October 3, 2023
Electronic Arts on Friday launched its first soccer game without the FIFA tag, betting its “FC 24” title will maintain the momentum in its best-selling franchise and provide a bulwark against an industry slowdown. A near three-decade partnership between EA and FIFA ended last year over what media reports said were demands that the videogame
READ MORESpending by English and Saudi Arabian clubs fueled a record-setting year for soccer’s international transfer market that reached highs in deals done, money spent and agent fees, FIFA said Friday. FIFA’s analysis of male players moving between member countries from June through Sept. 1 counted 10,125 transfers, $7.36 billion spent by clubs and almost $700
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino responded Thursday to the controversy over Spanish Soccer Federation President Luis Rubiales kissing Spanish national team forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent during the awards ceremony of the World Cup. In an Instagram post, Infantino said the Spanish celebration after winning the World Cup was “spoiled” by Rubiales
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said Luis Rubiales’ kiss on the mouth of Spanish women’s football star Jenni Hermoso “should never have happened”. In his first reaction to the incident which happened at the presentation ceremony following Spain’s win over England in the Women’s World Cup final, Infantino on Friday said the behaviour of Spanish
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Olympian and world champion athlete Jana Pittman has revealed she was kissed by an international coach during competition. Dr Pittman, a two-time world champion in hurdles in 2003 and 2007, was moved to tell her story while speaking on the suspension of Spanish football president Luis Rubiales from FIFA after he kissed star player Jenni
READ MOREFIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s victory. The provisional suspension comes less than a week after Spain’s 1-0 victory over England in Sydney, Australia, and a day
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FIFA provisionally suspended Luis Rubiales, the head of Spain’s soccer association, following a week of controversy over his behavior at the Women’s World Cup final, including kissing one of the team’s star players on the lips. The suspension from all football-related activities is effective immediately and will initially last for 90 days while the disciplinary
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Key Points FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales after it initiated disciplinary investigations. Rubiales is under fire after kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s Women’s World Cup win. Rubiales says he won’t resign over the kiss scandal. FIFA has suspended Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales from office while its disciplinary committee investigates his
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All of Spain’s national women’s football coaching staff except for the chief have stepped down after the country’s football federation president Luis Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after her team’s victory in the World Cup final. Eleven members of the Spanish women’s team coaching staff tendered their resignations on Saturday, expressing “their
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FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales as president of Spain’s football federation (RFEF) on Saturday for kissing Spanish star Jenni Hermoso on the lips. Football’s governing body has finally stepped in and provisionally banned Rubiales for 90 days as well as banning him or the RFEF from making contact with the player. “(We) decided today to provisionally
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