GENEVA - FIFA and Uefa on Tuesday formally rejected rules that allow anti-doping authorities to locate individual players for out of competition drugs testing.

The governing bodies of European and world football said in a joint statement that there were fundamental differences between an individual athlete and those involved in team sports that needed to be taken into account in the World Anti Doping Agency's (Wada) 'whereabouts' rule.

FOOTBALL Association of Singapore president Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee has decided to step down on March 31 after five successful years in charge.

MANCHESTER (England) - BRAZIL striker Robinho threatened Pele with legal action on Tuesday over the former great's suggestion that he had a drug problem.

The Manchester City forward is angry at Pele's comments last week that Robinho and Ronaldo had both had a drug problem. Robinho's representatives want Pele to explain the comments attributed to him and apologize if they were accurately reported.