FIFA

n acronym for

Fédération Internationale de Football Association: the international governing body of association football

Word Origin for FIFA

from French

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Examples from the Web for fifa

Contemporary Examples of fifa

For all its flagrant indiscretions, though, FIFA has never run afoul of the law.
Is Soccer Great Lionel Messi Corrupt?
Jack Holmes
December 8, 2014
If only he had worked for FIFA, he might have a Picasso by now.
Is Soccer Great Lionel Messi Corrupt?
Jack Holmes
December 8, 2014
This year we got lucky and the FIFA World Cup made our summer sing.
Women's Sports Are Getting Less Airtime
Evelyn Shoop
August 23, 2014
In all of this lies the chance, also, for FIFA to redeem itself.
Best Way to Punish Putin? No World Cup
Tunku Varadarajan
July 20, 2014
I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of FIFA.
DUP-Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer
P. J. O’Rourke
July 13, 2014

Word Origin and History for fifa

FIFA

1915, acronym from Fédération Internationale de Football Association, founded 1904 in Paris.

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