Following the four-match international ban handed to him by the world football governing body, Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi has written to FIFA to request that the...
Concerning the 48-team World Cup format which begins in 2026, the FIFA Council has agreed on a new proposed slot allocation during their meeting at FIFA...
Argentina were defeated 2-0 by Bolivia in a World Cup qualifying tie that held few hours after Argentine captain Lionel Messi was handed a four-match ban...
Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi has been heavily punished by world football governing body FIFA for misconduct during a recent Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match. In...
Super Falcons of Nigeria moved up one spot to 34th position in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola women’s World Ranking released on FIFA’s official website on Friday....
Ahead of the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup coming up from April 27 to May 27 in Bahamas, Super Sand Eagles who did not make...
The Senegal Football Federation (FSF) has hailed the handing of a lifetime ban to Ghanaian referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey by FIFA. The world football governing body...
World football governing body, FIFA, on Friday in Zurich said all of Mali’s football clubs have been suspended from international competitions after the country’s government interfered...
Ahead of the Presidential election of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Former Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o has aired his support for the emergence of a...
Recently banned former FIFA and CAF Executive Committee member, Dr. Amos Adamu has retired from football administration to now focus on service to God. Adamu made...
The Supersand Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn alongside Mexico, Italy and a yet-to-be-ascertained Asian team for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 to...
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has handed Nigerian sports administrator and former executive committee member, Dr Amos Adamu, a two-year ban on The investigatory...
The President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, has said Africa will have at least seven representatives when the World Cup expansion...
The president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, has stated he is ready to work with whoever emerges winner in next month’s...
Following the vote to expand the World Cup from its current format of 32 teams to 48, Africa will be looking to double the number of...
Following a broadcast on BBC warning of a ‘festival of violence’ by hooligans at next year’s World Cup, Russian officials on Friday slammed the documentary as...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday has said he is “not concerned” by the threat of hooliganism at next year’s World Cup in Russia, following reports...
Argentinian legend Diego Maradona has been handed an ambassadorial role by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). The 56-year-old made this known in a post...
Union of European football Associations (UEFA) Thursday said it will ask to be given 16 places at the expanded 48-team World Cup which begins in 2026....
Following the worldwide ban of Christopher Giwa and four other Nigerian officials from football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday, Giwa has made known his intentions of...
The global football governing body, FIFA, has named the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, member of the Organising Committee for Competitions....
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been ranked among world’s top 50 teams in the first Coca-Cola FIFA rankings of the year, after dropping to 51...
The world football governing body, FIFA, on Wednesday, published an article on its website attributed to stars of the round leather game who went yonder in...
Gianni Infantino, the president of the global football governing body, FIFA, on Wednesday proved again his enthusiasm towards expanding the World Cup finals from 32 to...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria were among the worst movers in the top 50 according to the rankings published on Thursday by the world football governing...
Football administrator and former FIFA executive committee member, Amos Adamu is to face another ban from football-related activities by the world football governing body, FIFA. The...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said that the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, is misinformed over the finances of the football body....
After an impressive win over Club America at the on-going FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, Real Madrid’s Christiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and coach Zidane have...
Portugal and Real Madrid forward, Christiano Ronaldo has won the 2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or award on Monday, making it the fourth time after clinching the third...
Barcelona forward, Neymar, has said his teammate and Argentine striker Lionel Messi deserves the FIFA Ballon d’Or award over Real Madrid’s Christiano Ronaldo. The award that...
Wilfried Zaha, a winger for Premier League Club Crystal Palace, has decided to switch his international allegiance to Ivory Coast from England according the Ivorian Football...
Nigerian Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung on Thursday that he was against Nigeria’s participation at the World Cup, because the global football competition...
Japan’s U-20 women’s team on Sunday walloped their Nigerian counterpart 6-0 in what could be described as the worst possible start at the FIFA U-20 World...
FIFA has launched its own award ceremony to rival the Ballon d’Or with the creation of the Best FIFA Football Awards. The inaugural show for “football...
Atletico Madrid has accepted it will not sign players in January while it fights a FIFA transfer ban at sport’s highest court. FIFA and Atletico jointly...
The Nigeria Football Federation has won a protest it quietly launched following the release of the official match appointment, which set the kick –off time at...
Football’s world ruling body, FIFA, has appointed respected Gambian official Bakary Papa Gassama as referee for next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria...
Work has commenced apace on the pitch of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo ahead of next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria...
World football –governing body, FIFA and the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has handed more and even weightier duties to highly –respected Nigerian football administrator, Mr....
Nigeria U-17 women team, the Flamingoes on Saturday began their campaign at the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup in Jordan on a losing note after they...
Kwesi Nyantakyi and Almamy Kabele Camara have been elected to fill two new Confederation of African Football seats on the FIFA Council. Nyantakyi is president of...
Dutch legend Marco van Basten has been put in charge of technical development at FIFA, with president Gianni Infantino saying he can help “protect football”. The...
Nigeria’s Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, on Thursday invited Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, Manchester City youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho, and 21 other players for the next month’s...
UEFA elected Aleksander Čeferin as its new UEFA president on Wednesday, filling the office previously occupied by Michel Platini. Čeferin, 48, won 42 of the 55...
President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has refuted claims in some section of the Nigerian media that the leadership of Confederation of African Football...
World football governing body, FIFA, has rated Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi with an individual accolade at the recently concluded Rio 2016 Olympic Games, despite playing only...
Joao Havelange, who has died at 100, was the man who made FIFA a global powerhouse, only to resign under a cloud of corruption that has...
Real Madrid star man, Cristiano Ronaldo, on Wednesday returned to training after several weeks of layoff. Ronaldo has not been in action since the final of...
FIFA ethics prosecutors have cleared President Gianni Infantino in the case of alleged misconduct over use of private flights. Infantino was under investigation last month over...
U-23 Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, has finally formalised his change of name after the Nigeria Football Federation mistakenly changed his name to Mikel on the submission...
