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• Costa Rica pulls out of hosting U17 women's WCup

  FIFA is looking for a new country to stage the Under-17 Women's World Cup next year because construction delays means the stadiums in Costa Rica would ... 

• Barcelona appeals FIFA ruling on playing 15yo

  Barcelona is appealing a FIFA directive not to select a French youngster to play in one of its youth teams. According to Barcelona, FIFA sent a ... 

• FIFA bans 74 for match-fixing in Italy, SKorea

  FIFA banned 74 more officials and players from world football on Wednesday for helping fix matches, this time in Italy and South Korea. Sanctions were ... 

• FIFA licenses Cairos as 3rd goal-line tech project

  Goal-line technology system Cairos was licensed by FIFA on Monday as the third candidate for use at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Cairos, a German ... 

• FIFA investigates Zambia over match-fixing players

  FIFA is investigating Zambian officials over allegations they allowed eight players banned for match-fixing in a notorious case in Finland to return ... 

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  FIFA says goal-line technology to be used at WCup

  FIFA committed Tuesday to using goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and could have four systems competing for selection. FIFA said ... 

• US official Blazer to leave FIFA executive seat

  FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer said he won't seek re-election for a fifth term and will leave his 16-year position in May. A CONCACAF ... 

• Serbia says expulsion from 2015 U21 Euros avoided

  Serbia has survived the threat of expulsion from the 2015 European Under-21 Championship by UEFA over racist abuse directed by fans at England players 

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  FIFA to propose tougher sanctions for racist abuse

  FIFA aims to approve tougher sanctions for racist abuse at football matches when its 209 member nations meet in May. FIFA President Sepp Blatter led ... 

• FIFA announces Confederations Cup prize money

  FIFA will pay $4.1 million in prize money to the Confederations Cup winner, and Tahiti is guaranteed $1.7 million from the June 15-30 tournament. 

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  Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing

  At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's ... 

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  Much-investigated ref denies fixing soccer matches

  It was in the final minutes of a June 2011 soccer game between Nigeria and Argentina when the little green flags on computer screens in London started ... 

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  Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets

  When police arrested Wilson Raj Perumal in Finland, it didn't take long for him to realize that his criminal buddies had ratted him out. He's been ... 

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  Player regrets getting entangled with match-fixing

  Soccer player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start ... 

• WADA urges football to conduct more EPO tests

  The World Anti-Doping Agency urged football Tuesday to conduct more blood doping tests and intelligence operations to unmask cheating players. 

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  Match-fixing probe keeps Italian prosecutor busy

  Two years ago, a curious case landed on the desk of Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino in the town of Cremona. Five players on the local ... 

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  FIFA fines Hodgson's agent over rules breaches

  Football agent Leon Angel, whose clients include England coach Roy Hodgson, was warned by FIFA about his future conduct on Friday after breaking rules ... 

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  Anti-corruption advisers challenge FIFA to change

  FIFA's anti-corruption advisers urged President Sepp Blatter's executive committee on Friday to "demonstrate leadership" and not undermine efforts to ... 

• FIFA launches website for whistleblower reports

  Whistleblowers can report allegations of corruption and match-fixing in world football at a long-promised public website launched by FIFA on Wednesday 

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  Column: Football must not make cycling's mistakes

  Football, like cycling after the disaster that was Lance Armstrong, will be half dead as a sport if it reaches the point where spectators commonly ... 

• FIFA upholds sanctions in Hungary, Bulgaria case

  FIFA has upheld sanctions imposed on Hungary and Bulgaria for anti-Semitic and racist behavior by fans. FIFA says both teams will play home World Cup ... 

• FIFA imposes 1-year transfer ban on Nantes

  FIFA hit French second-tier league leader Nantes with a one-year ban on registering new players Monday for luring forward Ismael Bangoura to break his ...