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FIFA bars former Royal Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three years due to Rubiales' inappropriate conduct during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final in August.
2023-10-30

In association football, FIFA awards the 2030 FIFA World Cup to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, making it the first FIFA World Cup tournament to be hosted in North Africa. The opening ceremony will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, to mark the 100th anniversary of the competition.
2023-10-4

FIFA warns top-division European football clubs and their players against participating in the proposed European Super League, threatening them with a ban from all FIFA-sanctioned competitions.
2021-01-21

Longtime FIFA corporate sponsors -- Coca-Cola Co., McDonald's, Visa Inc., and Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev -- demand FIFA President Sepp Blatter step down immediately following last week's announcement of his criminal investigation by the Swiss attorney general. Blatter refused.
2015-10-2

Swiss police seize computer records from FIFA in an investigation into alleged corruption by the world governing body of association football.
2015-06-9

Six FIFA officials are detained in Switzerland for extradition to the United States in relation to allegations of corruption between the 1990s and now. Those arrested include Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and José Maria Marin.
2015-05-27

Writing in the FIFA Weekly magazine, FIFA president Sepp Blatter calls Iran to end its "intolerable" ban on women attending soccer matches, describing the situation as one that "cannot continue."
2015-03-6

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner becomes the national security minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
2012-06-23

FIFA President Sepp Blatter fears being plunged into "a black hole" if AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam defeats him in next month's leadership election.
2011-05-13

FIFA suspends Bosnia and Herzegovina from international football after its failure to drop a rotating presidential system between a Muslim, a Serb and a Croat, which is similar to the country's complex political system.
2011-04-1