Schweinsteiger To Join Chicago Fire
Bastian Schweinsteiger is to join Chicago Fire as a deal has been agreed with Manchester United and the player. The 32-year-old German midfielder’s move to MLS is subject to a medical and a visa...
Tag: Fifa World Cup
Kwesi Appiah Shouldn’t Have Applied For Ghana Job, Says Osei
Ghana Football Association executive committee member, Wilfred Kwaku Osei, claims Kwesi Appiah was wrong to have applied again for the Black Stars job, following the departure of Avram Grant. Appiah...
Ghana FA Fumes At Lamptey Fifa Ban
Ghana Football Association Referees Appointment Committee chairman Eddy Doku is livid at referee Joseph Lamptey's life ban by Fifa for match manipulation. Lamptey has been indefinitely suspended from...
Neuer Withdraws From Germany Squad With Calf Injury
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has pulled out of Germany's national football squad for their upcoming friendly against England and World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan because of a calf injury. Uncapped...
Ghanaian Referee Joseph Lamptey Banned For Life By Fifa
Ghanaian center official Joseph Odartei Lamptey has been handed a life ban by the world governing body of football, Fifa. Lamptey received a Confederation of African Football (Caf) suspension last...
I Want To Finish My Career At Barcelona
Barcelona star Andres Iniesta wants to finish his career at the club, as long as he is considered important. Iniesta, 32, came through Barca's famed La Masia academy, and has enjoyed a trophy-laden...
Trump Travel Ban Could Affect USA 2026 World Cup Bid
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has indicated Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban could prevent the United States from hosting the World Cup. The US is favourite to win the right to host the...
Black Stars Continue Surge On FIFA Ranking But Stagnant In Africa
Ghana moved up two places to 43rd in the latest FIFA ranking released for the month of March but remained stagnant on the continent. Last month, the Black Stars profited from their semi-final place...
UEFA To Sideline Referee Aytekin
Deniz Aytekin, the referee in charge of Barcelona's 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain, could be facing a spell on the sidelines as a result of his performance. Pierluigi Collina is UEFA's head of...
Trump Ban Could Hit World Cup Bid
American President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban could make it impossible for his country to host the 2026 World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino warned on Thursday. The United States...
Ghana Moves Two Places Up In Latest FIFA Ranking
Ghana is now 43rd on the FIFA ranking Ghana moved up two places to 43rd in the latest FIFA ranking released for the month of March but remained stagnant on the continent. Last month, the Black Stars...
Metro Aims To Break New Ground In Car-Mad Qatar
Qatar's metro, once completed, will run hundreds of kilometres across ultra-modern Doha, along the coast and into its expanding suburbs. But whether car-mad Qataris will actually use it remains an...
Asia Demands More World Cup Places
Asia wants a significant increase in its allocation of places in the 48-nation 2026 World Cup, the head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) told AFP. Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said...
England Scores Late To Beat USA In SheBelieves Cup
Ellen White's 89th-minute strike lifted England to a 1-0 victory over the United States on Saturday in the SheBelieves Cup at Harrison, New Jersey. In front of a sell-out crowd of 25,000 at Red Bull...
Pele’s Son Released From Jail Pending Appeal of Charges
A Brazilian court has ruled that the son of soccer great Pele must be released from jail and allowed to fight an almost 13-year prison sentence for drug-related charges while free. Edson Cholbi do...
Qatar Population Booms On Back of 2022 World Cup
Qatar's population has swollen by almost 40 percent since the emirate was chosen to the host the 2022 World Cup, official government figures have revealed. The country's population stands at a record...
USA Down Germany To Kick Off Women’s Football SheBelieves Cup
The United States launched their 2017 season with a 1-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday in a duel of FIFA's top-ranked women's teams in the SheBelieves Cup women's tournament. Lynn Williams scored...
Fifa Ban Ex-Nigeria Football Official For Two Years
Nigeria's former football official Amos Adamu was on Tuesday banned for two years by world governing body Fifa for ethics violations. Adamu, a former Fifa executive committee member and West African...
FIFA Chief Infantino Promises Africa World Cup Dream
FIFA president Gianni Infantino vows to honour a promise to hike Africa's World Cup finals berths to nine or ten during a visit to the impoverished West African state of Mauritania this week. "We...
Ghana’s 2018 World Cup Is In Jeopardy
Black Stars Management Committee Vice Chairman, Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer believes Avram Grant’s successor will face a tough task qualifying the nation to its fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup. The...