Excitement is building up for the sale of tickets for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup as the emblem of the tournament to be hosted by Qatar has officially been unveiled. With 50less than 50 days left before the 16th edition of the tournament starts in Qatar, the official emblem of the tournament ha... Read more...
Keramuudin Kasim, former president of the Afghanistan Football Federation, was banned from football for life in June by Fifa for sexually abusing players in the women's national team A former Afghan football official has been banned for five years for "failing to report and prevent" the sexual abus... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The world Football governing body, Federation of International Football Association FIFA; the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and Nigeria football legend, Kanu Nwankwo have all expressed shock and sadness over the sudden death of former Super Eagles player and Olympic Team capta... Read more...
Former Super Eagles’ manager, Samson Siasia, has pleaded with the country’s philanthropists as well as the federal government to come to his aid to appeal FIFA’s life ban handed to him. The USA ’94 Super Eagles’ striker, who is expected to pay 100,000 Swiss Francs (N36,453,400) by Octo... Read more...
Ex-Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia needs urgent help as he is gradually sliding into depression, according to Sports Journalist Godwin Enakhena. Also an ex-international, he is facing a very trying period as he did not only get a life ban from football but also has his mother being held hostage... Read more...
Former coach Emmanuel Amuneke has dragged the Tanzania Football Federation to FIFA over unpaid monies. Amuneke qualified Tanzania for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but the side could not go past the group stage of the tournament. As a result, TFF and Amuneke agreed to terminate the coach's ... Read more...
FIFA have formed an independent task force to help reform the scandal-ridden Confederation of African Football having taken over the management of the continental organisation last month. Politicians, jurists and financial experts, including a former foreign minister of Mali, have been named to ... Read more...
For a continent whose players have been crucial members of the most successful clubs in European football, Africa’s lack of success when it comes to individual awards is surprising. Can you believe that there has only ever been one African winner of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award ... Read more...
Italian officials have been appointed by FIFA to oversee the international friendly between Ukraine and Nigeria. The match will hold at the Dnipro-Arena Stadium on Tuesday. The centre referee will be Paolo Valerie, while compatriots Alessandro Costanzo and Stefano Alassio, will work as assist... Read more...
Iranian women fans will be allowed to attend a men’s soccer World Cub qualifying match in the Islamic Republic in October, the official IRNA news agency quoted a Sports Ministry official as saying on Sunday, amid heightened pressure from FIFA. While foreign women have been allowed limited acce... Read more...