A new FIFA taskforce exploring the possibility of revamping the Club World Cup and creating a global Nations League has held its first meeting in Paris.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has dismissed claims the debacle surrounding the Copa Libertadores final will have a negative impact on a joint South American bid for the 2030 World Cup as he rejected suggestions of interference in the decision to postpone the second leg.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has claimed football can help solve many of the world’s problems during an address to the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires.
Former President of the São Toméan Football Association Manuel Dende has been given a four-year ban from FIFA's Ethics Committee for bribery and corruption.
Having twice as many FIFA World Cups is one of those ideas, like starting a European Superleague or replacing the one dollar bill, which seems to come around time and again.
Football’s world governing body FIFA and EA Sports have today unveiled today the FIFA 19 Global Series Rankings - a dedicated world rankings platform for eFootball.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has tabled a proposal for FIFA to stage the World Cup every two years instead of four, the President of the continental body Alejandro Domínguez has revealed.
FIFA's willingness to investigate doping in Russian football has again been questioned after leaked documents showed an apparent attempt to stonewall a potential probe into the allegations by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren.
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has formally declared its backing for Gianni Infantino to be re-elected FIFA President next year but Swiss' predecessor Sepp Blatter claimed the Ethics Committee should open an investigation into his conduct.
Vitaly Mutko has taken part in a meeting to back Gianni Infantino’s campaign to be re-elected as President of FIFA in what appears to confirm his return to the position of the head of the Russian Football Union (RFU).
FIFA has failed with its bid to recoup $28 million (£22 million/€24.5 million) in compensation from two former high-ranking officials who were jailed for their role in the widespread corruption scandal.
Spain, Germany, North Korea and Canada secured their spots in the FIFA under-17 Women’s World Cup quarter-finals as the European teams kept clean sheets in dramatic wins in Uruguay.
FIFA Ethics Committee judge Sundra Rajoo has been suspended after being arrested following allegations of corruption in Malaysia.
The prospect of an international club "Super League" has been the talk of football again in the last few days, but those who take part have been threatened with a World Cup ban.
Defending champions North Korea suffered a 4-1 defeat to Germany as action began in Group C and D at the FIFA under-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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