Football

News Hour: The Bureau of the FIFA Council today appointed Tomaž Vesel of Slovenia as the independent chairperson of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee until the 67th FIFA Congress, with immediate effect. Mr Vesel currently serves...

News Hour: Barcelona’s Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it...

News Hour: Olivier Giroud scored twice to take man-of-the-match honours as France marched into the Euro 2016 semi-finals but even after a 5-2 hammering, Iceland departed with pride having struck new underdog blows. France now play...

News Hour: Germany won an epic shootout featuring 18 penalties by 6-5 to end their jinx against Italy in major tournaments and reach the Euro 2016 semi-finals after the game finished 1-1 following extra time on...

News Hour: Hundreds of Argentines protested in the pouring rain on Saturday, demanding that soccer star Lionel Messi return to Argentina’s national team after he unexpectedly quit following a loss in the regional Copa America final....

News Hour: Two of Europe’s most prolific marksmen go head-to-head as Robert Lewandowski aims to end Cristiano Ronaldo’s dreams of landing an international trophy when Poland meet Portugal in a Euro 2016 quarter-final clash on Thursday,...

News Hour: Carlos Bacca’s 31st minute goal Saturday night at University of Phoenix Stadium was enough for Colombia to defeat the U.S. 1-0 to finish in third place at Copa America Centenario. Colombia captured third place...

News Hour: The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in accordance with art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes. The committee will be...

News Hour: Chile is back in the Copa America Final with a chance to defend their tournament championship after Wednesday night’s 2-0 Semifinal win against Colombia at rain-soaked Soldier Field in Chicago. Chile earned another date...

News Hour: Argentina’s perfect run through Copa America Centenario continued with a 4-0 victory against the host USA in Tuesday’s Semifinal, with Lionel Messi putting on another show for a sellout crowd at Houston’s NRG Stadium....