FIFA World Cup and Football Soccer News

FIFA finds stone base of original World Cup trophy BY GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports WriterJanuary 13, 2015  ZURICH — A piece of the original World Cup trophy has been found and will be displayed in the new FIFA museum. A staff member found the stone base of the Jules Rimet...

AP 3:52 p.m. EST December 2, 2014 ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has committed to tackle racism incidents harder at World Cup matches after criticism of its lackluster efforts in Brazil. Taking advice from its anti-racism task force, FIFA has pledged to help train and appoint anti-discrimination...

The contenders for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best player of 2014 and for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2014 award were announced today on FIFA.com, francefootball.fr and YouTube. In alphabetical order, the FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees are: Cristiano Ronaldo...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp does not plan to renew its sponsorship contract with FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, as the Japanese electronics maker needs to prioritise its restructuring efforts, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Such a move would follow...

(FIFA.com) Monday 10 November 2014 Prior to today’s world premiere of the film Die Mannschaft (The Team) - a documentary charting Germany’s triumphant 2014 FIFA World Cup™ campaign - FIFA President Blatter awarded the German national team and its coaching staff the FIFA World...