Players jump for the ball during the UEFA Champions League group A football match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on December 1, 2020. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP) Japan will host the Club World Cup in its existing format in late...
In this file picture taken on October 24, 2020 Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez reacts shouting after missing a goal opportunity during the Spanish League football match between Atletico Madrid and Real Betis at the Wanda Metropolitan stadium in Madrid. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)...
Argentina's Lionel Messi (center) drives the ball next to Paraguay's Angel Romero (right) during their closed-door 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Juan Ignacio RONCORONI / POOL / AFP) Argentina had...
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2020, Brazil's Neymar takes a penalty to score against Peru during their 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at the National Stadium in Lima, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Daniel APUY / POOL / AFP) Brazil must...
Argentina's Lionel Messi (left) and Ecuador's Pervis Estupinan vie for the ball during their 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on October 8, 2020. (Photo by AGUSTIN MARCARIAN / POOL / AFP) Lionel Messi put his Barcelona troubles...
The FIFA headquarters in Zürich. FIFA suspended Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday for "grave violations" of its statutes following a local court challenge to its imposition of a new committee. World football's governing body said the Caribbean island nation would not be allowed back in until it...
Shrock: 'We want to prove ourselves in the group and advance' Philippine Azkals captain Stephan Schrock (MB File Photo) Team captain Stephan Schrock is keeping a determined focus on the Philippine Azkals’ goal of progressing in the 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers despite the...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is facing a criminal probe in Switzerland, "thinks he is untouchable," his deposed predecessor Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. In an interview with AFP, Blatter even called for the opening of an...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) Gianni Infantino has insisted that he had "nothing to hide" in a letter to member federations of football's global governing body FIFA despite Swiss prosecutors launching a criminal probe against him . In the letter, sent on Thursday...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) A Swiss special prosecutor has launched criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino, authorities in Switzerland said Thursday, as part of an investigation into suspected collusion between him and the country's...
Switzerland's top prosecutor Michael Lauber resigned on July 24, 2020 following a drawn-out controversy over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting FIFA, citing a court ruling that partially upheld accusations against him. (Photo by STEFAN WERMUTH / AFP) Switzerland's top prosecutor...
In this file photo, NCRFA edges Negros Occidental in extra time to bag the PFF U-15 Boys National Championship. (Photo from PFF website) The Philippine Football Federation has set up multiple guidelines on the potential return of football competitions in the professional and amateur scene once the...
