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<title><![CDATA[Historic FIFA appointment for Burundi's Nsekera]]></title>
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FIFA left a two-million-dollar mark in Mauritius this week. Apart from granting the Indian Ocean island nation the right to host the organization's 63...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 31, 2013 16:34:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA congress to debate limits on age, term]]></title>
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The annual FIFA congress of member nations next month will debate whether to impose age and term limits on candidates for positions at soccer's governing body.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2013 08:38:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA mulls tough sanctions for racist abuse]]></title>
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FIFA is looking to approve tougher sanctions for racist abuse at its congress of 209 soccer nations.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 15, 2013 04:08:41 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romario seeks probe into alleged Brazilian federation corruption]]></title>
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Former Brazil great Romario says he is gathering signatures among other members of the country's congress to investigate alleged corruption at the nation's soccer federation.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 06, 2012 08:39:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA's Sepp Blatter calls for alternative to penalty shootouts]]></title>
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has asked German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer to find an alternative to penalty-kick shootouts.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 25, 2012 05:30:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA's Sepp Blatter expects less chaotic Congress of nations]]></title>
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Sepp Blatter said Tuesday he expects the FIFA Congress of world soccer nations to be a lot calmer than the last one.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 22, 2012 01:50:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA prepares to select anti-corruption officials]]></title>
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Tackling corruption in soccer will again top FIFA's agenda when the 208 members meet this week for a congress that will also see the first woman appointed to the governing body's executive committee.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 21, 2012 04:28:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil senate wants to talk to Sepp Blatter over 2014 World Cup bill]]></title>
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Brazil's senate wants to discuss a contentious World Cup bill with FIFA President Sepp Blatter instead of Secretary General Jerome Valcke, who last month caused a spat with the government after crudely complaining about the country's slow preparations.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 03, 2012 10:13:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA pleased World Cup bill advanced in Brazil]]></title>
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FIFA is pleased that Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a bill giving soccer's governing body the guarantees it wants to organize the 2014 World Cup.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 29, 2012 10:04:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turkey match-fixing scandal -- Punish fixers, not clubs, prime minister says]]></title>
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Turkey's prime minister says individuals rather than clubs should be punished for match-fixing.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 22, 2012 04:58:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA to pay for national team players' insurance, Sepp Blatter says]]></title>
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter promised on Thursday that soccer's world governing body will pay to insure players on international duty, in a move expected to satisfy Europe's top clubs.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 22, 2012 01:19:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFA, Brazil warm up again with Pele photo, lunch with Congress]]></title>
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Kind words were all it took to get FIFA and Brazil back on the same page.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 17, 2012 05:47:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil sports minister affirms support for alcohol sale at 2014 World Cup]]></title>
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Brazil's sports minister says the government remains committed to approving the sale of alcohol inside World Cup stadiums even though Congress is divided on the issue.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 15, 2012 06:35:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil's Congress still divided over alcohol sale in World Cup]]></title>
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Voting on a bill regulating the World Cup has been delayed again as Brazil's Congress remains divided over the sale of alcohol inside stadiums.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 14, 2012 17:44:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AFC delays decision on election for president]]></title>
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Banned FIFA executive Mohamed bin Hammam is hanging on to the Asian Football Confederation presidency by a thread after the regional body opted against convening an extraordinary congress to replace him before May.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 29, 2011 02:18:30 PDT</pubDate>
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