Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other offences in Switzerland. Swiss prosecutors say Blatter unlawfully arranged a transfer of two million Swiss francs to Platini in 2011. Prosecutors say the payment damaged FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini.
Five Eritrean footballers from the women’s Under-20 national team have gone missing during a regional tournament in Uganda. The players disappeared from their hotel in Jinja on Tuesday morning. The players were part of the Eritrea squad for the Cecafa Women’s Under-20 Championship, which began on Saturday and runs until 9 November in nearby Njeru. This is…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped two places in the latest ranking by football world governing body, FIFA. The Super Eagles lost fourteen points to finish at the thirty-sixth position in FIFA’s ranking for the month of October. The ranking was released after the Nigerian national football team lost one-zero at home to Central African Republic…
Chad have been readmitted to international football after FIFA ended a suspension, originally handed out for governmental interference in football, that had lasted six months. Football’s world governing body banned Chad after the country’s minister of youth and sports dissolved the FA in March. The following reasons were given for the end of the ban: The following…
Senegal became the first team through to Africa’s play-offs for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by beating Namibia 3-1 on Tuesday. Turkey-based forward Famara Diedhiou was the hero, outshining Sadio Mane and others as he scored once in the first half and twice in the second to register his second hat-trick for Senegal. Peter Shalulile sent…
Brazilian football legend, Pele says he feels ready for 90 minutes plus extra time after leaving intensive care. The 80-year-old had surgery to remove a tumour from his colon at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. The three-time World Cup winner has been having treatment at the hospital since August after the tumour was detected in…