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Federation Internationale de Football Association
(FIFA)
Homepage: http://www.fifa.com/default.html
Rules and regulations URL:
http://www.fifa.com/en/regulations
/regulation/0,1584,3,00.html
History:
FIFA, otherwise known
as the Federation Internationale de Football
Association, is the world’s top soccer
governing body. Founded in May 21,1904 in
Paris, France, FIFA is responsible for supervising
international competitions (such as the
World Cup) and safeguarding the sport against
negative imagery and its rules against abuse.
Now based in Zurich, Switzerland, FIFA implements
development programs to promote soccer throughout
the world.
To date, FIFA has
203 member national associations. Helping
FIFA in coordinating with the various national
associations are six trusted confederations
scattered all over the world. These include
the Asian Football Confederation (AFC),
Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF),
Football Confederation (in North and Central
America and the Caribbean), Confederacion
Sudamericana de Futbol or CONMEBOL (in South
America), Union of European Football Associations
(UEFA), and Oceania Football Conference
(OFC).
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