FIFA releases statement after Donald Trump bans 15 World Cup nations from US
A match ticket doesn’t mean you can enter Following Donald Trump’s decision to impose travel bans on 15 World Cup nations, FIFA has now issued a statement. The US are joint hosts of the next FIFA World Cup, alongside Canada and Mexico, and the travel ban comes into place just a few months before the […]
1 month ago
Former FIFA Secretary General found guilty of corruption
BREAKING Jérôme Valcke, who held the position of FIFA Secretary General between 2007 and 2015, has been found guilty of corruption in connection with World Cup broadcasting deals by the Swiss Supreme Court, as first reported by Ben Jacobs. Greek businessman Dinos Deris was also found guilty of the offence. The pair’s convictions for corruption […]
2 months ago
FIFA president accused of breaching ethics code after Trump peace prize
An official complaint has been filed with FIFA’s ethics committee Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaching FIFA’s ethics codes with comments he has made about Donald Trump. An official complaint has been filed with FIFA’s ethics committee, alleging “repeated breaches” of the organisation’s duty of political neutrality by its president. The complaint, filed by […]
3 months ago
Football match abandoned over ‘barbaric’ fan violence as 100 spectators arrested
19 people were injured Fan disorder described as ‘one of the most violent chapters in football history’ caused local authorities to abandon a football game in South America on Wednesday night. A Copa Sudamericana round of 16 game between Argentina’s Independiente and Chilean side Universidad de Chile, which was hosted in the Argentine capital of […]
6 months ago
Man United, Liverpool and Man City have been stripped of their world champion status by FIFA
The likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona have lost their titles too. Chelsea stunned the football world last weekend as they dismantled European champions PSG 3-0 in the inaugural Club World Cup final in New York City. The shocking result was eventually overshadowed after the final whistle, as US President Trump massively overstepped the boundaries […]
8 months ago
Island nation nine times bigger than UK has been banned from the World Cup
57,000 fans will be crestfallen The World Cup has officially blocked the nation of Greenland from competing. Larger than the whole of Western Europe, 81% of this Arctic territory belonging to Denmark is sheeted by ice. According to reports, the country was recently informed it cannot join the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean […]
9 months ago