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September 08, (THEWILL) – Amaju Melvin Pinnick, the president of the Nigerian Football Federation and a member of the FIFA Council, has urged the front-runners in this month's NFF presidential election to undertake honourable, clean campaigns while running for...

June 16, (THEWILL) – On Thursday, world football governing body, FIFA, will reveal the 16 host cities for the 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Mexico, the United States, and Canada. FIFA will organise the 48-team World Cup...

May 02, (THEWILL) - Due to crowd trouble during last month's 2022 World Cup play-offs, FIFA has slammed African champions, Senegal, with the penalty of playing one match behind closed doors. THEWILL recalls that fans also flashed laser pointers at...

May 02, (THEWILL) -  Following a pitch invasion after the Super Eagles' 1-1 tie with the Black Stars of Ghana in a 2022 World Cup playoff on March 29, the Nigeria Football Federation has been fined by FIFA. As THEWILL...

May 02, (THEWILL) - A FIFA delegation, on a trip to engage with sport and government stakeholders in the nine host cities of next year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, was in Sydney/Gadigal, the capital...

April 06, (THEWILL) – FIFA has once again snubbed Nigerian referees from officiating at the upcoming Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup set for November. FIFA settled for eight referees from the continent to join a pool of 36 referees, 63...

March 30, (THEWILL) – For the kind of reception Egypt's senior men's squad endured before the game against Senegal, was due to kick off and the attitude of Senegalese fans during the course of the game, the Egypt Football...

March 16, (THEWILL) - Russian football chiefs have failed in an attempt to suspend the ban on their teams appearing in UEFA competitions. The Russian Football Union (FUR) lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after...

March 08, (THEWILL) - Scotland's World Cup qualifier versus Ukraine has been postponed by the world football governing body, FIFA. The match was set to take place on March 24 at Hampden Park, but the Ukrainian FA requested a postponement last...

March 08, (THEWILL) - In the aftermath of Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, FIFA is planning to enable foreign players in the country to temporarily suspend their contracts. Already, all eight of Krasnodar's international players, including Remy Cabella and Grzegorz...