Tag: FIFA

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday that world football's governing body is discussing the feasibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams. The World Cup ...

Nigeria's Super Eagles maintained their 44th position and 4th in Africa in the latest FIFA rankings that was released on Thursday. Having recently qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of ...

Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, has rejected proposals from La Liga to play the January 26 league match between Girona and Barcelona in Miami. FIFA Council met on Friday morning ...

World football governing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday took to Twitter to pay post-humous respect to late former Super Eagles ...

Victor Anichebe has reported his own club, Beijing Enterprises, to FIFA over allegations of match-fixing. The former Everton and West Brom striker lodged the complaint after alleging he was asked ...

A women’s Ballon d’Or will be launched this year, marking the first occasion the prestigious award will be open to female footballers. France Football, the magazine responsible for handing out ...

On Monday evening, London’s Royal Festival Hall will host FIFA’s ceremony of the Men’s Player Award 2018, where Egyptian king Mohamed Salah vies with Juventus’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid’s ...

Ex-international, Emmanuel Amuneke says he feel delighted and honoured to be part of the FIFA Technical Study Group that will be sharing their ideas during the September 23 meeting, a ...

For the first time in 11 years, Argentina Captain, Lionel Messi is not among the three players shortlisted by FIFA for the Best Football Awards. Rather, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohammed Salah ...

Ex-international, Dosu Joseph has advised the football body in Nigeria to avoid crisis that could attract any form of FIFA ban. It would be recalled that on Monday, Nigeria narrowly ...