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Ghana drop six places in FIFA World Rankings

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By: Nana Kwame Bediako  The latest FIFA rankings released in February 2024 have seen Ghana drop to 67th place. The four-time African Champions have been affected by this slip based on their performance in major tournaments. The fall in the world ranking also affected the Black Stars position on the CAF rankings, as they fell […]

FIFA slaps Spanish Football President with 90 days suspension

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The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has provisionally suspended Mr. Luis Rubiales, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation for a period of 90-days from all football-related activities at national and international level. The football administrator after Spain’s World Cup success over England, grabbed the head of Spanish forward, Jennifer Hermoso and kissed her […]

Fifa ends Zimbabwe football ban as committee created to oversee return

Fifa has lifted its suspension of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and has set up a temporary committee to operate the organisation for a year. The decision of world football’s governing body means that Zimbabwe will be in Wednesday’s draw for the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. “I want to assure Zimbabwe that […]

FIFA announces $7.5 billion revenue for the year 2023

FIFA announces $7.5 billion revenue for the year 2023

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has announced that, its revenue for the end of 2022, will be USD7.5 billion. According to FIFA, the amount is USD One billion more than budgeted for the year. In addition, FIFA has allocated USD 9.7 billion for investments into the development of football between 2023 and 2026. […]

All you need to know about 2022 FIFA World Cup and upcoming fixtures

2022 FIFA World Cup

By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The 2022 FIFA World Cup being staged in Qatar is the first-ever edition of the competition where the opening goal was scored from the penalty spot. Enner Valencia of Ecuador struck from the spot in the 16th minute in their match against Qatar in the opening game of the 2022 World Cup. […]

Broadcast Rights: They take too much- Addae-Mensah to FIFA

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By: Roberta Modin Group Chief Executive Officer at Databank, Kojo Addae-Mensah has appealed to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to consider Africa in the commercialization of the World Cup tournaments. Speaking on the Matchday Show on GTV Sports+, he stated that it costs too much to purchase the rights to broadcast the World […]

World Cup 2022: Alcohol sales banned at World Cup stadiums in Qatar

World Cup 2022

Alcohol will not be sold to fans at the World Cup’s eight stadiums in Qatar after Fifa changed its policy two days before the start of the tournament. Alcohol was set to be served “in select areas within stadiums”, despite its sale being strictly controlled in the Muslim country. Those in corporate areas of stadiums […]

Qatar will deliver the best-ever world cup tournament- FIFA

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Gianni Infantino, President of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), says the best ever world cup tournament will be the one yet to be staged in Qatar this year. He made these comments following the input of work by the Asian side as the tournament approaches in just a month. Qatar, made up of […]

“I’m happy to play for Ghana,” Tariq Lamptey says after completing nationality switch

Tariq Lamptey

By Charles Sarpong Amponsah Brighton right-back Tariq Lamptey has completed all the processes of switching nationality with football’s world governing body (Fifa) to play for Ghana at the senior level. The London-born defender, 21, disclosed this on Twitter and expressed his appreciation to everyone involved. “I’m happy that everything is completed with FIFA and I’m […]