WORLD CUP

Five coaches have warned against advocating for a FIFA ban on the country insisting that such a move will be detrimental to the development of the sport. The five who include three FIFA accredited instructors told off those advocating…

A Nairobi Member of Parliament has been blasted for spending millions on TV sets to enable the youth watch the ongoing World Cup. Embakasi South MP Jullius Mawathe allegedly spent over Ksh 1,000,000 on TV sets mounted in churches for the…

Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary has become the oldest player in World Cup history after starting against Saudi Arabia on Monday. He has the rather unique record of being older than the trophy at stake in the tournament. El-Hadary, who…

A foul on Cristiano Ronaldo during Portugal's Group B clash against Iran on Monday resulted in a record 19th penalty at the World Cup before the knockout rounds. The Portugal forward was brought down in the box shortly into the second…

Neymar will start Brazil's game against Costa Rica on Friday after coach Tite revealed he will field an unchanged team. Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar completed the full 90 minutes in Brazil's 1-1 draw with Switzerland in their…

By Annette Amondi The Mexican National football team broke the internet last week just before their World cup arrival in Russia when news about them partying with 30 escorts made headlines. Turns out several players were…

He also urged football clubs to respect the financial fair play, adding that FIFA should investigate the recent transfers that saw Neymar Jr join French titans Paris Saint Germain and Ousmane Dembele join Barcelona in a record-breaking deal

A Russian member of parliament has come out to make a bizarre proposal of turning the world’s irritating behavior of football hooliganism into a spectator sport. Igor Lebedev openly predicted that thousands of fans would turn up in…