• Filipe Luis: FIFA's 'The Best' award not credible without Messi http://www.espnfc.com/team/brazil/205/video/3624366/filipe-luis-fifas-the-best-award-not-credible-without-messi 22 comments 5/9/2018 soccer
• Challenge: what is the best team you can create without using any players from FIFA's top 15 countries http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html 87 comments 14/12/2012 soccer
• FIFA punished PZPN for the match with Albania. The next match without fans https://www.rmf24.pl/sport/pilka-nozna/news-fifa-ukarala-pzpn-za-mecz-z-albania-nastepne-spotkanie-bez-k,nId,5603935 6 comments 26/10/2021 soccer
• German Fans protesting against the World-Cup in Qatar: "15,000 dead for big scenes, Fifa and friends without conscience!" https://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/plakat-sorgt-fuer-wirbel-dfb-laesst-fans-nach-protest-gegen-katar-und-die-fifa-einfach-von-der-polizei-festhalten_id_107965762.html 14 comments 15/6/2022 soccer
• Fifa believes it can make great sims without EA – but it should heed the fate of Championship Manager https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/may/12/fifa-believes-it-can-make-great-sims-without-ea-but-it-should-heed-the-fate-of-championship-manager 112 comments 13/5/2022 soccer
• FIFA to impose sanctions on Barcelona if they are caught negotiating with Neymar without PSG’s consent https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20190626/463124720607/la-fifa-sancionaria-al-barca-si-hay-principio-de-acuerdo-con-neymar-sin-el-ok-del-psg.html?facet=amp#click=https://t.co/bjefnffidm 191 comments 26/6/2019 soccer
• Swedish striker Marcus Berg reported to Fifa after he left a doping control without approval https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/sverige/avslojar-marcus-berg-anmald-till-fifa---lamnade-dopingkontroll-utan-godkannande/ 9 comments 25/6/2018 soccer
• FIFA threatens to leave Spain without a World Cup due to the 'Villar case' [Spanish] https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/12/15/actualidad/1513327116_291332.html 48 comments 15/12/2017 soccer
• FIFA Orders Ukraine, Peru to Play World Cup Games Without Fans http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-27/fifa-orders-ukraine-peru-to-play-world-cup-games-without-fans.html 10 comments 27/9/2013 soccer
• Christian Keller managing director of 1. FC Köln on FIFA transfer ban: "Absurd verdict without foundation" https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/keller-absurdes-urteil-ohne-grundlage/ 11 comments 30/3/2023 soccer
• [Gamers Without Borders] Ronaldinho wins 3-0 against Sergio Ramos in a FIFA 21 matchup. https://twitter.com/gwbps/status/1406568098501742594?s=20 4 comments 21/6/2021 soccer
• FIFA went behind ESPN's back and gave the 2026 World Cup to Fox without a bidding war, and no one knows why http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fifa-went-behind-espns-back-212400049.html 24 comments 13/2/2015 soccer
• FIFA awards Fox rights to U.S. broadcast of 2026 World Cup without bidding war with ESPN, and no one knows why http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fifa-went-behind-espns-back-212400049.html 31 comments 13/2/2015 sports
• [Globo] FIFA will open an investigation about the violent acts that happenned in the recent Brazil vs Argentina game. Punishment against organizers CBF (Brazilian Federation) could go from fines to games without fans or even point deduction. https://ge.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/2023/11/22/fifa-vai-abrir-investigacao-sobre-atos-violentos-em-jogo-entre-brasil-e-argentina.ghtml 53 comments 22/11/2023 soccer
• Javier Tebas : The Super League still exists, they give a lot of importance to what the EU can solve. They are working on another project, which will again be a failure, without the English teams, against UEFA, FIFA. https://as.com/futbol/2022/03/23/primera/1648046096_179670.html 44 comments 24/3/2022 soccer
• [Romain Molina] FIFA is studying the possibility of allowing players playing in Russia to terminate their contract without any stand-off/sanctions behind it. Some fear however that this would create a legal precedent for other future cases. Wait & see! https://twitter.com/Romain_Molina/status/1499448328559501319 7 comments 3/3/2022 soccer
• Fifa has ordered Russia to complete their upcoming matches without their flag, anthem and as the Football Union of Russia in neutral territory, following the invasion of Ukraine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60548685 28 comments 27/2/2022 soccer
