FIFA suspends Spanish football chief over kiss
Football’s ruling world body FIFA said on Saturday it had suspended Spanish federation chief Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three months as it...
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Spanish federation chief refuses to resign over kiss scandal
Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales said on Friday he would not step down in the face of pressure from politicians, players, unions and FIFA for...
Wiegman hoping to end almost 60 years of World Cup hurt for England
“In Sarina we trust” has become a mantra back in England among fans and pundits, and coach Sarina Wiegman hopes to repay the faith by...
‘Best’ Women’s World Cup generates $570m for Fifa – Infantino
FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Friday the Women’s World Cup had generated more than $570 million in revenue and enabled soccer’s global governing body...
Goalkeepers steal the show at Women’s World Cup
By Lori Ewing Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold surely won a legion of fans with her steely-eyed heroics in Saturday’s quarter-final penalty shootout victory at the...
Over one million tickets sold for Women’s World Cup
This year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is on track to become the most attended standalone women’s sporting event ever with over...
Jailed, deported and blacklisted: Qatar’s outspoken World Cup guards
– Andrew Maganga seized the chance to work as a World Cup security guard in Qatar last year, only to be fired along with some...
No World Cup deal in Ronaldo contract, say Al Nassr
Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr have denied reports that Cristiano Ronaldo has a clause in his contract where the Portugal forward is to serve as...
Mbappe dismisses Argentina keeper Martinez’s “futile” World Cup taunts
France striker Kylian Mbappe has shrugged off Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez’s taunts after the World Cup final, saying he did not “waste energy on such futile things”...
Messi to return to PSG in early January
Lionel Messi will return to Paris St Germain at the beginning of January, the Ligue 1 club’s manager Christophe Galtier said on Tuesday. The Argentine...
