Former FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter Throws Weight Behind Morocco’s 2026 World Cup Bid
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has backed Morocco's bid to host the 2026 World Cup. The 81-year-old is currently serving ...
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Spain Football Chief Angel Maria Villar Llona Arrested
The president of the Spanish Football Federation and his son have been held as part of a corruption investigation, police ...
FIFA Prez Not Under Probe
FIFA has dismissed a report that its ethics committee had started an investigation against the organisation’s President, Gianni Infantino, before ...
Infantino Defends Fifa From ‘fake News’
Critics of world football's governing body are spreading "fake news" and taking part in "Fifa bashing", says president Gianni Infantino. ...
Guam Chief Pleads Guilty In FIFA Scandal
The US prosecution of the massive corruption scandal rocking world soccer scalped a new head on Thursday: the football chief ...
Sepp Blatter Wanted To Make Me His Last Scalp
Former Uefa president Michel Platini has accused Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter of being determined to make him "his last scalp". ...
African Football Chief Hayatou Faces Challenger In Bid For 8th Term
Issa Hayatou, the last of the old generation leaders in world football, faces a rare and determined challenge when he ...
Africa’s Football Emperor Hayatou Kicks Out Controversy
Issa Hayatou, born a prince and emperor of African football for three decades, has been at the centre of scandal ...
FIFA Ban Nigeria’s Adamu For Two Years
Nigeria's former football official Amos Adamu was on Tuesday banned for two years by world governing body FIFA for ethics ...
Some Promises Kept But Tired Old Words Are Not Enough
If Gianni Infantino should be upset at scepticism enshrouding his first year as FIFA president then he need only delve ...
Ghana Football Association And “Mafia” Tactics Against Ministers
Isaac Asiama and “proverbial frogs”; GFA and “proverbial lizards” There’re two proverbs that has given birth to the title above: ...
Isaac Asiama And “Proverbial Frogs”; GFA And “Proverbial Lizards”
There’re two proverbs that has given birth to the title above: “when a frog in front falls in a pit, ...
Fifa Set To Vote On Gianni Infantino’s 48-Team Plan
Fifa will vote on Tuesday on plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 2026, in line with ...
Infantino Ignores My Calls
Ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter has accused successor Gianni Infantino of disrespecting him and says the new head of world football ...
Ivorian Legend Laurent Pokou Dies Aged 69
Long after Laurent N'dri Pokou had hung up his boots, his was a name known to a new generation of ...
Sam Allardyce Faces FA Probe After Newspaper Sting
The Football Association is investigating allegations England manager Sam Allardyce used his role to negotiate a £400,000 deal and offer ...
New UEFA President Faces Champions League Turmoil
UEFA's 55 member nations will elect a new president at the special congress on Wednesday in Athens. The little-known Slovenian ...
Banned Michel Platini Given Permission To Address UEFA Meeting
Payment that led to Platini's ban from football is still under investigation by Swiss prosecutor Michel Platini has been given ...