FIFA has fined Hong Kong's soccer federation 15,000 Swiss francs ($15,100) for fans disrespecting the Chinese national anthem before a World Cup qualifying game last month. Hong Kong fans booed and turned their backs when the anthem was played for their team before a Sept. ...
Lionel Messi won his sixth FIFA player of the year award, while Megan Rapinoe won her first at a lavish ceremony at Milan's iconic Teatro all Scala on Monday. Rapinoe was rewarded at the FIFA Best Awards for leading the United States to the Women's ...
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino says Iran has assured that women can attend qualifier
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says soccer's governing body has been "assured" that Iran will lift its 40-year ban and allow women to attend a World Cup qualifying game next month. FIFA wants Iran to end its ban on women entering stadiums that breaches international soccer ...
Eight countries vying to host 2023 Women's World Cup as Belgium, Bolivia withdraw
Eight countries are vying to host the 2023 women's World Cup, which will include 32 teams for the first time, FIFA said Tuesday. Belgium and Bolivia have withdrawn from the original list of 10 nations ahead of the September 2 deadline for candidate submissions. A ...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is meeting his 211 voters one day ahead of his re-election for a new four-year term. Infantino is attending a series of meetings on Tuesday hosted by soccer's six continental governing bodies in central Paris hotels. All 211 FIFA member federations meet ...
Sepp Blatter blasts FIFA chief Gianni Infantino over FIFA's World Cup plans
Sepp Blatter has blasted his successor as FIFA head Gianni Infantino for thinking he can ride roughshod over decisions already made by the organization after plans for a 48-team 2022 World Cup were shelved. Speaking to AFP, disgraced Blatter said that "you can't just change ...
Gianni Infantino holds Kuwait talks on staging 2022 World Cup games
FIFA President Gianni Infantino held talks in Kuwait on Sunday about the country staging 2022 World Cup matches as he pushes to enlarge the Qatar tournament from 32 to 48 teams. After meeting with the emir of Kuwait and soccer officials, Infantino flew to Doha ...
France showed they were champions in virtual soccer as well as the real game on Sunday when they beat Argentina to win the inaugural FIFA eNations Cup and a $40,000 prize. Twenty countries from six confederations were entered in the esports event, with World Cup ...
FIFA changes course, will make 2023 Women's World Cup vote public
FIFA has agreed to make public its vote on the host for the 2023 Women's World Cup. The organization's decision-making body is becoming more transparent after concerns were raised last month that the women's tournament wouldn't fully follow the new voting process for the men's ...
FIFA bans former senior vice president David Chung for financial misdeeds
Former FIFA senior vice president David Chung was banned from soccer for 6½ years on Friday for financial wrongdoing linked to a $20 million building project. Chung was deputy to president Gianni Infantino as the longest-serving of FIFA's eight vice presidents when he resigned in ...
FIFA bans Chelsea from signing players for a year over violations
Just hours after Chelsea win in the Europa league earned its under-fire ex-banker coach Maurizio Sarri some breathing space, the club owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was handed another blow: A ban on signing new players. The English team will not be allowed to ...
Japan jumped 23 spots to No. 27 in the FIFA world rankings announced Thursday following its runner-up finish in the just-concluded Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The Samurai Blue placed in the top 30 for the first time since 2013. They ranked No. ...
