Fundraising to get the ''next generation of superstars'' to
Dunedin for the Fifa Under-20 World Cup continues but the
council controls the bid, Football South says.
FIFA was impressed by Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday and
tournament organisers want Dunedin to reconsider a hosting
bid for 2015 Fifa Under-20 World Cup matches.
Football fans are in their usual frenzy of excitement
ahead of the release of Fifa 13. Hayden Meikle fires
some questions at the game's online producer, Garreth
Reeder.
Beer will sold at the 12 venues of the 2014 World Cup finals,
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Wednesday as he
attempted to close all further discussion on a controversial
issue in Brazil.
Spain remained top of the FIFA rankings and have been
acclaimed 'Team of the Year' for the fourth time running,
while Wales, inspired by the work of their late manager Gary
Speed, have been declared the year's 'Best Mover'.
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected FIFA president after a major
bribery scandal left him as the only candidate to deal with a
sport reeling from a wave of corruption allegations.
In the face of FIFA's worst scandal in its 107-year history,
a seething Sepp Blatter denied it is in crisis on Monday as
he moved closer to a fourth presidential term as head of the
world's most popular sport.
One week before FIFA's presidential election, a new bribery
scandal erupted that could destroy the candidacy of Sepp
Blatter's only rival and punish one of the federation's
longtime power brokers.
