Football

AFP, Rio de Janeiro :More than half of Brazilians have no interest in the World Cup in Russia, according to an opinion poll Tuesday, despite...

AFP, Moscow :FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday he will stand for re-election as the head of football’s world governing body next year.Infantino said...

AP, Yekaterinburg :The emphasis on the team returning to the World Cup after 28 years has given way to attention on an individual player ahead...

AFP, Buenos Aires :Inmates in an Argentine prison have begun a hunger strike to press authorities to repair the cable TV system so they can...

AFP, Accra :A Ghana court on Tuesday ordered the suspension of the country’s embattled football federation, paving the way for its dissolution following explosive corruption...

AFP, Krasnodar : Spain sacked coach Julen Lopetegui just two days before the team’s opening game against Portugal at the World Cup, Spanish football federation...

AFP, Moscow :The United States, Mexico and Canada won the right to host the 2026 World Cup after easily beating Morocco in a vote by...

Xinhua, Berlin : Former German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann is convinced that “Brazil and Argentina are extremely hungry” for success in the 2018 World...

Xinhua, Moscow : The 68th FIFA Congress opened here on Wednesday, one day before the first match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia kicked...

AFP, Kazan : World Cup fever is finally taking strong grip in Russia, where wild enthusiasm in provincial centres such as chilly Kazan is filtering...