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3/22/2022 11:55:47 AM
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday dismissed a third request by the Russian soccer federation for urgent rulings to freeze FIFA and UEFA decisions before World Cup playoffs begin this week.
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3/18/2022 1:59:35 PM
Russia's request to freeze a FIFA ban on its soccer teams ahead of next week's World Cup qualifying playoffs was denied Friday.
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3/10/2022 5:37:30 PM
Roman Abramovich was in Abu Dhabi last month to watch his beloved Chelsea lift the Club World Cup for the first time, celebrating yet more silverware during his trophy-laden two decades in charge.
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3/9/2022 3:52:31 PM
Sweden said Wednesday it believed its team could be at a disadvantage after FIFA confirmed that Russia would be kicked out of the 2022 World Cup playoffs over the invasion of Ukraine.
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3/8/2022 10:36:57 PM
Amid a shutdown of domestic soccer during the invasion by Russia, FIFA agreed Tuesday to Ukraine's request to postpone the national team's World Cup qualifying playoff in Scotland in two weeks' time.
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World
3/8/2022 7:04:38 PM
The Russian soccer federation appealed Tuesday to have FIFA and UEFA bans on its teams frozen in a fast-track legal process and eventually overturned.
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Egyptian Football
3/7/2022 10:13:22 PM
Since the start of the new season of the Egyptian Premier League, Ahly and Pyramids FC have been playing a game of musical chairs over the domestic competition’s first place despite the Red Devils still having a game in hand due to their participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.
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3/7/2022 5:01:59 PM
Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and Qatari soccer executive Nasser al-Khelaifi were back in a Swiss court Monday after federal prosecutors appealed against the verdicts in their September 2020 trial.
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World
2/28/2022 7:41:12 PM
Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice.
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2/28/2022 6:42:49 PM
FIFA is in "advanced discussions" to suspend the Russian national team from international competitions including the World Cup following the invasion of Ukraine, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Monday.
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2/28/2022 1:56:32 PM
Sweden's soccer federation maintained its objection to playing any matches against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine and expressed its disappointment Monday with FIFA for keeping the Russians in World Cup qualifying.
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2/27/2022 9:42:08 PM
FIFA backed away from immediately expelling Russia from World Cup qualifying on Sunday but said it remained an option, deciding instead the squad can play using the ``RFU`` acronym for the country's football federation.
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World
2/26/2022 7:01:00 PM
Poland's refusal to play its World Cup qualifier against Russia next month in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine gained wider support when Sweden followed with its own plans to protest to FIFA on Saturday.
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Africa
2/24/2022 10:52:13 PM
FIFA suspended Zimbabwe and Kenya from international competitions on Thursday for government interference in the running of their national soccer bodies.
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Africa
2/21/2022 5:42:21 PM
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended a stunning final day of the African School Champions Cup in Kinshasa as Morocco becoming the inaugural winners of the girls’ tournament following victory over South Africa in the final, whilst hosts DR Congo were presented with the boys’ trophy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Sports
2/15/2022 9:22:39 PM
The Cairo giants claimed the bronze medal in the FIFA Club World Cup for the third time, reports Inas Mazhar
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World
2/15/2022 3:18:06 PM
Footballers around the world have given a resounding red card to FIFA's proposal to hold the World Cup every two years, according to a survey by players' global union Fifpro.
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World
2/14/2022 10:00:00 PM
Saudi Arabia will host the 2023 Club World Cup, FIFA said on Tuesday.
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World
2/14/2022 6:38:05 PM
FIFA handed out fines and suspensions on Monday while ordering Brazil and Argentina to replay the World Cup qualifier that was abandoned after health officials stormed the field to question the quarantine status of players.
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Egyptian Football
2/13/2022 2:47:00 PM
After attending the FIFA Club World Cup awards ceremony in the United Arab Emirates, Chelsea’s French veteran central midfielder N'Golo Kanté asked for a picture with Ahly’s Malian midfielder Aliou Dieng.
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