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November 03, (THEWILL) - An ankle ligament injury sustained while playing for RB Leipzig against Shakhtar Donetsk has effectively ruled ex-Chelsea forward, Timo Werner, out of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The 26-year-old was taken off in the first...

November 03, (THEWILL) - On Wednesday night, the seventh FIFA 23 Ultimate Team seventh Team of the Week (TOTW) was unveiled, and Nigerian international, Victor Osimhen, was included. Antonio Candreva of Salernitana and Inter Milan's Stefan de Vrij, were two...

October 28, (THEWILL) - FIFA has threatened to remove Tunisia from next month's World Cup in Qatar unless the nation's government, stops meddling in football-related activities. This is in tandem with FIFA's avowed policy, that the federations that make up...

October 13, (THEWILL) – Nigeria's senior women's national football team, the Super Falcons of Nigeria, have moved up one spot in the most recent FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking in Thursday's issue released by the FIFA. The former African champions went from...

October 6, (THEWILL) - In the most recent FIFA World Rankings, Nigeria's Super Eagles dropped two spots to emerge as the 32nd country overall seeing the three-time African champions drop from being third in Africa and 30th in the...

October 2, (THEWILL) – Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, has expressed his sympathies, following the death of at least 174 spectators in a stampede during an Indonesian Premier League (Liga 1) match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya,...

September 17, (THEWILL) – FIFA has extended the four-year suspension of Orji Okonkwo, a former junior international for Nigeria, for a doping offence from the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal, to a worldwide ban. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the...

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...