The referees’ appointment arm of world football governing body FIFA at the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Wednesday released names of officials for matches billed for Friday. Three matches are slated for the day, with Egypt taking on Uruguay…
FIFA President Infantino says will stand for re-election in 2019 (Guardian)
FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday he will stand for re-election as the head of football’s world governing body next year. Infantino said earlier that FIFA had been “clinically dead” when he took over in 2016 from long-time president…
400,000 sign petition calling for Sergio Ramos to be ‘punished’ over Mo Salah injury (Skynews)
More than 400,000 people have signed a petition calling for FIFA to punish Sergio Ramos for “intentionally hurting” Mo Salah. Liverpool’s talisman Salah went off injured in the first half of the Champions League final after a challenge from the…
FIFA bans Brazilian federation chief over corruption charges (Punch)
Football’s world governing body FIFA said Friday it had banned the head of the Brazilian football federation, Marco Polo Del Nero, for life following a graft probe. FIFA said in a statement that the probe revealed that Del Nero had violated…
Blatter hits out at FIFA’s World Cup bidding process (Nation)
Former world football governing body FIFA chief Sepp Blatter says he is shocked at a rule which has been inserted into the World Cup bidding process. The rule referred to by Blatter could allow a five-man task force to disqualify…
FIFA World Cup Trophy lands in Lagos (Vanguard)
It was the turn of Lagos, on Friday, to receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy after it landed Nigeria on March 7, as part of a global tour plan of 91 cities in 51 countries. On hand to receive the…