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Kalbuadi: We are family
Thursday 20 November 2008Francisco Kalbuadi, President of the Timor-Leste FA, paid a visit to Zurich and spoke to FIFA.com about the development of football on the island.

Jordan's Goal hat-trick
Sunday 26 October 2008FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter helped break ground on a third Goal project in Amman, Jordan on 25 October 2008.

Historic day for Palestine
Friday 24 October 2008Palestine are set to play their very first international match on home soil when they welcome Jordan for a friendly on Sunday.

Blatter talks 6+5 and Goal
Monday 13 October 2008On a visit to Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia, FIFA President Joseph. S. Blatter was able to discuss two topics which are extremely close to his heart.

FIFA President to visit eastern Europe
Thursday 9 October 2008The FIFA President is heading east from 9-12 October, with Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia on the agenda for a three-day tour.

Philippines president promises support
Monday 4 August 2008Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has promised her support to the Philippines Football Federation (PFF) for developing the game in the country.
Blatter champions football in Philippines
Monday 4 August 2008President visits Qatar and Bahrain
Wednesday 13 February 200822 new Goal projects approved - four associations to receive first project
Tuesday 5 February 2008Blatter opens House of Football
Saturday 26 January 2008Blatter boosts upbeat Ghanaians
Monday 21 January 2008Azerbaijan welcomes Blatter and Platini
Monday 22 October 2007Blatter and Platini visit Armenia
Tuesday 16 October 2007President opens China and Mongolia's Home of Football
Friday 5 October 2007Pago Park hosts Samoan celebrations
Friday 14 September 2007Goal project brings joy to Malaysia
Monday 14 May 2007Goal celebrations in Tonga
Friday 30 March 2007189 associations benefit from Goal - 31 new projects approved
Thursday 22 March 2007FIFA Goal Programme: eight years of solidarity produces tangible results
Thursday 7 December 2006American Samoa honoured by 'blessing'
Wednesday 16 August 2006Cape Verde: 'Little Brazil' welcomes FIFA
Thursday 4 May 2006Senegal notch the 100th Goal
Thursday 4 May 200699th Goal project set up in Rabat
Thursday 4 May 2006Three days, three countries, three projects
Thursday 4 May 2006Senegal set for 100th Goal project
Saturday 29 April 2006Tunisia plays host to delegation
Monday 27 March 2006Paraguayan football makes room for its youngsters
Monday 27 February 2006A new academy for the Solomon Islands
Friday 23 December 2005176 associations now benefiting from FIFA Goal Programme
Thursday 10 November 2005A Sudanese GOAL springs to life between the two Niles
Friday 29 July 2005Djibouti's GOAL comes into focus
Friday 29 July 2005An Ethiopian GOAL: laying a solid foundation, both literal and figurative
Friday 29 July 2005FIFA's east African GOALs become reality
Friday 29 July 2005A Goal for Guam
Wednesday 18 May 2005At the heart of “Goal Africa”
Friday 22 April 2005FIFA President in sub-Saharan Africa
Thursday 7 April 2005Seeds planted in Botswana Goal Project
Friday 18 March 2005Platini opens Football House in Madagascar
Thursday 3 March 2005Brazil goes high-tech
Wednesday 2 March 2005172 associations now benefiting from FIFA Goal Programme
Monday 21 February 2005Laying the foundations for the future of Chilean football
Thursday 23 December 2004Flying visit to see Goal projects taking off
Friday 19 November 2004FIFA President impressed by Venezuelan Goal project
Wednesday 10 November 2004A Goal and a HatTrick in Azerbaijan
Wednesday 27 October 2004FIFA goes to Futbolistan
Tuesday 28 September 2004Goal Bureau approves 27 new projects
Wednesday 22 September 2004New home heartens belief in Belarus future
Friday 30 July 2004Breaking ground in Vanuatu
Wednesday 14 July 2004A social Goal in Argentina
Tuesday 6 July 2004Tonga takes regal strides towards Goal
Tuesday 29 June 2004Planting seeds for Polynesian football
Tuesday 29 June 2004Fit for a king
Tuesday 29 June 2004The Cooks get their House in order
Tuesday 13 April 2004FIFA aid for Afghanistan – an affair of the heart
Friday 9 April 2004Changing the face of Albania
Wednesday 7 April 2004Albania on the up
Wednesday 7 April 2004Caribbean Dream
Wednesday 24 March 2004The Goal Project
Thursday 18 March 2004Goal Bureau approves two new projects
Tuesday 17 February 2004Football flourishing by the Baltic
Tuesday 27 January 2004Goal reins in the Caribbean
Monday 12 January 2004A visit to the past, present and future
Friday 21 November 2003A new day dawns in Surinam
Wednesday 5 November 2003FIFA gains the support of the coalition provisional authority to relaunch Iraqi football
Tuesday 21 October 2003Goal Programme steps up a gear in a number of countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq
Wednesday 15 October 2003Namibia shines on President’s debut
Thursday 9 October 2003Developing youth football in Luxembourg
Tuesday 16 September 2003Little Luxembourg thinking big
Tuesday 16 September 2003Dr Jozef Venglos: “We can now compete”
Thursday 11 September 2003A short history of Slovakian football
Thursday 11 September 2003New complex set to aid Slovakia’s rise
