•AFCON trophy Star players such as Mohamed Salah, Bryan Mbeumo, and Achraf Hakimi will be able to play for their clubs for an extra week until December 15 before joining their national teams at the Africa Cup of Nations, FIFA said today. Top European clubs such as Salah’s Liverpool, Mbeumo’s Manchester United, and Hakimi’s Paris […]...
•A South African Referee FIFA has appointed a South African refereeing crew for Nigeria’s Super Eagles’ 2026 FIFA World Cup playoff against Gabon, with Tom Abongile set to oversee the first leg in Rabat. Fellow South Africans Zakhele Siwela and Akhona Makalima will assist and manage VAR duties respectively, according to a letter dated November...
•President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks in the White House More than 1 million tickets have already been sold for next year’s World Cup, FIFA said yesterday in its first update on numbers since the official start of sales began earlier this month. The highest demand, […]
•FIFA President Gianni Infantino FIFA president, Gianni Infantino said today that football “cannot solve geopolitical problems”, as he comes under pressure to suspend Israel over the Palestinian conflict. The sport’s world governing body said in a statement that at a meeting of the FIFA Council, Infantino “stressed the importance of promoting ...
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for fielding an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup preliminary qualifier between South Africa and Lesotho on March 21, 2025. According to FIFA, SAFA’s action breached Article 19 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and Article 1...
•Bafana Bafana midfielder, Teboho Mokoena According to a report on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) website, FIFA has officially opened disciplinary proceedings against the South African Football Association (SAFA) and Bafana Bafana midfielder, Teboho Mokoena. This is after Mokoena was fielded while under suspension in a 2026 ...
FIFA announced today a $355 million (300 million euros) pay-out to clubs releasing players for next year’s World Cup – a 70 percent hike on the 2022 edition. The new benefit scheme deal, reached in association with the powerful European Club Association (ECA), includes for the first time players involved in qualifiers but not figuring [&hellip...
South Africa’s Manager, Hugo Broos, is still confident that Bafana Bafana will make the 2026 World Cup from Group C despite the threat of a FIFA three-point sanction hanging over his team. South Africa leads Group C with 13 points with Rwanda and the Benin Republic on eight points each, while Nigeria, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe […]
•New FIFA Club world cup trophy With an eye-watering $1 billion in prize money, some of the biggest stars in the game and clubs competing from across the globe, FIFA’s new Club World Cup has all the ingredients to be a huge event. But the 32-team tournament, which will be played across the USA from […]
Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, announced yesterday the creation of a transfer window running from June 1 to 10 for all teams competing in this summer’s revamped Club World Cup. “All 20 Member Associations whose clubs will participate in FIFA’s groundbreaking competition have confirmed the opening of an exceptional reg...
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