The UEFA president Michel Platini has admitted holding a secret meeting with the disgraced football official Mohamed Bin Hammam, shortly before voting for Qatar.
According to a press release from the prison, about 300 inmates at the Castro-Castro penitentiary are participating in the two-week tournament, which is being held in order to encourage the adoption of sports within the prison population.
The Sunday Times says it has obtained millions of secret documents proving FIFA received $5 million in return for awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
There are many super soccer fans among current and past world leaders.
Although China has never made it to World Cup finals held outside Asia, the Chinese take pride in their fervent involvement with the sporting extravaganza.
Coach Jin believes there's still a need for the old values in today's soccer
To inspire young players during the World Cup, the National Youth Soccer Development Office, Zhongtijixian Sports Cultural Corp and Global Media Productions have jointly launched the second season of Football Dream.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ruled that only heads of state and members of winning teams are allowed to handle the World Cup trophy which has traveled the world attracting no less attention than the people standing beside it.
The quadrennial FIFA World Cup is a feast of entertainment for all fans of the "beautiful game". Not only popular among ordinary people, matches are also enjoyed by world leaders.
Indigenous protesters wearing traditional headdress clashed with police in Brazil's capital on Tuesday, resulting in one officer being shot in the leg with an arrow and the cancellation of a ceremony to open the exhibition of the World Cup trophy.
China's technology has traveled all the way from Asia to help create a safer World Cup in Brazil with its advanced security inspection products.
Japan defeated Australia 1- 0 in the final of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City Sunday evening, becoming champion for the first time of the continental tournament.
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