GenevaLunch » FIFA http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Sports, football: Swiss FA crushes Sion 36-0 http://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 price http://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 Italy http://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 Friday http://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 dropped http://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 kitty http://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 Hammam http://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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/fifa-suspends-4-officials-including-warner-bin-hammam/feed/ 1 Fifa: And then there was one (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/fifa-and-then-there-was-one/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/fifa-and-then-there-was-one/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 09:07:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58274 GenevaLunch.com Update 29 May 18:55  ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – (Ed. note: AFP is reporting Sunday evening, but it is not yet confirmed elsewhere, that Blatter has been cleared, bin Hammam has been suspended while the investigation continues, and the 1 June election is to go ahead) The contentious vote for the new president of Fifa, the international [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/fifa-and-then-there-was-one/feed/ 0 Fifa job fight goes dirty as investigations open against both candidates http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/fifa-job-fight-goes-dirty-as-investigations-open-against-both-candidates/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/fifa-job-fight-goes-dirty-as-investigations-open-against-both-candidates/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 16:07:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58237 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Down to the wire, with less than a week to go in the election for the post of president of Fifa, world football’s governing body, and the fight for the job is sullied by allegations of corruption against both candidates. The Fifa ethics committee Friday 27 May agreed to summon President Sepp [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/fifa-job-fight-goes-dirty-as-investigations-open-against-both-candidates/feed/ 2 England’s football association refuses to join Fifa vote http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/englands-football-association-refuses-to-join-fifa-vote/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/englands-football-association-refuses-to-join-fifa-vote/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 18:19:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57913 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The FA, England’s national football association, has decided against voting for the next president of Fifa, the Zurich-based International Football, saying in a brief statement issued Thursday afternoon 19 May that it cannot support either candidate. AP sports writers put it more baldly, saying that the FA is “unable to choose between [...]

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