Fifa
25 Aug 2023
Super Falcons of Nigeria moved up from 40th to 32nd in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola women’s world ranking released on Friday. The latest ranking was published on FIFA’s official website. The nine-time African champions were one sporting bet of the outstanding teams at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Randy…
24 Aug 2023
FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales on Thursday after the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president kissed Spain star Jenni Hermoso on the lips following the Women's World Cup final last weekend.
18 Aug 2023
FIFA president Gianni Infantino hit back on Friday at critics of the decision to expand the Women's World Cup to 32 teams, saying, "I'm sorry, but FIFA was right."
11 Aug 2023
FIFA’s decision, yesterday, to hand England star, Lauren James, a two-match ban has come under attack by Nigerians, who claim the world governing body is partial in dispensing punishments for infringements.
5 Aug 2023
Zambia’s football association has said it is “surprised” by misconduct claims made against women’s team head coach Bruce Mwape.
4 Aug 2023
Zambia's football association on Friday expressed "surprise" at claims its women's coach abused a squad member at the current World Cup, after FIFA launched an investigation into what it called an "allegation of misconduct"
4 Aug 2023
Zambia’s coach, Bruce Mwape, has been accused of rubbing his hands over the chest of one of his players two days before his country’s historic victory over Costa Rica in their final match at the Women’s World Cup, reports theguardian.com.
1 Aug 2023
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will get their prize money for participating in the 2023 Women’s World Cup directly from the Federation of Internationale Football Association (FIFA). FIFA Secretary-General, Fatma Samoura disclosed this to the Nigerian women's team on Monday in their dressing room at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium following their 0-0 draw with the Republic…
18 Jul 2023
Match officials explaining VAR decisions live to stadiums and television audiences for Women's World Cup games will make the process "more transparent", FIFA's referee chief Pierluigi Collina said on Tuesday.
12 Jul 2023
FIFA has banned Al-Nassr from registering new players for failing to pay add-ons owed to Leicester City as part of the Ahmed Musa deal.
11 Jul 2023
Zimbabwe on Tuesday welcomed the lifting of FIFA's ban on the country's football association which has rekindled their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
9 Jul 2023
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that it will “manage the situation for now” after Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum, alleged that the body misappropriated FIFA’s $960,000 grant meant to prepare the team for the World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand.
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