‘We have been working for this solution through official channels obviously. We have been working as well behind the scenes,’ Infantino told a news conference in Istanbul when asked about criticism over the lack of FIFA public statements on the case read more

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay had already submitted a joint bid to host the centenary edition of football’s most prestigious tournament, but Pinera said on Twitter on Thursday that those countries’ presidents had agreed to Chile’s participation in... read more

Swiss authorities are targeting Franz Beckenbauer, former captain and coach of the German World Cup winning sides, who was president of the German 2006 bid. read more

The highly rated 20-year-old was born in London but qualified for Ireland via paternal grandparents and after playing at youth level went on to make three senior appearances, all in friendly matches. read more

Thailand will free by the end of Monday the refugee Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi with residency status in Australia who was arrested more than two months ago, a prosecutor in the case said read more

Real Kashmir’s Danish Farooq looks during their I-League club football match against Gokulam Kerala FC on February 06, 2019. Bullets are heard every day in the world’s most militarised zone, but shots fired on goal by Danish Farooq have become a revelation in Kashmir. Farooq has defied stone-pelting protesters and pellets shot by security forces to make it to training.

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Skipper Sunil Chhetri and Co. slumped six places to be ranked 103 with 1219 points in the FIFA rankings released Thursday. read more

The 48-year-old has been in charge of FIFA since February 2016, after succeeding the disgraced Sepp Blatter following the corruption scandal which rocked the organisation. read more

FIFA said in a statement that it would hold a 51 percent share of the venture while the Qatar organising committee would hold 49 percent read more

Sunil Chhetri had had a stint on the TV earlier as an expert during the FIFA World Cup 2018. read more

The search in Gonda was a part of the nationwide searches carried out at eight locations across the country, including Sikar and Jaipur (Rajasthan), Delhi, Valsad and Surat (Gujarat) and Kasargod (Kerala) on Wednesday. read more

FIFA’s proposals to expand the Club World Cup and to create a new global Nations League similar to the recently created UEFA version largely have the backing of officials from South America, Africa and Asia read more

Organising committee official Nasser al-Khater, talking to journalists in Doha, said at the moment the country was continuing to prepare for a 32-team tournament in three years’ time read more

Shane Warne, who has often praised Kuldeep’s bowling, was spotted discussing bowling spin and working on his action in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval. read more

Last month, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said a majority of national football federations were in favour of expanding the tournament read more