Sports FIFA asks leagues to use ‘common sense’ over Floyd protests Olusegun Kugbayi Jun 2, 2020 The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) asked competition organisers to use “common sense” with players who…
COVID-19: FIFA postpones U-17, U-20 Women’s World Cup, Futsal World Cup to… Olusegun Kugbayi May 13, 2020 The world football governing body, FIFA, has announced the postponement of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women’s World Cup and the…
Falcons top Africa, moves to 38th spot in world on latest FIFA ranking Olusegun Kugbayi Mar 28, 2020 The Super Falcons have moved up one place and are now 38th in the world in the latest FIFA Women’s World Football Ranking…
Health FIFA postpones South American World Cup qualifiers Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Mar 13, 2020 World football governing body FIFA has postponed South American qualifying matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. This was…
FIFA to launch global review of match calendar Olusegun Kugbayi Feb 27, 2020 FIFA is to launch a major “once and for all” review of the international match calendar, which governs the dates of major…
Sports FIFA cancels Paraguay meeting, opts for video conferencing Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Feb 19, 2020 FIFA will hold the next meeting of its decision-making Council by video-conferencing from its Zurich headquarters, the global…
FIFA to launch fund to protect players’ salaries Olusegun Kugbayi Feb 12, 2020 World football governing body FIFA is launching a fund to support players who have not been paid by their clubs, a FIFA…
FIFA sues Blatter, Platini to recover £1.56m Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Dec 17, 2019 World soccer body FIFA on Monday filed claims in Swiss court seeking to recover 2 million Swiss francs (£1.56 million) that it…
FIFA bans ex-Brazil football chief, Ricardo Teixeira for life Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Nov 30, 2019 Ex-Brazilian football chief Ricardo Teixeira was banned for life from football on Friday for bribery, FIFA announced. World…
U-17 World Cup: FIFA names two Eaglets for best goal Olusegun Kugbayi Nov 7, 2019 Goals from two Golden Eaglets’ players, Ibrahim Sa’id and Peter Olawale, are in contention for the 2019 U-17 World Cup Goal of…