News

U.S. women win FIFA Fair Play prize
Friday 2 August 1996FIFA has announced that the United States has won the FIFA Fair Play Trophy in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

FIFA doping test procedures
Wednesday 24 July 1996FIFA has clarified its policy with regard to doping controls at the matches of the men's and women's Olympic Football Tournaments in the United State.

Olympic tournament referees appointed
Thursday 18 July 1996Sonia Denoncourt of Canada will become the first woman ever to referee an Olympic football match. Lucian Bouchardeau of Niger will referee the sell-out first match of the Olympic Football Tournament.

Norway's Andersen Twins looking for more Records
Sunday 2 June 1996Behind the USA, Norway are the team most fancied to become the first ever women's Olympic soccer champions. An unusual feature of the Scandinavian team: the twin sisters Nina and Anne Nymark-Andersen.

The five Venues
Sunday 2 June 1996
Electronic communication system will be tried out by match officials at the 1996 Olympic Football Tournaments
Monday 13 November 1995Referees and linesmen and -women at the 1996 men's and women's OlympicFootball Tournaments will be equipped with an electronic communication systemas an experiment.