FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that teams in the expanded 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be based in regional groups in the initial stages. Speaking in Los Angeles to unveil the official logo and branding for the tournament, Infantino said the move was inspired by the scale […]
A division bench of High Court Justice Nazrul Islam Talukdar and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing a writ petition in this regard. The High Court’s ruling sought to know why the inaction of the respondents in the investigation into allegations of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement against BFF officials should not be […]
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) senior vice-president and chairman of the finance committee, Salam Murshedi, categorically said at a press conference held after an emergency meeting of the federation’s executive committee on Monday afternoon that “there was no corruption”. However, minutes before Salam boldly claimed that no corruption had taken place, BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, who […]
Allegations against BFF’s new GS Imran Hussain, Sohag to be probed
In addition to the evidence collected during the course of investigation conducted by the Investigating Cell in the applicable proceedings, the Judicial Chamber was comfortably satisfied, after hearing and carefully analyzing the evidence presented before it, that Shohag violated Article 13 (General) duties), 15 (duty of loyalty) and 24 (counterfeiting and forgery) of the FIFA […]
FIFA ordered the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) to play a game behind closed doors and fined it 100,000 Swiss francs ($108,000) for offensive chants made by the country’s fans during its matches at last year’s World Cup. fined. “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a fine of 100,000 CHF on the FMF and that the […]
“may he rest in peace.” There was applause minutes before Western United’s home game against Brisbane Roar on Friday. Brazilian tennis player Thiago Monteiro, who is in Australia for the United Cup mixed team tournament, said it was a sad day for Brazil. Monteiro told reporters, “Pele was our biggest idol in sport. He also […]
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who led world football’s governing body from 1998 to 2015, called Pele the greatest player of all time. “The world mourns the greatest footballer in history and an amazing personality. He celebrates the game like no one else,” Blatter said on Twitter. “Dear Pele, I am deeply saddened and respect […]
Gokce, who owns a chain of restaurants and is known as ‘Salt Bay’ for his dramatic style of sprinkling salt on his steaks, shared videos and photos of himself with Argentina’s players following their victory over France in the final. Posted the photos on his Instagram page. He also posed for a photo holding the […]
French hearts are broken but the future looks bright
Dear Argentina fans, you will be missed by Ghost, Pain and Curse
France had barely taken a kick off and coach Didier Deschamps took decisive action, removing Olivier Giroud and Dembele and throwing on Marcus Thuram and Randall Kolo Muani after 41 minutes. It had little effect until they were given a lifeline in the 80th minute when Nicolas Otamendi tripped up Kolo Muani and Mbappé, previously […]