• Fifa vetoes Brazil’s petition to play a reserve squad in Qualifiers while main team has friendlies with European nations without fixtures in March window. https://ge.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/fifa-veta-plano-de-selecao-montar-time-alternativo-nas-eliminatorias-e-fazer-amistosos-na-europa-em-marco.ghtml 8 comments 13/1/2022 soccer
• [Thomas Hitzlsperger about WC in Qatar] My hope for improvement is limited. It will not be difficult for FIFA to show pictures that give the impression of progress, without anything fundamentally changing in the country. Russia has also not become more democratic or liberal after the World Cup. https://www.kicker.de/russland-ist-nach-2018-auch-nicht-demokratischer-geworden-878735/artikel 158 comments 15/11/2021 soccer
• [Le Parisien] Messi & Paredes are in Argentina with the NT without PSG permission while injured— PSG annoyed that they have no say they tried to take the matter to FIFA, without success. https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/messi-et-paredes-en-selection-avec-largentine-le-psg-ne-decolere-pas-07-11-2021-URKJPI4W5JDRPLTGA3YKMQJ3QM.php 66 comments 7/11/2021 soccer
• [Javier Tebas] LaLiga President on FIFA: “They no longer know what to invent to sink national leagues and UEFA competitions. Some with the Super League and others (FIFA) forcing clubs to give up players without being able to play with those who pay them and now inventing world cups every 2 years? https://twitter.com/Tebasjavier/status/1433865229390290988?s=20 189 comments 3/9/2021 soccer
• [Amended title] Premier League aiming to introduce semi-automatic VAR for offside decisions in 2022-23 season. Depends on FIFA trials + would need clubs vote — but hope is it produces instant decisions without lines & creates similar trust as goal-line tech. https://theathletic.com/2482047/2021/03/29/liverpool-finalising-deal-to-sign-ibrahima-konate-from-rb-leipzig/?source=emp_shared_article 227 comments 29/3/2021 soccer
• Infantino’s African mess: He campaigned heavily in Africa to reach his goal: To get the unknown Ahmad Ahmad elected as Caf president. Now the Fifa president is desperately trying to put out the fire he started without burning himself. http://josimarfootball.com/infantinos-african-mess/ 34 comments 28/10/2020 soccer
• [What's your favorite random sports stat that blows your mind every time you see it?] FIFA hasn't caught an athlete for doping at the World Cup since Diego Maradona in 1994. A sport built on endurance and sudden bursts of quickness went the entire doping era without a single positive. https://twitter.com/AndrewDasNYT/status/1278463806931447814 15 comments 2/7/2020 soccer
• Marcelo Bechler: Wagner Ribeiro, Neymar's manager, is claiming that his player is available for €164M. There is a FIFA rule to set a contract breach price on players without a release clause after 3 years of contract and no renewal https://twitter.com/marcelobechler/status/1273944194667753472 70 comments 19/6/2020 soccer
• World Cup 2006 corruption trial to quietly pass statute of limitations: Former top officials from Germany's DFB and FIFA are on trial for tax evasion and receiving suspicious payments. But now the process looks set to end without a ruling as the statute of limitations runs out next week. https://www.dw.com/en/world-cup-2006-corruption-trial-to-quietly-pass-statute-of-limitations/a-53201962 5 comments 22/4/2020 worldnews
• Next summer Neymar will fulfill what FIFA defines as 'the protected period' after spending 3 years without renewing the contract. He will be able to leave PSG after paying a sum close to 170m, according to FIFA's regulations. https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20190903/47156120863/neymar-clausula-precio-libertad-2020.html 133 comments 3/9/2019 soccer
• 'When you press random buttons on FIFA': Orlando Pirates midfielder Thabo Qalinge has fans in stitches after unnecessary showboating without any other player near him https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7031653/thabo-qalinge-fans-stitches-unnecessary-showboating.html 8 comments 16/5/2019 soccer
