Tag: FIFA
Mali faces FIFA ban
Mali is facing a possible Fifa suspension after the country's sports minister missed a deadline to revoke his dissolution of…
FIFA expands World Cup to 48 teams
FIFA approved a 48-team 2026 World Cup with “one hundred per cent unanimity”, a confederation president has claimed. In the…
World Cup: Fifa to expand World Cup to 48 teams 2026
The World Cup will be expanded to host 48 teams, up from 32, Fifa has decided. An initial stage of…
Breaking: Fifa fines England, others £80,000 for displaying poppies
Fifa has fined all four home nations for displaying poppies during World Cup qualifiers around Armistice Day. England and Scotland…
FIFA bans ex-SAFA boss, Nematandani over match-fixing
Former South African football boss Kirsten Nematandani was banned for five years by FIFA’s ethics committee on Thursday in connection…
FIFA to promote 2018 World Cup
Russian football chief Vitaly Mutko has urged the ruling body FIFA to promote the 2018 World Cup in Russia in…
FIFA retains Mba as Technical Adviser
World football governing body, FIFA, has retained Nigeria’s Linus Mba as its Technical Adviser in Africa for Refereeing. Mba is…
FIFA enlists Nigeria on DTMS
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been enlisted on the Premium Services of the world governing body, FIFA DTMS (Domestic…
Ballon d’Or: Fifa ends association with world player of the year award
Fifa has ended its association with the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player. The award has been given…
Blatter, 2 others facing FIFA investigation over salaries
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke are facing a fresh investigation, this time over the salaries…
Fifa seeks six-year ban for Kirsten
A FIFA investigator has proposed, at least, a six-year ban and 10,000 Swiss francs (10,393 dollars) fine for ex-South Africa…
Blatter to attend FIFA ban appeal
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will appear in person at the Court of Arbitration for Sport for his August 25…
Learn to accept defeat, Saraki to football administrators
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has urged football administrators to learn to accept defeat in the interest of the…
FIFA starts probe of ex-official Makudi
The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee on Friday said it has opened proceedings against former Thailand football supremo and…
FIFA gets new World Cup sponsor
FIFA, which has struggled to find commercial partners since it was battered by a corruption scandal last year, named a…
FIFA recommends four-year ban for ex-official Makudi
FIFA has recommended their former council member Worawi Makudi be banned from footballing activities for four years, the association confirmed…
I’ll receive FIFA president if he comes not Pinnick- Giwa
Chris Giwa, the factional President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said on Thursday that he would receive the FIFA…
FIFA President, Secretary-General to visit Nigeria July 24
President of world football governing body, FIFA, Mr Gianni Infantino and the Secretary-General, Ms Fatma Samoura, will arrive in Nigeria…
You are a thief, Maradona tells Sepp Blatter
Former Argentinian football star Diego Maradona on Friday accused FIFA’s former president, Sepp Blatter, of stealing while at the helm…
FIFA dismiss report of Infantino probe
FIFA denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation.…
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FIFA sack deputy general secretary Kattner
FIFA on Monday sacked deputy general secretary Markus Kattner for financial ‘breaches’ linked to his job. Kattner had been acting…
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NFF sensitizes clubs, media to FIFA’s new rules on football
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said on Monday that it will soon begin to sensitise clubs and other stakeholders to…
FIFA to ban ex-German football boss Niersbach
FIFA’s ethics committee adjudicatory chamber on Friday recommended a two-year ban from all football activities for Wolfgang Niersbach, former president…
FIFA President , Gianni Infantino to visit Nigeria
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday announced that President of Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, will…
FIFA approves elite programme for 230 Nigerian officials
Taiwo Adelu World football governing body, FIFA, has approved another elite programme for Nigeria. This approval came after the body…
FIFA audit boss quits over reforms
FIFA’s head of Auditing and Compliance, Domenico Scala, on Saturday resigned in protest at reforms at the world football ruling…
FIFA suspends Benin from global footbal
World football governing body, FIFA, has suspended the Benin Football Federation (FBF) from global football after a court ruling in…
Sports Minister breaks silence, says nobody can takeover NFF
The crisis rocking the Nigerian football since Friday’s ruling by a Jos High Court is interesting as days goes by…