Football

News Hour: FIFA can today confirm the worldwide extension of the two-year ban, starting on 10 July 2016, that was imposed on the vice-president of the Equatorial Guinea FA, Mr Gustavo Ndong Edu, by the CAF...

News Hour: An early goal from Miguel Angel Borja took Atletico Nacional to their second Copa Libertadores triumph as the Colombian side beat Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle 1-0 on Wednesday to give them a 2-1 aggregate...

News Hour: On 36 occasions last season, Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain boosted Napoli dreams of ending a 26-year title drought as he inspired with goalscoring feats in the Scudetto race with Juventus. On Tuesday, Higuain went...

News Hour: Liverpool have been fined 16,000 euros (£13,382) for an illicit banner and setting off fireworks during the Europa League finals in May, UEFA announced on Monday, reports BSS. Juergen Klopp’s side lost the finals...

News Hour: Three candidates to succeed the disgraced Michel Platini as president of UEFA made the shortlist on Friday for the vote to take place in Athens on September 14, reports BSS. The three are Slovenia’s...

News Hour: Sam Allardyce was appointed England manager on Friday on a two-year contract, tasked with restoring pride in the national team after their dismal performances at Euro 2016, reports Reuters. Allardyce, at Sunderland since October,...

News Hour: Following the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council taken on 24 June 2016 to appoint a normalisation committee for the Argentine Football Association (AFA), a joint FIFA and CONMEBOL mission visited Argentina...

News Hour: Russia’s Alfa-Bank was announced today as the first FIFA World Cup Regional Supporter during an event in Moscow, marking an important milestone in FIFA’s commercial strategy. As a Regional Supporter for Europe, Alfa-Bank will...

News Hour: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, recently held its annual Ramadan football tournament, which saw 10 teams representing different departments and divisions within the airline competing to win the tournament’s...

News Hour: The FIFA Development Committee, chaired by FIFA vice-president and AFC President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, met in Zurich today and started putting in motion Forward, FIFA’s overhauled development programme approved by the...