• Palestinian FA boss has called on Lionel Messi not to play in the Argentina-Israel game in Jerusalem and urged fans to burn their shirts if he does. The FA says Israel is in breach of FIFA rules that state a country's teams cannot play matches on the territory of another country without permission. http://www.france24.com/en/20180603-palestinian-fa-protests-planned-messi-game-jerusalem 348 comments 3/6/2018 soccer
• Fifa: Any defending player leaving the field of play for any reason without the referee’s permission shall be considered to be on his own goal line or touch line for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2012_e.pdf 27 comments 5/12/2017 soccer
• FIFA President: It would be unfair (if Messi retires without winning a World Cup). But hey, they win World Cups if they deserve it. We must see who deserves it more in 2018. We have many great players who didnt win the World Cup and many players not so great that won it. Thats the beauty of football http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2070430-gianni-infantino-con-la-nacion-no-se-puede-permitir-que-pase-lo-que-paso-en-la-argentina 73 comments 9/10/2017 soccer
• FIFA president Gianni Infantino: "Nothing is standing in the way of using VAR at World Cup. So far, it's been successful. We're learning, we're improving, we're continuing the tests. Without VAR, we would've had a different tournament, and a tournament which would have been a little less fair" http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/story/3151971/fifa-chief-gianni-infantino-backs-var-introduction-at-2018-world-cup 158 comments 2/7/2017 soccer
• Marcus Berg asked Panathinaikos to be released from his contract, because the club owes him money, so he can transfer to Al-Ain. Panathinaikos is ready to report Al-Ain to FIFA for illegaly tapping up Berg without Panathinaikos consent. http://www.sdna.gr/news-english/article/342460/marcus-berg-asks-be-released-panathinaikos 33 comments 21/6/2017 soccer
• Iran becomes the second team after Brazil to qualify for Russia's 2018 FIFA World Cup. They qualified without conceding a single goal in the qualification process. (The final Qualifying round) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_fifa_world_cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_afc_third_round#group_a 618 comments 12/6/2017 soccer
• Schalke most likely without Choupo-Moting this weekend because Cameroon didnt accept his release from Africa Cup. FIFA istn responding to Schalke. http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/schalke/bangt-um-choupo-moting-49838432.bild.html 25 comments 18/1/2017 soccer
• Mijat Gacinovic, Nikola Maksimovic, Nikola Aksentijevic, Marko Pavlovski, Cristian Manea, Luka Jovic and Andrija Zivkovic were all bought by Apollon Limassol and sold without playing any game. The team acted as a third party entity on this process. Subverting FIFA rules. http://tribunaexpresso.pt/football-leaks/2016-12-15-reforco-do-benfica-b-rendeu-46-milhoes-a-clube-onde-nunca-jogou 15 comments 15/12/2016 soccer
• TIL Israel won the 1958 World Cup qualifying stage for Asia/Africa without playing a single game. All their opponents refused to play them. FIFA was forced to schedule a playoff between Israel and Wales to ensure the team didn't qualify without playing at least one game (which Wales won). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_fifa_world_cup_qualification#africa_and_asia 315 comments 10/11/2015 soccer
• TIL Israel won AFC & CAF WC Qualification by winning all matches by default in 1958. FIFA ruled that no team should qualify without playing a single game so they created a special play-off, which Wales won to qualify to the World Cup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_fifa_world_cup_qualification#uefa_.2f_afc_play-off 17 comments 18/6/2015 soccer
• FIFA's 2026 World Cup TV rights process 'irresponsible' - Prince Ali wants an investigation into how the U.S. television rights for the 2026 World Cup were awarded to Fox without a tender process or any discussion with the FIFA executive committee. http://www.espnfcasia.com/fifa-world-cup/story/2382691/fifa-2026-world-cup-tv-rights-process-irresponsible-prince-ali-bin-al-hussein 37 comments 7/4/2015 soccer
• A Red Line for FIFA? Israel, Violence and What’s Left of Palestinian Soccer: The reality for the Palestinian national team is 2 recently shot in the feet and 4 dead by Israeli munitions and—at least—3 jailed in Israeli prisons without trial over the last decade http://www.thenation.com/blog/178765/red-line-fifa-israel-violence-and-whats-left-palestinian-soccer 177 comments 10/3/2014 soccer