2022 World Cup to be held with 32 teams : Blatter
AFP, Zurich :FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Saturday the 2022 World Cup will be held with 32 teams and with the same number of regional...
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IU become champions in Inter-University Football
IU Correspondent : Islamic University (IU) became champions in the Inter-University Football Tournament when they beat National University by a solitary goal in the final...
Injured Marcelo out of Copa America
AFP, Madrid : Real Madrid left-back Marcelo has been forced to pull out of Brazil’s Copa America squad due to a back problem.The 27-year-old will...
Gill refuses vice-presidential role post Blatter’s re-election
The fallout from Sepp Blatter’s re-election as president of scandal-plagued FIFA continued on Saturday with Football Association vice-president David Gill confirming he would not take...
Rooney targets silverware as Man United captain
Reuters, London : Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney believes finishing in the Premier League’s top four last season was essential for the record 20-times English...
Adidas reacts to the arrest of FIFA officials
Adidas has become the first World Cup sponsor to publicly respond to the news Wednesday morning that FIFA was subject to two separate corruption probes,...
Calls for FIFA president Blatter to quit as global anger builds
AFP, Zurich :FIFA’s veteran president Sepp Blatter faced angry demands to resign after US indictments and arrests of top lieutenants engulfed the football supremo in...
Argentina’s 23-man Copa America squad
Angel Di Maria is one of six Premier League players included in Gerardo Martino’sArgentina squad for the upcoming Copa America.The £59.7million midfielder endured a difficult...
Asisat Oshoala wins BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award
Nigeria and Liverpool forward Asisat Oshoala has been named as the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. The 20-year-old forward is the first player to...