FIFA Puskás Award The nominees for 2014 were announced on 12 November. FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 12 November 2015. FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 21 November 2016. FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 22 September 2017. FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 3 September 2018. FIFA Puskás Award The FIFA Puskás Award is an award established on 20 October 2009 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), at the behest of then-president Sepp Blatter, in order to award the player, male or female, judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant,
2006 FIFA World Cup The DFB announced they would consider seeking legal action against Der Spiegel. During a press conference on 22 October 2015, Nierbach repeated his stance, emphasizing that the 6,7 million were used in 2002 to secure a subsidy by FIFA. According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon during a meeting between Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA president Blatter, with the money being provided by Dreyfus. On the same day, FIFA contradicted Niersbach's statement, saying: "By our current state of knowledge, no such payment of 10 million Franks was registered by FIFA in 2002." The following day, former DFB president Theo