Thursday 11 September 2003Afghanistan looks to the future
Tuesday 29 July 2003A pitch for success
Monday 21 July 2003Bricks and mortar help build Bahrain’s dreams
Thursday 10 July 2003Myanmar football poised for resurrection
Thursday 3 July 2003A timely Goal for Papua New Guinea
Tuesday 10 June 200372 hours in the Caucasus
Tuesday 27 May 2003A football school rises from the ashes
Tuesday 27 May 2003Georgia boasts a new National Coaching Centre
Tuesday 27 May 2003A FUFA House in the heart of Africa
Friday 16 May 2003A big Goal for the tiny Cook Islands
Friday 9 May 2003Goal Bureau approves 20 new projects
Friday 2 May 2003Maldives: football’s fantasy islands
Tuesday 29 April 2003Goal breaks new ground deep in the Indian Ocean
Tuesday 29 April 2003Ibrahim Ismail: Islanders were singing in the rain
Tuesday 29 April 2003Villa lead by example
Tuesday 15 April 2003Problems and pitfalls - Ugandan football exposed
Tuesday 15 April 2003Uganda’s children tell the world their footballing dreams
Tuesday 15 April 2003Kibuli champions Uganda’s youth
Tuesday 15 April 2003On the road: A day in the life of Mohamed Bin Hammam
Tuesday 15 April 2003Mohamed Bin Hammam: A challenge to build on the success
Tuesday 15 April 2003Steppe by steppe
Thursday 10 April 2003Philippine football emerges from a century´s neglect
Tuesday 1 April 2003Paraguay get a Goal in record time
Friday 28 March 2003A golden Goal for the youth of Panama
Monday 24 March 2003A launch pad to send Vietnamese football soaring
Friday 14 February 2003New dawn in Cambodian football
Thursday 13 February 2003FIFA/Goal Marketing Seminar in Riga, Latvia
Thursday 6 February 2003Caribbean hits six
Tuesday 4 February 2003Goal projects set for inauguration in Fiji and Papua New Guinea
Friday 31 January 2003Belarus set to break winter trap
Thursday 16 January 2003Goalkeeping president gives nation a helping hand
Monday 13 January 2003Platini juggles to open Lithuanian pitch
Saturday 14 December 2002New football centres in Central America
Tuesday 10 December 2002Mongolia, DPR Korea break new ground
Tuesday 26 November 2002New pitch warms Korean hearts
Tuesday 26 November 2002A Garden of Eden deep in the Pacific
Tuesday 19 November 2002Pleasure turns to pain by the marketside
Tuesday 19 November 2002Football gives shot in the arm to Solomon peace process
Tuesday 19 November 2002GOAL strikes two more Caribbean targets
Tuesday 29 October 2002Afghans make first pass on GOAL
Friday 25 October 2002GOAL scores twice in the Americas
Monday 21 October 2002FIFA helps Afghanistan
Thursday 3 October 2002Goal brings smiles to faces in Moldova and Romania
Monday 23 September 2002CONCACAF leadership in attendance at Goal Project meeting in Central America
Wednesday 11 September 2002Europe’s first Goal projects inaugurated in Moldova and Romania
Monday 19 August 2002adidas provides 100,000 Footballs to the FIFA GOAL Programme
Sunday 2 June 2002FIFA President officiates a traditional ceremony for FIFA Goal Project in Tonga
Wednesday 22 May 2002How FIFA shares out its revenues
Wednesday 22 May 2002Montserrat: best losers
Tuesday 7 May 2002Three CONCACAF nations see projects under FIFA Goal Program take shape
Thursday 2 May 2002Nicaragua first association to complete a Goal Project in Central America
Thursday 25 April 2002Football Academy opened in Mozambique
Tuesday 9 April 2002More Goal projects come to fruition
Sunday 7 April 2002Montserrat FA Project Inauguration
Friday 5 April 2002New headquarters of Mali FA inaugurated
Thursday 28 March 2002History of FIFA Development Work
Tuesday 26 March 2002First Goal Project accomplished in Liberia
Tuesday 26 March 2002Message from the FIFA President
Tuesday 26 March 2002Goal Project - An introduction
Tuesday 26 March 2002Goal Process
Tuesday 26 March 2002Thirty new FIFA Goal projects approved
Monday 4 March 2002Bahamas score Goal on FIFA assist
Friday 1 March 2002New headquarters of Mali FA inaugurated
Wednesday 23 January 2002Inauguration of yet another Goal Project by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, this time in Mali
Monday 14 January 2002Even Europe needs our help
Friday 11 January 2002New Goal Projects for Samoa and Solomon Islands
Wednesday 1 August 2001A success story that is far from over
Tuesday 26 June 2001Security in football stadia to be discussed at the Extraordinary Congress - Another Goal project completed
Thursday 17 May 2001New Jordan FA headquarters inaugurated
Monday 7 May 2001FIFA President visits Jordan, Egypt and Sri Lanka
Wednesday 2 May 2001First Goal pilot project completed in Liberia
Friday 24 November 2000Goal seminar prior to the Congress
Thursday 3 August 2000Where is Goal helping out?
Sunday 11 June 2000Off to a promising start
Saturday 10 June 2000FIFA President Blatter visits Israel
Sunday 14 November 1999FIFA President Blatter completes first part of Middle East trip
Monday 8 November 19992006 World Cup, Confederations Cup and TV rights, main topics during presidential visit in Saudi Arabia
Friday 5 November 1999Historic Middle East trip for the FIFA President
Thursday 4 November 1999GOAL - a project for the future of the game
Thursday 5 August 1999"GOAL" - the new Development Programme tailored to suit specific requirements
Monday 7 June 1999