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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...

March 04, (THEWILL) - The Polish Football Association has asked world football governing body, FIFA, to reopen the transfer window for players in the Ukrainian Premier League as well as foreign players in Russia. THEWILL recalls that on Thursday, February 24,...

February 28, (THEWILL) - On Sunday, FIFA backed down from an instant expulsion of Russia from World Cup qualification, but acknowledged it was still a possibility, instead determining that the team could compete under the "RFU" name of its...

February 10, (THEWILL) - The Super Eagles of Nigeria have climbed four places in the current FIFA/Coca-Cola monthly rankings, which were revealed on Thursday morning. Despite their round-of-16 exit at the jus concluded TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON),...