Footage of a bear performing in front of fans before a Russian league match has been condemned as “shocking and inhumane” by animal welfare groups. A YouTube video showed circus bear ‘Tim’ hand the ball to the referee before the ...
Qatar wants talks with FIFA to discuss the feasibility of increasing the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams after soccer’s governing body expressed interest in enlarging a tournament already having to overcome operational challenges. The Gulf nation took two days to ...
An independent chairperson will lead an eight-member panel that has been tasked by Fifa with fixing the broken governance structures of Football Federation Australia. Fifa finally delivered its terms of reference for the “congress review ...
On March 2nd, FIFA hosted their now-annual Conference for Equality and Inclusion, an event that brings FIFA representatives together ...
Despite promises of reform and mounting losses, FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, paid members of its ruling council nearly $10 million last year. According to three people with direct knowledge of the payments, ...
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey, banned for life by FIFA for match-fixing, has had his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) turned down. The CAS ruling and their published reasoning mark a significant landmark for FIFA and football’s ...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland met today in Strasbourg to discuss how to better promote human rights in sports. The meeting followed an exchange of views between the FIFA President and the Council ...
On the eve of international Human Rights Day (December 10th), a commitment was made today to launch a new independent Centre for Sport and Human Rights in 2018. Announced at the Sporting Chance Forum in Geneva, the planned Centre will be the first ...
LGBT fans will be warned about holding hands in public and other outward displays of affection when in Russia for the World Cup next summer. A cautionary guide will be produced by Fare – formerly Football ...
FIFA’s human rights advisory board has just issued a formal statement related to its second meeting held in Zurich on October 9th and 10th, 2017. Launched by world football’s governing body in March 2017, the board has been established following the ...
