Fernando Gomes has been re-elected for a second term as president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).Gomes, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, singled out transparency as the main objective of this new term. "Simplicity is football's main asset,” he said, “and things have to be as simple off the field of play as they are on it. Transparency is something we will put upon ourselves during the four years of this term. Along with my team, I want to leave a legacy as far as this is concerned."The FPF must be a model organisation. Socially responsible, innovative and integrative, finding the balance between professional football and the grassroots, and listenin...
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Indriksons re-elected in Latvia
Guntis Indriksons has been re-elected as president of the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) for another four-year term.Indriksons, who has been at the helm of the national association for 20 years, was confirmed in office at the LFF congress in Riga. Janis Mežeckis was also re-elected as LFF general secretary.Latvian football has developed steadily since 1996, when Indriksons became LFF president. He pledged to continue to develop the game in the Baltic country and to give the Latvian people every opportunity to play football throughout the year.Indriksons also promised that Latvia would contribute to the fight against match-fixing and that plans to build a new natio...