Tag Archives: Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA)

This World Cup is unifying the Arab world – spurred by results on the pitch in Qatar. Morocco has become the first Muslim nation ever to reach the quarter-finals, and it is the first time that football’s biggest event has come to the region. It is a platform some officials in Qatar wanted to use to raise awareness of discrimination …

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called the 2010 decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup a “mistake” just weeks before the tournament gets underway. Blatter, now 86 and disgraced after his exit from world soccer’s governing body amid corruption allegations along with former UEFA chief Michel Platini, now says he regrets the decision. Qatar is about to host …

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has confirmed it will appeal the country’s suspension by FIFA and UEFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. 

FIFA have booted Russia out of the World Cup – as football finally showed its spine.

FIFA have announced their 23-man World XI squad with some high-profile players missing out on selection, including Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah.

Former Fifa officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other offences in Switzerland.

Africa has given its backing to staging the World Cup every two years even though it already hosts the African Cup of Nations on a biennial basis.

Tunisia’s Club Africain has been issued with a transfer ban by Fifa after failing to pay former player Nicholas Opoku.

Fifa has banned Chad from global football until further notice over government interference in the running of the country’s football federation.

The former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been given a new ban of six years and eight months from football, the game’s global governing body has announced.