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Report Henry Brincat, Photos Christine Borg Keir Radnedge, chairman of the Football Commission of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), was the main speaker at a seminar organised by the Ghaqda Gurnalisti Sports (Malta Sports Journalists Association) on Friday evening. Radnedge spoke mainly about the problems which FIFA has been facing since it was founded on 21 May 1904 in Paris. The first delegates were from Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The founders created the first FIFA statutes, unifying the laws of the game to make it fair and clear to all players setting the foundation for all future football development. Radnedge said that over the years FIFA has expanded so much that now it has 209 members. Among others, he explained that it was Jules Rimet, a Frenchman, who came out with the idea of organising a World  Cup which, in a way, contributed to the [...]

The Malta Sports Journalists Association has sent an official letter to the General Secretary of the Malta Football Association where a protest was lodged following the unfortunate incident on Monday 12th October were Maltese and Croat journalists were not allowed in for the Malta National Coach Press conference after having arrived on location few minutes late. The letter urges the Malta Football Association to investigate the matter so that such situations are handled better by its officials and by UEFA personnel on duty. […]