NEW YORK (May 17, 2013) - The MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended Columbus Crew forward Jairo Arrieta for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct that endangered the safety of his opponent, Colorado Rapids defender Drew Moor, in the 18^th minute of their game on May 11 (VIDEO).

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FIFA can today confirm the worldwide extension of sanctions imposed on eight players by the Estonian Football Association and one player by the Lebanese Football Association relating to match-manipulation and fraud investigations.

The eight Estonian players each received a one-year ban from all football-related activities while the Lebanese player was banned from all football-related activities for life.

The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee extended the sanctions to   Read More

After incidents during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Roma on Sunday, where Mario Balotelli and Kevin-Prince Boateng were victims of racism chants, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter underlined his fight against racism in an interview with FIFA.com.

Play was stopped early in the second half at the San Siro by the referee because of chanting by visiting Roma fans .Warnings were broadcast over the public address system. The game resumed immed   Read More

Lausanne (SUI), May 12, 2013 - Kuwait City (KUW) successfully hosted the 4th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo Development Trophy from May 6-11, 2013.

In all, 11 teams attended the event: Egypt, Guatemala, Kuwait, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Tunisia, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.

The teams of Egypt and Uzbekistan, which topped Group A and B respectively at the end of the final round robin day of the competition, had a hard-   Read More