No alcohol sales permitted at Qatar’s World Cup stadium sites – FIFA
Nov. 18, 2022 In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday. The announcement…
Faster semi-automated offside VAR to be used at Qatar World Cup
The introduction of Artificial Intelligence-driven semi-automated VAR offside technology remains on course to be used at the World Cup in Qatar. That is the message from The International Football Association…
Biennial World Cup Plan Would Make Football $4.4b Richer – FIFA
Dec. 21, 2021 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Monday claimed staging the World Cup every two years would offer enormous financial benefits for its member federations as president…
Aisha Buhari Cup: We want to promote women’s football, draw attention to challenges of the girl-child – Aisha Buhari
Sept. 16, 2021 The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, says the objective of the ongoing Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s football tournament was to promote football among women and girl-child for…
Nigeria’s Ayotunde Phillips Re-Elected Into FIFA Ethics Committee
May 21, 2021 A former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, has been re-elected as a member of the FIFA Ethics Committee for another four-year term in office….
New CAF President optimistic of Africa World Cup win soon
New Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe raised the bar Tuesday for national teams in the continent by insisting one of them must win the World Cup soon….
Pregnant Footballers to get a mandatory 14-week maternity leave in FIFA’s planned reform
FIFA plans to introduce a series of measures to protect pregnant footballers including mandatory maternity leave “of at least 14 weeks”, the sport’s world governing body announced on Thursday. “We…
CAF Sacks Senior Official After Compiling Documents Indicting Boss of Graft
African soccer’s ruling body has fired a senior official after he made corruption accusations against the organisation’s president in a potential blow to FIFA’s efforts to clean up the game…
FIFA Votes For New 24-team CWC, Real Madrid, Others Confirm Boycott
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino FIFA will go ahead with a new 24-team Club World Cup starting in 2021, its President Gianni Infantino said on Friday, setting the world soccer…
National Soccer Federations Favor Expanding 2022 World Cup to 48 Teams – Infantino
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino FIFA should if possible increase the number of teams for the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to 48 from 32 teams, the…