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Blatter calls for alternative to penalty shootouts

YoopyaMay 25, 20120

By Mike Collett BUDAPEST (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called on Germany’s World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer and his panel of soccer experts

South Sudan becomes FIFA’s 209th member

YoopyaMay 25, 20120

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The newly independent state of South Sudan became the 209th member of FIFA on Friday, when it was voted into full membership

FIFA frets over pace of Brazil World Cup building work

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed concern about the slow pace of preparations for the 2014 World Cup in

FIFA makes $36 million profit in 2011

YoopyaMar 31, 20120

ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA made a profit of $36 million in 2011 on revenues of more than $1 billion, soccer’s world governing body said in

FIFA in scathing attack on Brazil’s 2014 plans

YoopyaMar 3, 20120

By Mike Collett BAGSHOT, England (Reuters) – FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke made a scathing attack on Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup on