The President of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, has refused to resign following calls for his resignation amid the kissing incident at the finals of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup between La Roja and England. While speaking at the emergency general assembly called to address the issue on Friday, Rubiales repeatedly told those in attendance that he would not be resigning, uttering the...
FIFA has placed an embargo on Saudi Pro League Club, Al-Nassr which prevents them from registering new players for stalling on the payment of add-ons for their purchase of Veteran Nigerian Forward, Ahmed Musa from Leicester City. An official ruling released from FIFA in October 2021 claims that the Saudi side has failed to pay €460k (£390k) plus interest in performance-related add-ons to the now relegated...
African countries will know their opponents for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Thursday with a new qualification format that was approved by CAF Executive Committee in May. The new qualification format for the Mundial that will take place in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico will be in two rounds and games will start in September. Nine countries will automatically represent Africa...
The Super Eagles moved up by a place to 39th position in the latest FIFA ranking released for June. Nigeria gained an additional 5.68 points after their 3-2 victory against Sierra Leone in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on June 18. The three-time African champions are the sixth best-footballing nation in Africa after Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt. Cameroon, Mali, Ivory Coast and...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is in agreement that football matches need to be stopped whenever racist abuse occurs. The subject has gained massive attention globally after Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior was racially abused during a La Liga game with Valencia last month. Punishments have been handed out to some of the culprits, while La Liga, whom Vinicius accused of encouraging racism, has taken steps to...
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