FIFA, WHO and football stakeholders draft medical considerations and risk assessment tool

FIFA is sharing a football risk assessment tool with its 211 member associations, the six continental confederations and other stakeholders in order to facilitate the planning of the resumption of football activities by competition and match organisers, as soon as health authorities and governments consider it safe. It has been developed in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), UEFA, the European Club Association (ECA), FIFPRO, the World Leagues Forum and European Leagues, includes a list of mitigation measures that aim to reduce the overall risk of mass gatherings contributing to the spread of COVID-19, as well as indications for individual and group training by football teams.

Discipline charges, responses and suspensions for May 2020

MASS CONFRONTATION (NON-FAST TRACK) – STANDARD CASE
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National League - North
10 March 2020

FIFA Guardians and why international federations should play a greater role in safeguarding sport

Published Tuesday, 26 May 2020.

Haitian Football Federation President provisionally banned from all football-related activities

In accordance with articles 84 and 85 of the FIFA Code of Ethics, the investigatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has provisionally banned Mr Yves Jean-Bart, President of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), from all football-related activities at both national and international level, for a period of 90 days.

Covid-19: the challenges and opportunities facing Spain’s sports industry

Published Thursday, 21 May 2020.

A match to help the world

The FIFA Foundation will organise its first-ever official football match to raise funds for Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT), a global collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable global access to new coronavirus essential health technologies, including diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.

UNESCO partners CBF project

UNESCO has entered into partnership with a CBF project
Gol do Brasil uses football to help vulnerable children
The partnership was part-financed by the FIFA World Cup Legacy Fund

A guide to Financial Fair Play and the ability of European football clubs to raise finance (Part 2)

Published Thursday, 14 May 2020.

New book published on the Transfer of Football Players - A Practical Approach to Implementing FIFA Rules

INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin 27 April 2020 - 11 May 2020

Coronavirus and its impact on football - A Sports Law and Policy Centre and LawInSport Joint Survey

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on Tuesday, 05 May 2020.

How Italy is tackling ambush marketing ahead of UEFA 2021 & 2026 Winter Olympics

Published Thursday, 30 April 2020.

‘Raising Our Game’: Lifting up women’s professional football

FIFPRO is today launching Raising Our Game, a forward-thinking report about women’s professional football which puts players at the heart of the planned development and rebuilding of the sport after the coronavirus pandemic.

INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 13-27 April 2020

UEFA confirms payments to clubs

The UEFA Executive Committee (ExCo) has today confirmed its commitment to award clubs with a share of the UEFA EURO 2020 income despite the postponement of the tournament until 2021.

State aid in Spanish football - EU General Court annuls European Commission decision on Valencia CF & Elche CF

Published Friday, 17 April 2020.

A review of DSN v Blackpool FC and its implications for sexual abuse claims in English football

Published Tuesday, 14 April 2020.

COVID-19: a legal perspective on FIFA’s guiding principles for national football associations

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Published Friday, 10 April 2020.

FIFA guidelines to address legal consequences of COVID-19

Following the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19 at all levels of football, FIFA has worked on a series of recommendations and guidelines to address some of the key practical issues arising from the pandemic, especially with regard to player contracts and the transfer system generally.

FC Ordabasy avoids potential exclusion from UEFA club competitions

The UEFA CFCB Adjudicatory Chamber has confirmed that FC Ordabasy (KAZ) has satisfied conditions set in December 2019.

COVID-19: key points for football clubs on the UK Government’s job retention scheme

Published Friday, 03 April 2020.

Italian tax: the continuing investigations into agents’ fees paid by football clubs (2020 update)

Published Wednesday, 01 April 2020.

Relive the FIFA-RFEF 8th International Congress in Football Law

On 27 and 28 September 2019, the FIFA RFEF 8th International Congress in Football Law took place at the HQ of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in Las Rozas, Madrid.

Football in Nepal and Bhutan helping to combat COVID-19

Himalayan nations join the fight against coronavirus
Bhutan Football Federation donates money to royal foundation
All Nepal Football Association opens its doors

Lechia Gda?sk fined for breach of FFP Regulations

The UEFA CFCB adjudicatory chamber has announced its decision in the case of the Polish club KS Lechia Gdańsk.

FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2019 – online edition

The FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2019 was originally planned to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 March 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we were forced to reschedule the on site event.

Sport, safety and participation – the year in review 2019/20

Published Tuesday, 26 May 2020.

Football unites to support International Missing Children’s Day Initiative

Today, on International Missing Children’s Day, FIFA is coming together with over 170 football clubs across six continents to support a new initiative that hopes to help find vulnerable young people. Each club, as well as FIFA, has volunteered to use their social media channels to share videos featuring children who are currently missing all over the world.

A guide to FIFA’s COVID-19 guidelines and their effects on Indian football clubs

Published Wednesday, 20 May 2020.

CAF initiates financial entitlement payments to clubs

In light of growing concerns and evolving nature of COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the suspension of football activities across the continent, CAF has resolved to accelerate the payment of final tranche of financial rewards to participating clubs in CAF Interclub competitions for the 2019/20 season.

COVID-19: Switzerland plans financial support to help international sports federations

Published Friday, 15 May 2020.

A guide to Financial Fair Play and the ability of European football clubs to raise finance (Part 1)

Published Thursday, 14 May 2020.

UEFA Appeals Body’s decision on anti-doping rule violation

The UEFA Appeals Body has today announced the following decision.

COVID-19: can esports help mitigate the impact on traditional sports?

Published Wednesday, 06 May 2020.

Why Nigeria’s new crowdfunding rules may prove an attractive option for sports teams

Published Friday, 01 May 2020.

Malawian FA offers support to clubs

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has moved in to help cushion clubs and players who have been hit hard financially after the effects of the Coronavirus put a halt to sporting activities in the country for the last one month.

FIFA statement

FIFA is deeply disappointed that the trial related to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ will not take place because it has now become time barred.

FIFA starts immediate financial support to member associations in response to COVID-19 impact

FIFA will release all operational funding due to member associations for the years 2019 and 2020 in the coming days as the first step of a relief plan to assist the football community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure will mean that a total of around USD 150 million will be distributed among the 211 national football governing bodies around the world.

Coronavirus shutdown: sharp rise in players reporting depression symptoms

FIFPRO and affiliated national player associations surveyed 1,602 professional footballers in countries that had implemented drastic measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus such as mass home-confinement. 1,134 male players, with a mean age of 26, and 468 female players, with a mean age of 23, took part in the survey.

Covid-19: implications for women’s football

A new FIFPRO paper warns that the growth of professional women’s football and evolution into a strong and viable industry is threatened by the implications of Covid-19. The absence of basic worker protections and global industry standards for working conditions in women’s football also mean the livelihoods of female players are extremely vulnerable.

AFC and FIFPRO cooperate to mitigate effect of coronavirus on Asian football

COVID-19: practical guidance for those affected by cancelled sports events in Germany

Published Tuesday, 07 April 2020.

Fourth report by independent FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board published

The independent FIFA Human Rights Advisory Board (HRAB), which comprises eight international experts in human rights and related areas, has published its fourth report and recommendations. The report, which covers the period from May to December 2019, recognises the important progress that FIFA has made on human rights over the last few years, while also highlighting the need for the organisation to now focus on embedding accountability for human rights at the political and governance levels.

Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting

The FIFA-Confederations working group which was recently established by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and which includes the FIFA administration and secretary generals and top executives from all confederations, has unanimously approved a series of recommendations following its first meeting, which was organised via conference call today.