UEFA on Monday moved to defuse the situation after fuming European delegates staged a walkout at FIFA’s Congress in Paraguay last week when world football chief Gianni Infantino jetted in late following meetings in Saudi Arabia and Qatar with US President Donald Trump. FIFA president Infantino’s belated arrival at the global governing body’s annual meeting on Thursday caused a delay …

FIFA have confirmed the seedings for the 2025 Club World Cup draw, which is set to take place on Thursday afternoon. The 2025 Club World Cup will be contested by 32 clubs from the six continental confederations and will be the first edition in this format to take place in the United States. Chelsea and Manchester City will be the …

Football’s fixture congestion row is set to intensify on Monday as leagues and unions lodge a legal complaint against FIFA with the European Commission. The group, which includes the English Premier League (EPL) via its membership of the European Leagues collective, argue that football’s global governing body has abused a dominant position under European competition law. They say FIFA did …

FIFA will on Saturday announce the venues and stadiums for next year’s Club World Cup in the United States, football’s governing body said on Friday. The new, expanded 32-club tournament, featuring leading clubs from around the world, will take place from 15 June to 13 July 2025. The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino will make the announcement in Central Park …

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped again by one place from 38th to 39th in the world based on FIFA’s latest rankings. According to the list released on Thursday by the world football governing body, the three-time African champions remained the fifth-best team on the continent. The update in rankings comes after the conclusion of the recent international competitions, …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced support for Nigeria’s bid to be re-elected to the FIFA Council, the main decision-making body of the organisation. Nigeria’s current representative on the council, Amaju Pinnick, who is also a two-term President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), was first elected to the FIFA Council in March 2021. He is seeking re-election. The FIFA …

World soccer governing body, FIFA, has threatened to suspend Brazil’s national teams and clubs from international competitions if an intervention by its football federation (CBF) leads to the election of a new president in January. In a letter to a Brazilian football executive, FIFA said that the CBF could face suspension if it does not heed its call to wait …

Clubs in England and Saudi Arabia fueled spending on player agents in international transfer deals to a record $888 million this year, FIFA said on Thursday. FIFA noted “isolated cases of service fees even surpassing $10 million”, though the governing body lost a key court ruling in London last month which threatens its global regulations that seek to limit how …

FIFA on Friday confirmed disciplinary proceedings have been opened into the football federations of Brazil and Argentina after a brawl delayed the start of a 2026 World Cup qualifying match. Tuesday’s match in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium, which world champions Argentina won 1-0, was delayed for around half an hour after rival fans started fighting before kickoff. The iconic …

World’s football governing body, FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales as president of Spain’s football federation on Saturday for kissing Spanish Women’s World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on the lips and banned him from making contact with her. In a statement, the World Football governing body said that “(We) decided today to provisionally suspend Mr Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at …