Tag: FIFA
FIFA considers possibility of increasing teams at Qatar 2022
FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday said football’s governing body was looking into the possibility of increasing the number of…
Former Ghana FA president, Nyantakyi banned for life by FIFA
Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a life ban from all football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday…
Juventus admits tense relationship between clubs and FIFA
Juventus President Andrea Agnelli described the relationship between European clubs and FIFA as tense and implied on Thursday that the…
Yekini’s USA 94 celebration will live on in World Cup folklore – FIFA
World football governing body FIFA and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday took to Twitter to pay post-humous respect…
FIFA appoints 24 match officials for Club World Cup
The Referees Committee of world football governing body FIFA has picked 24 match officials who will be in charge at…
CAF qualifiers: FIFA ban knocks out Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone may have gifted Ghana Black Stars six points in two African Nations Cup qualifiers scheduled for Kumasi on…
FIFA suspends Sierra Leone FA over government interference
FIFA has suspended the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) with immediate effect, due to government interference in soccer affairs, the…
FIFA congratulates Pinnick on re-election as NFF President
Gianni Infantino, President of World Football ruling body, FIFA has sent a congratulatory message to Amaju Pinnick on his re-election…
FIFA, CAF name Observers to NFF Elections 2018
World football–ruling body, FIFA on Monday named Messrs Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege as its observers to Thursday’s elections into…
FIFA to regulate transfer fees, player loans
A FIFA task force has proposed the use of an algorithm to calculate transfer fees as well as a luxury…
Nigeria escapes FIFA ban
World football governing body, FIFA, has suspended its planned ban of Nigeria from participating in its activities.
Nigerian Govt writes FIFA, recognises Pinnick-led NFF
Laolu Akande, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said the Federal Government had conveyed…
Leadership crisis: FIFA says Nigeria, Ghana risk suspension
World football governing body FIFA on Tuesday said it would go on to suspend Nigeria and Ghana from football activities…
FIFA to analyse technical outcome of Russia 2018
FIFA has invited the head coaches and technical directors of all 211 member-associations to the FIFA Football Conference to be…
FIFA has not written to NFF over ban threat – Giwa
Chief Chris Giwa, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that FIFA, the world soccer governing body, has not communicated…
Russia 2018: FIFA reduces number of officials for final phase
The FIFA Referees’ Committee (FRC) on Monday, said it has reduced the number of match officials earlier slated for the…
FIFA commended for Video Assistant Referees
Linus Mba, Adviser to FIFA on Referee Matters, said on Monday that the world football governing body deserved commendation for…
Bribery: FIFA disgraces Kenyan referee, bans him for life
A Kenyan referee who had been due to officiate at the ongoing World Cup in Russia has been handed a…
Russia 2018: Croatia fined over products display
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee on Friday in Moscow wielded its axe again by punishing the Croatian Football Association with a…
FIFA rebukes Maradona for criticising match officials
FIFA strongly rebuked Argentina great Diego Maradona’s comments that England’s win over Colombia was a robbery and that referee Mark…
10 candidates for 2018 FIFA Men’s Player Award
The 2018 men’s world footballer of the year will be picked from a list of 10 players instead of from…
FIFA bans Caribbean football president for two years
FIFA’s independent ethics committee has banned Venold Coombs, president of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation, from all…
NFF crisis: FIFA’s hammer may descend on Nigeria soon
Barely any last minute change, the Federation of International Football Association's, FIFA, hammer may descend on Nigeria again following a…
World Cup: FIFA sanctions Russia, 3 others
The Disciplinary Committee of world football governing body FIFA has warned and imposed fines of different sums on the Football…
No Nigerian court can stop us from recognising Pinnick as NFF Chairman – FIFA
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA has said that no decision of any Nigerian court will stop it from…
Russia 2018: FIFA fines Argentina, Croatia, 3 Swiss players
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Argentinian Football Association with a fine of 105,000 Swiss Francs and a warning.
Russia 2018: Attendances pass one million mark – FIFA
More than one million fans have attended games at the World Cup, organisers FIFA said in a statement on Thursday…
Egypt will ‘oblige’ FIFA to broadcast World Cup games
Egypt has said it will “oblige” FIFA to allow it to broadcast 22 matches of the 2018 World Cup which…
Russia 2018: Putin thanks FIFA for keeping politics out of sport
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Wednesday, thanked FIFA president Gianni Infantino and the football community, for keeping politics out…
FIFA bans Ghana football boss for 90 days
Ghana football boss Kwesi Nyantakyi, a member of FIFA’s decision-making council, is under investigation for possible ethics violations and has…