Football's world governing body has fined the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) 5,000 Swiss francs (US$5,124) for unruly behavior by fans during the recent Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
... e crowned FIFA World Player of the Year and winner of two Ballon d’Or awards, Ronaldo is considered one the most successful players in the 1990s. He has won the FIFA World Cup twice and a first runner ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he has no intention of quitting after Swiss prosecutors opened an investigation into alleged criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds at the world soccer's ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
... notified FIFA that the next match will be played at the Hong Kong Stadium as early as January. But it has come to the attention of the football association that the venue will not be available for th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
Football's world governing body FIFA has put Jerome Valcke, its second-ranking official, on leave in the wake of allegations that he was involved in a plan to resell World Cup tickets for a lucrative ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
Hong Kong fans booed the Chinese national anthem thrice in four matches in the FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers these past several weeks. They did it during Hong Kong's matches against Bhutan and Maldi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
... week, the FIFA World Cup qualifying round between Hong Kong and China, begged the oft-repeated question: why does football suck in China (and Hong Kong)? The Chinese national football team failed to s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-05
... in their FIFA World Cup qualifier was more memorable than the sight of goose-stepping soldiers and tanks rolling down Chang'an Avenue in Beijing. We know that part of the story -- Xi Jinping reviewi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Hong Kong battled China to a scoreless draw Thursday to stay one point clear of its closest pursuer in the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. China threw everything they got at Hong Kong an ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... na joined FIFA in 1979. However, mainland authorities choose to use the unofficial “Hong Kong, China” to refer to the city’s team, as seen in the promotional posters from the Chinese Football Associat ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
A global group of government anti-money-laundering agencies said financial institutions have not done enough to police suspicious financial activity by FIFA officials, Reuters reported. The Paris-base ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... rt in the FIFA World Cup qualification rounds. The offending poster displayed an image of Hong Kong players with the words: “Do not underestimate the opponent. This is a team with black-, yellow- and ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
FIFA, soccer's international governing body, is now a center of power standing next to nation-states. On football matters, it wields omnipotent authority. The globe is not large enough for a second FI ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
Months before the start of their qualifier game for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the battle between the Chinese and Hong Kong teams is already raging – in the promotional posters for the matches. The Chin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
FIFA chiefs exchanged favors for years to avoid conflict in a governance model that resembles a private club. The revelations were made by executives of national soccer organizations and sports groups ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
Ours is a world of impunity. Allegations of corruption swarmed around FIFA for decades, culminating in mass indictments of officials of the international soccer federation last week. Yet FIFA presiden ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
A former top FIFA official admitted that he and others on the executive committee of soccer's global governing body agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as 2010 Wo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
Sepp Blatter said Tuesday that he will step down as FIFA president amid a widening corruption investigation into the world soccer's governing body. In an unexpected announcement just four days after h ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has rejected calls for him to resign despite admitting on Thursday that the corruption scandal engulfing soccer's governing body has brought shame to the sport. Making his ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
... sident of FIFA, is a target in the probe, Reuters reported Thursday. Soccer chiefs, including serving and former members of the FIFA executive committee, were held after a dawn raid on a five-star h ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
