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Ex Liberia football chief Bility banned by FIFA for stealing Ebola funds

The International Football Federation Association (FIFA) on Wednesday banned former Liberian football head Musa Hassan Bility for stealing money earmarked by the association to help Ebola awareness...

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France crawls past Moldova, but still secures Euro 2020 place

World champions France stumbled to a 2-1 win against Moldova – ranked 175 - on Thursday securing a place at Euro 2020 after a penalty by Olivier Giroud. France, who lost the Euro 2016 final as hosts...

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FIFA to take legal action to recover 'illegal' €1.83 from Platini

FIFA is to take legal action by the end of the year to force Michel Platini to return two million Swiss francs he received "illegally" during Sepp Blatter's reign at world football's governing body.

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Extra security measures in Paris for PSG's big Champions League final

Paris Saint-Germain may become only the second French football club to win the Champions League on Sunday, 23 August. Around 3,000 police will be deployed on Paris’ main Champs-Élysées avenue and...

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Bayern revel in their six appeal after Club World Cup conquest

Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick hailed his players’ hunger and resilience after the European champions' 1-0 victory over Tigres UANL to claim the Club World Cup in Qatar and their sixth trophy since...

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Former Fifa boss Blatter banned for role in 60 million euro bonus payments scam

Sepp Blatter, the former supremo of world football’s governing body Fifa, was on Wednesday effectively handed a lifetime ban from the game for his part in a merry-go-round of bonus payments involving...

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French football boss backs sanctions on European Super League's founding rebels

French football’s top administrator Noël Le Graët on Tuesday condemned as scandalous the creation of a 20-team European Super League (ESL) and called for the 12 founding members of the breakaway to be...

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Blatter faces final hearing over payment to former France captain Platini

Sepp Blatter, the former head of world football’s governing organisation Fifa, was scheduled to meet prosecutors in Zurich on Monday as part of an inquiry into a €1.8million payment to the former...

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France star Mbappé and Poland's Lewandowski query sense of biennial World Cup

Star strikers Kylian Mbappé and Robert Lewandowski have added their voices to the growing list of opponents to a football world cup every two years.

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France among the big hitters in draw for 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Defending champions France will find out their World Cup fate on Friday afternoon during a lavish draw ceremony in Doha.

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Kenya and Zimbabwe go into 2023 Africa Cup draw, despite bans

Kenya and Zimbabwe will be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw on Tuesday in Johannesburg, despite being banned by world governing body Fifa because of political interference in...

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Former football chiefs Blatter and Platini face Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

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Swiss prosecutors want 20-month conditional jail terms for Blatter and Platini

Prosecutors have urged federal criminal court judges in Switzerland to hand down 20-month conditional prison sentences on Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for fraud.

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Swiss prosecutors to challenge acquittal of football chiefs Blatter and Platini

State prosecutors in Switzerland confirmed on Tuesday they have started the appeal process against the acquittal of former football chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini over a suspected fraudulent...

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Indian football reeling from indefinite FIFA suspension

World soccer’s governing body FIFA has suspended Indian teams and said it would only lift the ban if the national football federation ran its own affairs instead of depending on a panel of court...

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Morocco become first African team into World Cup semis after win over Portugal

Morocco became the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals on Saturday night after a pulsating 1-0 victory over Portugal.

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Gianni Infantino to continue as Fifa supremo until 2027

Gianni Infantino, the most powerful administrator in football, was on Thursday handed another four-year term as president of the world game's governing body Fifa.

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Hooray for Hervé: New France women's team boss Renard recalls rebel skipper

Freshly-anointed France women's team head coach Hervé Renard on Friday launched his reign with the recall of his namesake rebel skipper and a sidelined star striker for two crucial friendly matches...

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Infantino defends FIFA decision to expand Women's World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday hit back at critics of the decision to expand the Women's World Cup to 32 teams, saying, "I'm sorry, but FIFA was right."

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Top EU court says Uefa and Fifa flouted law in blocking football Super League

European Super League (ESL) supremos on Thursday hailed top European judges who declared that Uefa and Fifa – the European and world game's governing bodies – had flouted competition laws during their...

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Manchester City claim last Fifa Club World Cup before glitzy revamp

Manchester City supporters can now join those of their cross-town rivals Manchester United in singing the boast: "We've won it all."

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2023 Africa Cup of Nations: 5 things we learned on Day 1 - Show time

There were no surprises at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations – just a singing, dancing celebration of Cote d'Ivoire, Africa, humanity and football.

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