Authoritative ruling from soccer body that wants active leaders (5)
I believe the answer is:
fatwa
'authoritative ruling' is the definition.
'fatwa' can be an answer for 'ruling' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'authoritative' bit.
'soccer body that wants active leaders' is the wordplay.
'soccer body' becomes 'FA'.
'leaders' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'that wants active' is 'twa'.
'fa'+'twa'='FATWA'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fatwa that I've seen before include "Islamic opinion" , "Legal ruling by Islamic leader, as against Salman Rushdie" , "Ruling by Islamic leader, as on Salmon Rushdie" , "Legal decision by Islamic religious leader" , "threat" .)