The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Peking - The president of football's governing body, Joseph Blatter, said Thursday that he hoped that the Olympic football tournament would be integrated into the international match calendar. Blatter's call follows problems involving several Europea...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing - FIFA president Joseph Blatter said Thursday he will travel to South Africa in September to meet with President Thabo Mbeki and discuss ongoing preparations for the 2010 World Cup. Blatter told a news conference in Beijing that he would be i...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
IOC remains calm over Blatter's football threat Posted : Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:37:37 GMTAuthor : DPA Category : News Alerts by Email )News | Beijing - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday reacted calmly to a threat from football's governing body FIFA to make the Olympic tournament a pure under-23 event in the future. "There is an agreement dating back to 1994 on the football men's...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
FIFA president Joseph Blatter has said that the World Cup will certainly take place in South Africa and that world soccer's governing body also had a contingency plan for Germany in 2006.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Beijing - The president of football's governing body FIFA, Joseph Blatter, on Monday made an impassioned plea to European clubs to allow all under-23 players to participate at the Olympics. The men's Olympic football tournament that starts on August ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Beijing - The president of football's governing body FIFA, Joseph Blatter, on Monday made an impassioned plea to European clubs to allow all under-23 players to participate at the Olympics. The men's Olympic football tournament that starts on August ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Schalke 04 are to go before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over defender Rafinha's decision to play for Brazil at next month's Olympics despite FIFA boss Joseph Blatter saying the Bundesliga club must release the pl...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Hamburg - Football clubs must release under-23 players for the Beijing Olympics, the president of the world governing body FIFA, Joseph Blatter, clarified on Wednesday. The release of players below the age of 23 has always been mandatory for all clu...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Tehran - The president of the Iranian Football Federation (FFI) has complained to the sport's governing body over the cancellation of friendly matches against Iran, calling them politically motivated, the news agency ISNA reported Sunday. In a letter to FIFA president Joseph Blatter, Ali Kafashnian specifically referred to England's Charlton Athletic and Egypt's national team, which called...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Zurich - FIFA boss Joseph Blatter decided against any mention of other countries possibly stepping in to host the 2010 World Cup in his message Friday to Nelson Mandela on the former South African president's 90th birthday. You are the epitome of gr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing - The president of football's governing body FIFA, Joseph Blatter, on Thursday said that attendance at the Olympic football tournament had reached an all-time high. He said that after the semi-finals 1.9 million spectators had watched the gam...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Johannesburg - South Africa's 2010 World Cup organizing committee said he had been given reassurances from FIFA president Joseph Blatter over the country's hosting of the tournament. I have spoken to Blatter and he reaffirmed that only God can preve...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Vienna - The president of football's controlling body FIFA, Joseph Blatter, said on Sunday that he still believed in South Africa as the 2010 World Cup host. But Blatter also revealed that FIFA had a plan B ready should worse come to worst. ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Vienna - The president of football's controlling body FIFA, Joseph Blatter, said on Sunday that he still believed in South Africa as the 2010 World Cup host. But Blatter also revealed that FIFA had a plan B ready should worse come to worst. ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Beijing - Football is in danger of losing its prominent position at the Olympics after a ruling allowing clubs to deny them a place at the Games, IOC supremo Jacques Rogge and football boss Joseph Blatter said on Thursday. Blatter, who is also a memb...
