Lewandowski leapfrogs Messi, Ronaldo, emerges best footballer in 2020
Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich, beating last year’s winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano […]
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Breaking: 11 nominees up for 2020 FIFA best players’ award
Former winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been shortlisted for the Best FIFA Men’s Player for 2020. The nominations for seven individual trophies was […]
Breaking: CAF President hit with FIFA ban ahead continental soccer election
The President, Confederation of African football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption, the global governing body announced on […]
FIFA ban Haiti soccer chief for life after sex abuse investigation
Haiti’s football federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned for life by FIFA and fined over a million dollars on Friday. The 73-year-old Jean-Bart was […]
Breaking: FIFA Vice President resigns
Former Football Association (FA) chairman Greg Clarke has resigned his role as FIFA Vice-President. His resignation comes two days after he left the FA over […]
Breaking: Like his FIFA counterpart, CAF President tests positive for COVID-19
The President of the Confederation of African Football, Mr Ahmad Ahmad, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was contained in a statement on the website […]
Breaking: FIFA President tests positive for COVID-19
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has tested positive for coronavirus, the world football governing body announced on Tuesday. Infantino has been confirmed to have contracted the virus and […]
COVID-19 pandemic to cost football N5.4trn this year, says FIFA
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cost club football 14 billion dollars (about N5.4 trillion) this year worldwide, a leading official at the global football […]
FIFA proposes use of five substitutions to help with fixture congestion
Fifa says “safety of the players is the main priority” Teams will be given “temporary dispensation” to make five substitutions to help with the congested […]
Coronavirus: Premier League clubs committed to completing season
Finishing the season in a 40-day window was one of the scenarios discussed at a Premier League meeting on Friday. Top-flight clubs remain committed to […]
World cup bidding: Former FIFA executives accused of receiving bribe
Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup in 2010, with Russia given the 2018 tournament Former Fifa executives took bribes in return for voting for […]
FIFA president Infantino proposes to postpone 2021 Club World Cup
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that the 2021 China FIFA Club World Cup should be moved to “later in 2021, in 2022 or […]
FIFA ends mission in African football
FIFA has ended its six-month intervention in African soccer’s governing body. World soccer’s ruling body also confirmed that its secretary general Fatma Samoura’s role as […]
Nigeria now world 31st in FIFA ranking
Nigeria now world 31st in FIFA rating By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by four spots in the November ranking to place […]
Breaking: Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets rally late to disarm Hungary in World Cup opener
FIFA U17 World Cup favourites the Golden Eaglets a while ago Saturday night staged a late comeback to beat Hungary 4-2 in their opening Group […]