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Blatter: 2010 will be a success

With 48 days to go until the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter invited reporters from around the world to Home of FIFA in Zurich for a news ...
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Social

Somali refs follow coaches’ lead

Five months on from a training course for Somalia’s coaches in Djibouti, FIFA welcomed their referees back for a course designed to hone their skills.

Political

Rama Yade: France will be up to the task

France’s Secretary of State for Sport visited the Home of FIFA in Zurich on Monday, 29 March, 2010.

Cultural

Music stars line up to set South Africa 2010 off on right note

The likes of Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, BLK JKS, John Legend and Shakira will perform at the Kick-Off Celebration Concert to South Africa 2010.

Organisation

Ukraine: The first 49 graduates

The National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine (NUPESU) organised the first graduation ceremony of the FIFA/CIES Programme in sport management.

FIFA Magazine

The April issue of FIFA World explains FIFA’s stance on goal-line technology and takes a look at the new FIFA Grassroots Programme.

Media Releases

Calendar

2010
11 June - 11 July
FIFA World Cup™ (South Africa)
13 July - 01 August
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Germany)
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FIFA President

"FIFA’s position on technology in football"

Thursday 11 March 2010

"At the 124th Annual General meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Zurich on 6 March 2010, which, as is the case with every FIFA World Cup™ year, was chaired by myself on behalf of FIFA, the IFAB decided not to implement technology in football. FIFA supports this decision, based on the following points:  The universality of the game: one of the main objectives of FIFA is to protect the universality of the game of association football. This means that the game must be played in the same way no matter where you are in the world. If you are coaching a group of ...

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