•FIFA ball Fresh uncertainty has surrounded Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup hopes after FIFA published its 2025 CAS & Football Annual Report without any reference to Nigeria’s petition against DR Congo. The report’s release has heightened anxiety among Nigerian football fans, as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is still awaiting a ruling on ...
International transfer fees in men’s football hit a record $13.08 billion (10.9 billion euros) in 2025, world football’s governing body said today. FIFA said in its annual Global Transfer Market report there was an all-time record of 86,158 international transfers completed in 2025, reports AFP. Women’s football accounted for 2,440 transfers (...
•Senegal supporters clash during the match against Morocco last night, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino FIFA President Gianni Infantino condemned “some Senegal players” for the “unacceptable scenes” which overshadowed their victory in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final when they walked off the pitch in protest at a penalty awarded to Mor...
Mali coach Tom Saintfiet yesterday railed against the decision to play the Africa Cup of Nations every four years instead of two, insisting the move was forced upon the continent by FIFA and European clubs motivated by money. “I am very shocked with it and very disappointed. It is the pride of African football, with […]
FIFA has penalised Malaysia with three 3-0 defeats for fielding ineligible players, the country’s football authorities said today, the latest punishment in a simmering scandal. Friendly wins over Palestine and Singapore, and a draw against Cape Verde, all at home this year, have been overturned, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said....
•Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati FIFA has unveiled the 2025 The Best Men’s and Women’s 11, celebrating the standout performers in world football over the past season. The announcement was made yesterday at the awards ceremony held in Doha, Qatar, with Paris Saint-Germain dominating the men’s selection, reports AFP. Six players from PSG’s Ch...
World Cup organisers yesterday announced a cheaper category of tickets after sustained criticism of the prices at the 2026 competition in the United States, Canada and Mexico. FIFA, the governing body of world football, said in a statement that it had created “Supporter Entry Tier tickets set at 60 US dollars each and available for […]...
•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, […]
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