Tag: FIFA
FIFA sponsor Visa wants Sepp Blatter to quit
New York (AFP) – US credit card giant Visa became the third top FIFA sponsor to demand Sepp Blatter’s immediate…
Resign now, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s tell FIFA’s Blatter
AFP – World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald’s said Friday that FIFA head Sepp Blatter should step aside immediately to…
Jack Warner banned from football for life by FIFA
Trinidad and Tobago football administrator, Jack Warner, has been banned from football for life by the world governing body, FIFA,…
FIFA scandal engulfs Sepp Blatter, Platini
AFP – Embattled Sepp Blatter was urged to stand down as FIFA president on Saturday after he was placed under…
FIFA sets winter dates for Qatar World Cup
FIFA announced on Friday that the 2022 World Cup, to be held in Qatar, will start on Nov. 21 with…
Blatter to face media as scandals widen at FIFA
AFP – FIFA president Sepp Blatter was set to face the media on Friday, as the scandals that surround him…
FIFA Presidency : Ka’Oje, Adokiye Back Odegbami
Taiwo Adelu Less than 24 hours after former Nigerian international, Chief Olusegun Odegbami indicated his intention to contest for the…
Nigeria’s referee gets FIFA assignment
Technical advisor on refereeing and NFF refereeing consultant, Mr. Linus Mba, has been appointed by world football –governing body, FIFA,…
This is my last term as UEFA chief – Platini
Michel Platini confirmed he was in his final term as UEFA president on Friday, whether he wins next year’s FIFA…
Ahead 11th AAG: Super Falcons beat Abeess Boys Academy 3-2
The Super Falcons on Tuesday beat Abeess Boys Academy 3-2 in a friendly match in Abuja as part of their…
The Declining Fortunes Of Female Soccer
The fortunes of Nigerian female soccer have been on the decline in the last few years with little or no…
Trinidad Receives Extradition Papers For Warner
The official documents from the United States government requesting the extradition of former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner have been…
NFF dreams FIFA World Cup for Nigeria
The 1st Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi has reiterated that the plan of the present NFF…
Ex-FIFA vice-president extradited to US
Swiss authorities have said that one of the seven men arrested in Zurich in the FIFA gate scandal has been…
Swiss FIFA inquiry receives more ‘suspicious activity’ – Reports
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland now has 81 reports of suspicious financial activity linked to FIFA’s decisions to let Russia and…
Knocks for FIFA over horribly flawed ranking system
FIFA published its monthly world rankings for July, and it’s even more inexplicable than usual, reports Business Insider. We’ll get…
Nigeria Crash To 57th Place On FIFA Ranking
Taiwo Adelu It was a free fall for Nigeria on the latest ranking for the month of July as released…
FIFA bans Chuck Blazer for life
FIFA’s independent ethics committee has banned former executive committee member and whistle blower Chuck Blazer from all football-related activity for…
FIFA bans head of World Cup committee for seven years
Zurich (AFP) – Football’s world body on Monday banned the former head of the FIFA evaluation committee for the 2018…
Onigbinde For U-17 Teslim Balogun Tourney Clinic
Sunday Akintoye FIFA and CAF instructor, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, will be among the resource persons who will give lectures at…
Why Falcons, Flying Eagles Failed At World Cups
FIFA licensed agent Princely Nwanfor in this interview gives reasons the Super Falcons and the Flying Eagles crashed out of…
Maradona to contest FIFA presidency
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona has decided to stand as a candidate for the FIFA presidency to replace Sepp Blatter,…
Banks did not do enough to police FIFA transactions, says global agency
REUTERS – A global group of government anti-money-laundering agencies said that financial institutions have not done enough to police suspicious…
Blatter backs German proposal for FIFA integrity checks
LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has endorsed a German proposal for stronger integrity checks to vet top soccer…
FIFA: Swiss prosecutors investigates 53 suspicious bank transactions
BERNE (Reuters) – Swiss prosecutors investigating corruption at global soccer body FIFA have identified 53 suspicious bank transactions, the attorney…
Corruption: Nobel Peace Centre to end partnership with FIFA
The board of the Nobel Peace Centre said on Monday it wished to end its formal cooperation with football’s scandal-plagued…
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Mali, Senegal power through to semi-finals
Mali and Senegal, the two remaining African teams at the ongoing 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand, early…
FIFA delays bidding for 2026 World Cup amid corruption scandal
FIFA would delay the bidding to host the 2026 World Cup because of a high-profile investigation into alleged corruption at…
Blatter, FIFA And The Beautiful Game
By Tayo Ogunbiyi After seventeen years of holding sway as the boss of the apex global soccer governing body, FIFA,…
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BBC outlines details of Jack Warner’s bribe transactions
A BBC investigation has seen evidence that details what happened to the $10m sent from Fifa to accounts controlled by…