Fifa World Cup
Fifa ratifies 2022 World Cup schedule, with four matches per day in group stage
Fifa has revealed the schedule for its 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar, confirming that four matches will be played per day during the group stage.
Round-Up: T20 World Cup announcement, Vietnam eyeing November Grand Prix, Victoria’s sports exodus, and more
After months of speculation, the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup is reportedly set to be postponed this week. Australian media reports say an official announcement will be made on Friday.
Chicago confirmed as out of running to become 2026 World Cup host venue
The city of Chicago, Illinois, has been confirmed by world governing body Fifa as out of the running to become a host venue for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
Puma replaces Adidas as Paraguay FA kit supplier
The Paraguayan Football Association (APF) has signed a two-year kit supplier agreement with Germany-based sportswear manufacturer Puma
Fifa unveils $1.5bn Covid relief fund, endorses World Cup warm-up tournament
Fifa has approved a Covid-19 relief plan that will make up to $1.5bn (€1.3
Globo handed injunction to withhold $90m Fifa media-rights payment
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has been handed an injunction against world football’s governing body Fifa to withhold a $90m (€79.7m) broadcast rights payment.
Round-Up: Sochi F1 double header, Asian golf tour restart, Fifa floats transfer and salary caps, and more
Russian Grand Prix organisers Rosgonki said they are open to hosting back-to-back races in Sochi this season adding to the F1 calendar shortened due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Round-Up: EPL positive tests, Swiss A-G impeachment proceedings, Pakistan’s ‘bio-secure’ England tour, ANOC funding, and more
There have been six positive Covid-19 tests from English Premier League players or club staff after the league's first phase of testing - Sky Sports
Al-Khelaïfi and Valcke set for September trial in Switzerland
BeIN Media Group chairman and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and former Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke will face trial in Switzerland in September over a case relating to the at…
Fifa ‘disappointed’ by expiry of World Cup trial
Football's world governing body Fifa has said it is "deeply disappointed" at the end of a Swiss trial over an alleged fraud linked to the 2006 World Cup and involving former German footballer Franz Beckenbauer
BeIN leans on Fifa archive to expand on-demand offer in Mena
BeIN Sports, the global pay-television broadcaster, has expanded its on-demand offer in the Middle East and North Africa with Fifa World Cup content, documentaries and behind-the-scenes footage as the…
Spanish football bodies unite on Covid-19 plan and 2030 World Cup bid
Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) has brought together LaLiga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to form a pathway to return the domestic game amid Covid-19, with funding agreements reached a…
Ex-Fox and Full Play executives plead not guilty to corruption charges
Two former executives at US-based media giant 21st Century Fox and South American sports marketing agency Full Play have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in New York as part of the long-running corruption…
Fifa addresses changes to contracts and transfer windows
After the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Fifa has announced a series of measures and guidelines to address vagaries affecting players' contracts and transfer windows
Ex-Fox duo Lopez and Martinez, plus Romy and Full Play, indicted in Fifa DOJ probe
Two former 21st Century Fox executives have been charged with allegedly paying millions of dollars in bribes to help Fox Sports win the lucrative United States broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022…
Brazilian OTT platform Guigo TV ‘interested in’ World Cup qualifiers
Brazilian Entertainment-led OTT platform Guigo TV is ready to challenge dominant media group Globo for the rights to Brazil’s away qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, it has been claimed.
Centralisation of archive allowed Fifa to offer matches free says commercial chief Thomas
Fifa’s chief commercial officer Simon Thomas has said the decision by the governing body to take its audiovisual archive services in-house has enabled it to offer more than 30 historic matches free of c…