Tag: Fifa

Barcelona crowned FIFA Club World Cup champions

Lionel Messi broke the deadlock and Luis Suarez scored twice in the second half to give Barcelona a typically emphatic 3-0 win over River...

Blatter says $100mn bribery case is ‘over’

Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted that a $100 million bribery case in which he is reportedly implicated “is over”, and pleaded ignorance over...

FIFA scandal deepens with 16 indicted for corruption

The multi-million dollar corruption scandal engulfing FIFA widened Thursday with 16 people indicted by US justice officials who pledged an unremitting crackdown on an...

FIFA’s ethics committee wants life ban on Platini

FIFA's ethics watchdog wants Michel Platini to be banned for life over a suspect payment, the European football chief's lawyer declared on Tuesday. Platini is...

FIFA ban Thai football chief, Hayatou delays arrival

FIFA’s ethics watchdog on Monday banned Thai football chief Worawi Makudi for 90 days as acting president Issa Hayatou delayed his arrival at football’s...

Warner sceptical over timing of FIFA ban amid Blatter proceedings

Jack Warner has suggested his lifetime ban from football-related activities has been used as a way to distract attention away from criminal proceedings being...

Blatter under fresh fire ahead of FIFA meets

From corruption investigations in the United States and Switzerland to the sudden suspension of his right-hand man, FIFA chief Sepp Blatter can expect a...

Platini confronts Blatter with resign demand

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Michel Platini confronted FIFA leader Sepp Blatter at an emergency meeting of football chiefs on Thursday and...

FIFA announces World Cup final date

FIFA has confirmed the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be played on Sunday December 18. The climax of the winter World Cup will...

Will it be Messi’s day or Muller’s?

*Argentina takes on Germany in the final of FIFA Worldcup 2014 It has been a long and impressive road for both final competitors and now...

FIFA silent on allegations of match-fixing by Cameroon at World Cup

FIFA has refused to comment on whether or not an investigation is underway into allegations that Cameroon have been involved in match-fixing at the...

Football: FIFA ‘confident’ about World Cup – Blatter

World Cup 2014 would be a success said Sepp Blatter. FIFA President Sepp Blatter threw his support behind Brazil's troubled World Cup preparations on Thursday,...

FIFA hits Barcelona with transfer ban for breaking rules

LAUSANNE- FIFA on Wednesday banned Spanish giants Barcelona from buying or selling players for the next two transfer windows for a “serious” breaches of rules...

FIFA should not run commercial side of the game: Champagne

FIFA's former director of international relations Jerome Champagne has suggested that those at the head of the world governing body should not also be...

FIFA suspends S. Korean player for two matches

FIFA has suspended a South Korean player for two international matches over a post-match political gesture at the London Olympics, the South's football body...

FIFA member Del Nero targeted in Brazil police probe

Police briefly detained one of Brazilian football's most powerful men on Monday after searching his home in what they said was an investigation into...

EA blasted for selling the same FIFA game two years in...

Think Madden doesn’t change enough year to year? Then you’ll get a real kick out of FIFA 13 for the Nintendo Wii. Released on...