... ns of the FIFA disciplinary code. Meanwhile, lawmaker Nathan Law from the pro-democracy party Demosistō said the law has nothing to do with any action involving the national anthem that is meant as a ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-23
... into the FIFA Council, football’s global governing body, ordinary Chinese, and football fans, have been obsessed with a television drama. Candid portraits of corruption In the Name of the People is p ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
... ning body FIFA and said it will organize the first China Cup from 2017. In other initiatives, it inked a partnership with international basketball's governing body FIBA. The group has said that it pla ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-27
... place of FIFA’s global league of nations, has managed to score a few “world-class” goals in transfer markets to propel them to a position of “surpassing France and catching up with England”, to parap ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... ated with FIFA and is the de facto marketing and media distribution arm of World Cup; a very substantial but minority investment in Spain’s La Liga title contender Atletico Madrid; and a buyout of the ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
... ning body FIFA and said it would organize the first China Cup from next year. In June, Wanda became the worldwide exclusive partner for the sale and marketing of sponsorship and licensing rights for e ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... al ridden FIFA where he distinguished himself as a staunch defender of its former president Sepp Blatter. Even after the revelations of major corruption scandals that occurred under Blatter's watch, F ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
... ning body FIFA after Dalian Wanda Group signed a similar deal earlier this year. Alibaba E-Auto is the title sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup. And the chase for China's football dream goes on. -- Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on Wednesday to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that involves current FIFA chief, Gianni Infantino. The raid came af ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Despite putting up a good fight, Hong Kong lost to Qatar, 2-nil, in Thursday's FIFA World Cup qualifier. Shortly after the match, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying took to Facebook to praise Hong Kong's ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
... the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 Olympic Games, had bundled the broadcasting rights to each of the two events with its own commentary, advertising, editing and other promotional content in its sub-li ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
Dalian Wanda Group Co. will become FIFA's first major Chinese partner, stepping into a void left by other sponsors following a corruption scandal at the world football governing body. The Beijing-base ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
LeTV beat other local television stations to win the exclusive broadcasting rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Cheng Yizhong, chief executive of LeTV Sports in Hong Kong, said the company gain ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
The Hong Kong Football Association urged local football fans not to misbehave during matches after it was fined 10,000 Swiss francs (US$9,960 or HK$77,620) for repeated violations of the FIFA discipli ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
Football's two most powerful men -- Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini-- have been suspended for eight years by FIFA, the sport's world governing body. They are the highest-profile casualties of a sprawl ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
As many as 40 teams could make it to the 2026 FIFA World Cup under a plan to give more slots to African and Asian nations. However, FIFA, the world football governing body, will keep the door open for ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... ning body FIFA were charged along with current and former chiefs of the Brazil Football Confederation (CBF), which hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. A former president of Honduras, Rafael Calleja ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
FIFA, the world’s football governing body, has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) concerning the booing of the Chinese national anthem by local fans befo ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
... ides in a FIFA World Cup qualifier between Hong Kong and China which ended in a scoreless draw. Critics said the officials chose to be neutral for the sake of political correctness. -- Contact us at e ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... id at the FIFA World Cup qualifier between Hong Kong and China. Lin, on the other hand, said he did not perform well because of a thigh injury. He said Ng played exceptionally well and was very fast. ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
