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FIFA has rejected Denmark's request to train at the World Cup in shirts with the words "human rights for all" written on them in Qatar, the Danish Football Association (DBU) said. The DBU said in 2021 that its two training kit sponsors…

Senegalese international Sadio Mane's hopes of participating in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup could be in doubt after sustaining an injury while playing for Bayern Munich in their 6-1 thrashing of Werder Bremen, in the German Bundesliga on…

Former president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, said "Qatar is a mistake," when they were awarded the 2022 World Cup hosting rights in 2010, adding that "the choice was bad." The Qatar decision has been marred by controversy, including allegations…

The General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi, has decried the speculations and outright falsehoods about the relationship between NFF and Head Coach of the Super Eagles, José Santos Peseiro. There has been…

FIFA have written to the participating World Cup nations, appealing with them to "focus on the football" in Qatar, and not let the sport be dragged into ideological or political battles. The letter from FIFA president Gianni Infantino…

The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has praised football's ability to bring people together. She said this during a question-and-answer session on the opening day of the WTO Public…

The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final will be a repeat of the 2018 edition between Japan and Spain. The former won 3-1. To get to this final, champions Japan beat a strong Brazil 2-1.…

Nigeria's Super Eagles have maintained their global position of 31. The latest FIFA rankings released in Zurich, Switzerland, showed that Nigeria not only maintained her world ranking from June, but remains number 4 in Africa.…

The Falconets of Nigeria, who set a perfect group stage record in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup after beating Canada 3-1, will face the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of the competition. At the Estadio Alajuela Morera Soto in Costa…

World football governing body FIFA said they have sold 2.45 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5th-16th. FIFA said the biggest number of…