Football Partnerships

FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency are set to team up on an anti-doping project to test Europe’s top soccer players for banned drugs. FIFA medical chief Jiri Dvorak said Saturday that a blood-profiling scheme similar to cycling’s biological passport could start trials next month. FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and WADA president John Fahey will meet this month to discuss the project.

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By WILSON LIEVANO

FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency are set to team up on an anti-doping project to test Europe’s top soccer players for banned drugs. FIFA medical chief Jiri Dvorak said Saturday that a blood-profiling scheme similar to cycling’s biological passport could start trials next month. FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and WADA president John Fahey will meet this month to discuss the project.

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By Alex Kotler

United States Men’s National Team player - and Football Partnerships member - Jonathan Bornstein salvaged a draw for the United States in last night’s World Cup qualifier at RFK Stadium in Washington DC.

Saving face for the Stars and Stripes in what would have been an embarrassing defeat, Bornstein’s goal lifted American spirits and gifted Honduras with a berth to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. We congratulate him on his performance, which preserved the American home record in World Cup qualifying.

By David Carnoy

EA Sports is one of the few game companies that’s managed to successfully charge $9.99 for a game in Apple’s App Store. Madden NFL 10, priced at 10 bucks, remains a top seller, and now FIFA Soccer 10 has hit the App Store for $9.99 and seems destined to make a run for the top spot in the games category.

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Millions of mobile and online content
users across Africa and the Middle East will reap the benefits of a landmark
tie-up between MTN and IMImobile - an India-based software and managed services
provider linked to 350 content providers worldwide.

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