, Deustche bank conducted a study to determine the winner of 2014 FIFA World Cup. |
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The FIFA Interactive World Cup 2006 will be one of the most exciting events in the interactive sports calendar. |
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But after FIFA reached a compromise with England, the SFA will mirror their gesture by wearing black armbands embroidered with the poppy. |
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You'll find the official stadiums and the usual FIFA razzamatazz in abundance. |
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The official FIFA app recently became the biggest sports event app of all time with a record 28 million downloads. |
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Every FUT World Cup Pack includes a free Gold Pack available for use in the traditional FIFA 14 Ultimate Team experience. |
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Nottingham was selected to be a host city for the England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid. |
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The board consists of four representatives from FIFA and one representative from each of the four British associations. |
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According to a survey conducted by FIFA published in 2001, over 240 million people from more than 200 countries regularly play football. |
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England contest the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, which alternate biennially. |
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The national team is one of eight national teams to have won at least one FIFA World Cup title. |
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The first player to score in a FIFA sanctioned match was Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini after 28 seconds of the same game. |
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It competes in the two major professional tournaments, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. |
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The four associations, including Scotland, returned to the FIFA fold after the Second World War. |
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The readmission of the Scottish Football Association to FIFA meant that Scotland were now eligible to enter the 1950 FIFA World Cup. |
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The same qualification rules were in place for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, with the 1954 British Home Championship acting as a qualifying group. |
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Scotland qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, their fourth in succession, in traumatic circumstances. |
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Scotland failed to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, finishing third in their qualifying group behind Croatia and Belgium. |
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Improved results meant that Scotland rose up the FIFA rankings and won the Kirin Cup, a friendly competition in Japan. |
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Scotland failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, finishing third in their group behind Italy and Norway. |
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These improved results, particularly the wins against France, lifted Scotland into the top 20 of the FIFA world rankings. |
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Levein left his position as head coach following a poor start to 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, having taken just two points from four games. |
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This attendance was surpassed 13 years later by the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, but remains a European record. |
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Scotland has always participated by itself in most of the major tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. |
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The FIFA collection is held by the National Football Museum at Urbis in Manchester, England. |
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Congress elects the President of FIFA, its General Secretary, and the other members of the FIFA Council on the year following the FIFA World Cup. |
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Gianni Infantino is the current president, appointed on 26 February 2016 at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress. |
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The Emergency Committee consists of the FIFA President as well as one member from each confederation. |
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The continental confederations are provided for in FIFA's statutes, and membership of a confederation is a prerequisite to FIFA membership. |
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In 2000 FIFA published the results of an Internet poll, declaring Real Madrid to be the FIFA Club of the Century. |
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The FIFA Statutes form the overarching document guiding FIFA's governing system. |
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The latter three do not have a women's version, although a FIFA Women's Club World Cup has been proposed. |
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Since the 1994 FIFA World Cup, like the UEFA Champions League, FIFA has adopted an anthem composed by the German composer Franz Lambert. |
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Hayatou, who is from Cameroon, leads the Confederation of African Football and is a FIFA vice president. |
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Bin Hammam also responded by writing to FIFA, protesting unfair treatment in suspension by the FIFA Ethics Committee and FIFA administration. |
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The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 to 30 July. |
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They also protested against the readmission of South Africa to FIFA in 1963, despite its expulsion from CAF due to the apartheid regime. |
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For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1966 FIFA World Cup squads. |
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At the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2200 points. |
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Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas. |
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They were the only team to beat the 1974 FIFA World Cup winning West Germans in the only meeting of the two sides of the divided nation. |
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The draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals placed Germany in Group G, with Portugal, Ghana, and United States. |
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Recent results and scheduled matches according to the DFB, UEFA and FIFA websites. |
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He played well, and further performances against Scotland and Yugoslavia secured him a place in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. |
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In 1928, Switzerland proposed to FIFA that in certain circumstances, 'broken time' payments should be allowed and FIFA accepted. |
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As a result of the FA's resignation, England did not participate in the 1930, 1934 or 1938 FIFA World Cup. |
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Germany and Japan were prevented from qualifying for the 1950 FIFA World Cup as a consequence. |
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The winner of the UEFA Champions League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. |
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The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. |
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The tournament is the world's third largest with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics exceeding it. |
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The country is also a full member of FIFA and therefore the Faroe Islands football team also competes in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. |
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On 9 July 2015 the national football team of the Faroes climbed another 28 places up on the FIFA ranking. |
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The FIFA Goal programme sponsored the Qaqortoq Stadium in Qaqortoq, which has an artificial grass pitch. |
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It has also applied to be part of FIFA and hopes to be accepted in time for eligibility for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying. |
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After complaints from the FAI, FIFA intervened and restricted players' eligibility based on the political border. |
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In May 2013, Sky acquired the rights to all Northern Ireland qualifying games for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. |
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The Northern Ireland national football team, ranked 43rd in October 2014 in the FIFA World Rankings, plays its home matches at Windsor Park. |
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Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. |
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Wales is represented at major world sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup, Rugby League World Cup and the Commonwealth Games. |
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It hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, with England defeating West Germany, and served as the venue for the FA Cup Final as well as rugby league's Challenge Cup final. |
