Geneva: Chuck Blazer was banned for life by FIFA's ethics committee on Thursday for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the longtime most senior American in world football.The expulsion from football duty was a
Zurich: World football governing body FIFA's Swiss president Sepp Blatter has admitted he would not leave his country as he fears arrest.FIFA is at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, with the United States'
Vancouver : FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association deflected criticism about FIFA President Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke not attending the Women's World Cup final, saying the winning captain won't care who hands
Panaji: India does not have a single football pitch good enough to host a FIFA World Cup match, a senior FIFA official said on Monday.Javier Ceppi, world football's governing body FIFA's tournament director for the
Zurich: FIFA President Sepp Blatter has not made a U-turn on his plans to leave office, the governing body said Friday.FIFA responded after Swiss daily Blick reported comments made by Blatter late Thursday to construction
New Delhi: The standard of supervision is so high in world football that Indian referees need to be courageous to match its lofty heights FIFA's referee development officer for Southeast Asia Farkhad Abdullaev said on
Buenos Aires: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has confirmed that he intends to run for the FIFA presidency to succeed Sepp Blatter, according to Uruguayan broadcaster Victor Hugo Morales.Maradona, 54, has been a fierce critic
Wellington: Serbia left it late to win their first FIFA Under-20 World Cup title, with Nemanja Maksimovic grabbing a dramatic extra time winner to seala 2-1 victory here on Saturday.He had earlier set up Stanisa
Wellington: Mali clinched the third spot at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup with a 3-1 win over 10-man Senegal at Auckland's North Harbour Stadium.He Malians enjoyed a better opening with several threatening shots on Saturday.
St Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the need for a probe by his country against FIFA, the governing body of global football, because of corruption allegation in the award of 2018 World Cup
Guam: The Indian football team will renew its quest to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a qualifying game against Guam at the Guam National Football Stadium here on Tuesday.This will be India's
Kampala: The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has blocked an international friendly between Uganda and Kazakhstan."Our national team was meant to travel today to Kazakhstan, but FIFA has called off the match because they
Bengaluru: An inexperienced Indian football side gave a good fight before going down 1-2 against Oman in the home leg match of the 2018 World Cup Preliminary Qualification round here today.Oman, ranked 40 places above
Samara (Russia): On another day of turmoil for FIFA and the World Cup, the bidding contest for the 2026 tournament was put on hold.FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said Wednesday it would be "nonsense" to
Bengaluru: An acid test awaits the Indian football team as it gets ready to host higher ranked Oman in the second round opening match of AFC qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup here tomorrow.Though
Rome: Alejandro Burzaco, an Argentine media executive who was indicted by US prosecutors in connection with an alleged bribery scheme involving former and current FIFA officials, surrendered to the Italian police on Tuesday. He was
ELMAU,Germany: President Barack Obama says soccer fans around the world want to ensure FIFA operates with integrity.Obama weighed in on the FIFA corruption scandal during a visit to Germany. He says in conversations with people
Buenos Aires: Football great Diego Maradona on Monday claimed he may be in line to become the vice president of FIFA should Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein be elected as Sepp Blatter's successor as president.The
If there is enough evidence of wrongdoing, FIFA has the power to strip the World Cup from both Russia and Qatar.Soccer's governing body, currently engulfed in the worst corruption scandal in its 111-year history, has
Rio de Janerio: Brazilian soccer great Ronaldo has called for the resignation of the country's football confederation (CBF) chief Marco Polo Del Nero, a media report said on Thursday.The comments came a day after Sepp
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