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 the country’s stellar history at the championship.Fifty three percent...
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 earlier that FIFA had been “clinically dead” when he...
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 of Egypt’s World Cup opener against Uruguay.Liverpool star Mohamed...
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 watch the World Cup.“Cable television is an indispensable right...
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 allegations.The High Court of Ghana granted the request of...
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 chief Luis Rubiales confirmed on Wednesday.In a surprise announcement...
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 FIFA member nations on Wednesday.The North American bid received...
Xinhua, Berlin : Former German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann is convinced that “Brazil and Argentina are extremely hungry” for success in the 2018 World Cup.If Germany were to retain the World Cup, it...
Xinhua, Moscow : The 68th FIFA Congress opened here on Wednesday, one day before the first match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia kicked off.During the meeting, the delegates of FIFA member associations...
AFP, Kazan : World Cup fever is finally taking strong grip in Russia, where wild enthusiasm in provincial centres such as chilly Kazan is filtering through to Moscow ahead of today’s (Thursday) opening gave...