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In total he scored 24 goals in 49 England appearances, and as well as success in the 1966 World Cup he also appeared at UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. |
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On the international stage, Indonesia experienced limited success despite being the first Asian team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 1938 as Dutch East Indies. |
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He travelled with England to help Greenwood at UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where England failed to make it past the group stages on both occasions. |
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This added time is called additional time in FIFA documents, but is most commonly referred to as stoppage time or injury time, while loss time can also be used as a synonym. |
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Italy is one of the most successful national teams in association football having four FIFA World Cups, one UEFA European Championship and one Olympic tournament. |
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We haven't got the time or energy to discuss the scheming, buck-passing, misleading and plain ignorance that has got FIFA in this mess in the first place. |
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It may be some time before Tuvalu, Kiribati, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion, Sint Maarten, Tibet, Gibralter etc will become full FIFA members. |
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By the end of May 2015, a total of nine FIFA officials and five executives of sports and broadcasting markets had already been charged on corruption. |
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The same day, FIFA postponed the bidding process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in light of the allegations surrounding bribery in the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. |
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The kit was revealed on 12 July in London and two weeks later the third kit was revealed via the promotion of Electronic Arts' FIFA 13 video game. |
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Prior to the 2006 World Cup qualification, Trinidad and Tobago came agonisingly close in a controversial qualification campaign for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. |
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In FIFA 13 you will launch dummy runs, use the size and strength of your players to apply pressure and take advantage of your opponents' mistakes. |
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It was originally simply known as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, but in 1946 it was renamed after the FIFA president Jules Rimet who set up the first tournament. |
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Poor results in friendly matches and a bad start to the 2006 World Cup qualification caused the team to drop to a record low of 77th in the FIFA World Rankings. |
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Fifa had previously banned hijabs because of fears raised about choking. |
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The experts of FIFA, coming from seven countries, evaluated the 53 presented models, finally opting for the work of the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga. |
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All four players had previously played for the FAI in their qualifiers and as a result had played for two different associations in the same FIFA World Cup tournament. |
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This right was also granted to the defending champions between 1938 and 2002, but was withdrawn from the 2006 FIFA World Cup onward, requiring the champions to qualify. |
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Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the 1938 FIFA World Cup. |
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Several years ago, FIFA considered the issue of headscarves after a young Quebecker girl was expelled from a game for wearing a headscarf for religious reasons. |
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Popular game series from Germany include Turrican, the Anno series, The Settlers series, the Gothic series, SpellForce, the FIFA Manager series, Far Cry and Crysis. |
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The Cayman Islands are members of FIFA, the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Sports Organisation, and also compete in the biennial Island Games. |
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The city hosted the final games of the 1934 and 1990 FIFA World Cup. |
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Among those bodies are the FIFA Emergency Committee, the FIFA Ethics Committee, the Finance Committee, the Disciplinary Committee, and the Referees Committee. |
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The FIFA Emergency Committee deals with all matters requiring immediate settlement in the time frame between the regular meetings of the FIFA Executive Committee. |
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On the 23rd of October 2017, Celtic fans were awarded with the FIFA Fan Award for their tifo commemorating the 50th anniversary of the clubs European cup win. |
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Besides its worldwide institutions there are six confederations recognised by FIFA which oversee the game in the different continents and regions of the world. |
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In 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, making it the first country in the Middle East to be selected to host the tournament. |
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The FIFA World Rankings are updated monthly and rank each team based on their performance in international competitions, qualifiers, and friendly matches. |
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In July 2015, having attained their then highest FIFA ranking of 10th, Wales were placed among the top seeds for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification draw. |
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Panini America is the only company in the world that manufactures licensed trading cards and stickers for the NBA, NFL, NFL Players, MLBPA and FIFA World Cup. |
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The leak also revealed an extensive conflict of interest between a member of the FIFA Ethics Committee and former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo. |
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But who cares if FIFA is a corrupt organisation run by a cabal of dishonest, greedy, self-serving, old boys, parasitically cashing in on the game? |
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Theo Zwanziger, German member of the executive committee of FIFA, the governing body of world football, said on Tuesday that Qatar won't host the 2022 World Cup. |
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The Nigerian was later suspended from voting after a FIFA ethics court ruled he solicited bribes from undercover Sunday Times reporters posing as lobbyists. |
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Allegations against FIFA officials have also been made to the UK Parliament by David Triesman, the former head of England's bid and the English Football Association. |
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His goal saw him become the first Welsh player to score at a major international tournament since Terry Medwin's goal against Hungary at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. |
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Moreover, former Argentine football player Diego Maradona was critical of FIFA in light of the corruption scandal, comparing members of the board to dinosaurs. |
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South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and FIFA president Sepp Blatter awarded South Africa a grade 9 out of 10 for successfully hosting the event. |
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After all the arguments, FIFA finally ruled that ten teams from Europe would qualify, along with four from South America, one from Asia and one from North and Central America. |
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With a far greater emphasis on attacking play than FIFA, you're able to weave through defences with relative ease, making this year's PES a delight for showboaters. |
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De Kuip, located in the southeast of the city, has hosted many international football games, including the final of Euro 2000 and has been awarded a FIFA 5 star ranking. |
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In September 2015, England dropped to 10th in the FIFA rankings making Wales in ninth the highest ranked British team for the first time in history. |
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In October 2015, Wales attained their highest ever FIFA ranking of 8th. |
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The national football team qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. |
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England first appeared at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and have appeared in 14 FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments, tied for sixth best by number of appearances. |
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The Brazilian men's national team is ranked among the best in the world according to the FIFA World Rankings, and has won the World Cup tournament a record five times. |
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The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth football World Cup and one of the most controversial finals ever. |
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