© Getty ImagesThe eventual winners of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ will not be the only world champions crowned in Brazil in July this year with the Grand Final of the record-breaking FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) to be held in Rio de Janeiro on 2 and 3 July. Ahead of this event, FIFA and Presenting Partners Sony PlayStation® and EA SPORTS™ are giving Brazilian football fans the opportunity to secure one of the 20 spots at the Grand Final with a Host Country Qualifier event taking place in Brazil on 24 April 2014. The Host Country Qualifier event in April will be held at a venue to be confirmed very soon and will be contested by a selection of the
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FIFA confirms pots for World Cup
FIFA confirmed the pots for Friday's World Cup draw on Tuesday, putting the seeded teams in Pot 1, the African and South American teams in Pot 2, the CONCACAF and Asian teams in Pot 3 and the remaining nine European teams in Pot 4. • Johnson: The Pot X Factor• Duarte: Brazil's big problems• Delaney: Groups of death To make the number in each pot equal, at the start of the draw one of the nine European teams will be drawn into Pot 2, and will definitely face one of the seeded South American sides. Eight teams were seeded -- host Brazil and the top seven in FIFA’s October rankings -- and the other 24 teams were placed in pots based on "geographic
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter reopens ISL bung case
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced the infamous ISL court dossier will be opened and handed to an independent body to study to see if any members should face action. GettyImagesFIFA president Sepp Blatter at the FIFA Executive Committee Meeting FIFA have until now blocked the release of the court documents, which identifies FIFA officials said to have received payments from the world body's former marketing partner, but Blatter told a press conference in Zurich that the dossier would now be handed over. Blatter also announced the creation of three 'task forces' and a good governance committee to drive through reforms of FIFA. He laid out a two-year timetable for implementing the reforms. On the ISL case, Blatter said: "The executive committee has at
K’naan – Wavin’ Flag – South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010 Official Theme Song
This is the official theme song of the Fifa 2010 World Cup '' Wavin Flag'' by K'naan. The video editing was made by me ( Joaquim Coelho de Souza). If you want to see more videos like this please subscribe to my channel! Thanks! **** THANKS TO MICHAEL CIRIGLIANO FOR SOME OF THE CLIPS THAT I USED, SUBSCRIBE TO HIM , HIS VIDEOS ARE GREAT!***** Qualified Teams: Europe: - Greece - Serbia - Germany - Italy -Spain - Slovakia -Slovenia - Denmark - England - Portugal - France - Switzerland - Netherlands North America: - United States - Mexico - Honduras South America: - Brazil - Paraguay - Chile - Argentina - Uruguay Africa: - South Africa - Ghana -
FIFA Puskas Award 2010 – Goal of the year
FIFA announced the 10 goals nominated for the Puskas Award, given to the scorer of the best goal of the year. The winner will be chosen by votes cast on the FIFA website and criteria for the award include the quality of the goal and the importance of the match in which it was scored.1. Hamit Altintop , Turkey vs. Kazakhstan, Euro 2012 qualifier - Sept. 32. Matthew Burrows , Glentoran vs. Portadown, N. Ireland Premiership - Oct. 53. Linus Hallenius , Hammarby vs. Syrianska, Sweden Superettan - June 204. Lionel Messi , Barcelona vs. Valencia, La Liga - March 145. Samir Nasri , Arsenal vs. FC Porto, Champions League - March 96. Neymar , Santos FC vs. Santo Andre,