GenevaLunch » FIFA http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 06:53:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Basel, the reluctant champ, takes the crownhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:31:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69720 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – It took three times but FC Basel has finally accepted the crown as Swiss football champions, in one of the stranger sagas of trying to make it to the top. The club defeated Lausanne 3-1 but the bigger battle was with FC Luzern, which theoretically could have overtaken the Basel club but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/feed/ 0 Fifa is having a busy week with the unruly sport of footballhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/29/fifa-is-having-a-busy-week-with-the-unruly-sport-of-football/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/29/fifa-is-having-a-busy-week-with-the-unruly-sport-of-football/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68420 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Supreme Court has just ruled against Fifa in the case of Brazilian footballer Matuzalem, Forbes is saying the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should be worried about Fifa, and the Zurich-based football group is about to publish the measures it envisages to fight corruption. Few would accuse Fifa, the world football [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/29/fifa-is-having-a-busy-week-with-the-unruly-sport-of-football/feed/ 0 Fifa vs Hamann, sports court to hear the casehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/fifa-vs-hamann-sports-court-to-hear-the-case/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/fifa-vs-hamann-sports-court-to-hear-the-case/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:02:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66834 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has agreed to hear the case of Mohamed Bin Hammam vs Fifa, the international football body 18 and 19 April. He was given a life ban from football in 2011 after a scandal surfaced in May  over alleged payments for votes in an [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/fifa-vs-hamann-sports-court-to-hear-the-case/feed/ 0 Sports, football: Swiss FA crushes Sion 36-0http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/30/sports-football-swiss-fa-crushes-sion-36-0/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/30/sports-football-swiss-fa-crushes-sion-36-0/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:40:17 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=64875 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Football Association came down hard on Sion FC 30 December in the long-running battle of the Valaisan egos, between Sion owner Christian Constantin and Sepp Blatter, head of Fifa. The SFA fined Sion a total of 36 points, three for each game in which the team fielded an ineligible player [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/30/sports-football-swiss-fa-crushes-sion-36-0/feed/ 0 Sports, football: Fifa up the pressure on Sion and Basel may pay the pricehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/18/sports-football-fifa-up-the-pressure-on-sion-and-basel-may-pay-the-price/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/18/sports-football-fifa-up-the-pressure-on-sion-and-basel-may-pay-the-price/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:50:30 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=64788 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Fifa has threatened Switzerland with expulsion from all Fifa events unless the Swiss Football Association punish FC Sion in the long confrontation over the Valaisan team playing unregistered players. The  Sion chairman Christian Constantin responded in his own inimitable style by threatening to sue Sepp Blatter, the Valaisan head of Fifa. Unless [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/18/sports-football-fifa-up-the-pressure-on-sion-and-basel-may-pay-the-price/feed/ 1 Sports, football: EURO 2012 draw pairs Spain with Italyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/02/sports-football-euro-2012-draw-pairs-spain-with-italy/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/02/sports-football-euro-2012-draw-pairs-spain-with-italy/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:15:36 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=64375 GenevaLunch.com KYIV, UKRAINE – The draw for the EURO 2012 Championships, held in Kyiv 2 December, set up some fascinating prospects. In footballing terms the pick is Group C with Spain, Italy, Croatia and Ireland. Group A has political matches between Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic and Greece. There are some fine games in prospect in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/02/sports-football-euro-2012-draw-pairs-spain-with-italy/feed/ 0 Will he or won’t he reveal: Blatter drama unfolds Fridayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/will-he-or-wont-he-reveal-blatter-drama-unfolds-friday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/will-he-or-wont-he-reveal-blatter-drama-unfolds-friday/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:11:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62591 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Fifa President Sepp Blatter will face football media and fans over bribes scandals again Friday 21 October, when he is expected to say that Fifa will make public closed files with information about attempts to bribe officials. The BBC Tuesday night reported that he will ask the executive committee of the world [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/will-he-or-wont-he-reveal-blatter-drama-unfolds-friday/feed/ 1 Fifa’s Jack Warner goes, corruption investigation droppedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/fifas-jack-warner-goes-corruption-investigation-dropped/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/fifas-jack-warner-goes-corruption-investigation-dropped/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:10:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59042 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Jack Warner, vice-president of the international football federation, Fifa, has resigned, of his own choice and effectively immediately, the Zurich-based organization announced late Monday 20 June. Warner has been active in Fifa and Caribbean football politics for nearly 30 years. He has been under investigation as part of the web of corruption [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/fifas-jack-warner-goes-corruption-investigation-dropped/feed/ 0 UEFA adds €12 million to Euro 2012 kittyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/uefa-adds-e12-million-to-euro-2012-kitty/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/uefa-adds-e12-million-to-euro-2012-kitty/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:17:10 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58919 GenevaLunch.com NYON, SWITZERLAND – The 16 teams that make to the Euro 2012 football cup finals will take home at least €8 million and as much as €23 million, says European football federation Uefa, which announced Friday 16 June that it has set the prize money at €196m. The finals take place in Poland and Ukraine. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/uefa-adds-e12-million-to-euro-2012-kitty/feed/ 0 Fifa suspends 4 officials including Warner, bin Hammamhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/fifa-suspends-4-officials-including-warner-bin-hammam/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/fifa-suspends-4-officials-including-warner-bin-hammam/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 20:33:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58284 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Fifa, the international football body, Sunday 29 May provisionally suspended four officials from any involvement in football worldwide while it continues it investigation into possible breaches of the organization’s code of ethics. But the case against President Sepp Blatter was dismissed. Blatter appeared before the committee Sunday. He is now running for [...]

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