Tag: Fifa
Belgium end year ranked ahead of world champions France
ZURICH: Belgium will end the year as No. 1 ahead of world champions France in the global rankings released by FIFA on Thursday.
Belgium, beaten by...
German football boss blasts Infantino over lack of transparency
MUNICH: German Football Federation president Reinhard Grindel has launched a withering attack on FIFA president Gianni Infantino over a lack of transparency on proposals...
FIFA bans Afghan football head after women’s team abuse probe
GENEVA: Global soccer body FIFA has provisionally banned the president of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) Keramuddin Keram from all football-related activities due to an...
SC upholds order for fresh PFF presidential elections
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) to hold fresh elections for the post of the president in accordance...
PM Imran invites FIFA president to visit Pakistan, says Kaleemullah
Pakistan star football player Kaleemullah Khan said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has invited FIFA President Gianni Infantino to visit Pakistan.
On his official Facebook page,...
Portugal qualify for Nations League semis with 0-0 draw in Italy
MILAN: Portugal became the first team to qualify for the Nations League semi-finals when they held Italy 0-0 on Saturday, the second time in...
Infantino interfered in changes to FIFA ethics code: report
PARIS: FIFA chief Gianni Infantino broke the world soccer body’s rules by interfering in the rewriting of its ethics code, German magazine Der Spiegel...
FIFA keen to expand 2022 World Cup to 48 teams
KUALA LUMPUR: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said expanding the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams was "feasible" on Wednesday, as hosts Qatar pledged to come...
FIFA chief heading for trouble over pet projects
ZÜRICH: FIFA President Gianni Infantino is set to ignite new opposition Friday over his ambition to introduce two money-spinning pet projects -- a revamped global...
FIFA orders PFF to revise statutes by March 2020
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has told the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) to revise its statutes and align them with the governing body’s...
Let’s not lie, my goal was better than Salah’s, says Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo believes the overhead bicycle kick he scored for Real Madrid against his current club Juventus last season was better than Mohamed Salah's...
Workers in Qatar World Cup final city went unpaid for months:...
DUBAI: Dozens of migrants working on Qatar's $45 billion World Cup final city of Lusail have gone unpaid for months, Amnesty International said Wednesday,...
Modric ends Ronaldo, Messi era to be crowned world’s best
LONDON: Luka Modric ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's decade-long domination of football's individual awards by being crowned FIFA's best player of the year...
Three officials tried in US given life bans by FIFA for...
ZURICH: FIFA has given three officials who pleaded guilty to corruption in a US court, life bans from all football-related activities for corruption, the...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino accepts invitation to visit Pakistan: PFF
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino has accepted Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat’s invitation to visit...
Salah, Modric and Ronaldo on FIFA player of the year shortlist
LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric, and Mohamed Salah have been nominated as finalists for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award, world soccer’s governing body...
France top new-style FIFA rankings, Germany slump to 15th
ZURICH: World champions France predictably shot to the top of the FIFA rankings published on Thursday while previous leaders Germany slumped to 15th after...
