Fifa World Cup

Fifa's president Gianni Infantino has called Iran's ban on women attending football matches "unacceptable" and called for it to be lifted

Football world governing body Fifa has allowed Iraq to host their national team's upcoming World Cup qualifying games in their southern city, Basra, following a "security assessment by a Fifa delegation"

The Swiss Attorney General’s (OAG) office has confirmed that charges have been filed by prosecutors in the country against three former German Football Association (DFB) executives in relation to a payment l…

US senator Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, has proposed a bill that would prevent federal funding being provided for the 2026 Fifa World Cup until the US women’s national team receives the same level of p…

Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompunmuang believes that more clarity needs to be given about an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) 2034 World Cup bid, especially on which…

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today (Thursday) confirmed it is in talks with the Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) with a view to submitting a joint bid for the 2034 Fifa World Cup

Michel Platini confirmed today (Wednesday) that he was questioned by police on a number of matters aside from the award of the 2022 Fifa World Cup to Qatar, including the award of the Uefa Euro 2016 tournament…

Michel Platini, the former president of football’s European governing body Uefa, has been arrested in France in relation to allegations surrounding the award of the 2022 Fifa World Cup to Qatar.

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) have confirmed that a process is underway to potentially launch a joint bid for the 2030 Fifa World Cup

Fifa has awarded Qatar the rights to host the next two editions of the Fifa Club World Cup in 2019 and 2020

Fifa has renewed its multi-year agreement with Getty Images through to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Fifa has scrapped a proposal to expand the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 to 48 nations

The South American effort to return the Fifa World Cup to the continent in 2030 has been revamped, with Chile formally confirmed as part of the bid for the national team football tournament

Fifa President Gianni Infantino addressed the media following the Fifa Council meeting in Miami on Friday

Fifa has outlined a list of 10 stadia in five countries that could be utilised to help stage an expanded 2022 World Cup, with world football’s governing body stating the move would be worth an additional $…

A leaked media-rights contract indicates the state of Qatar offered to pay Fifa an additional $100m (€89m) - as part of the deal with Qatari state broadcaster Al Jazeera (now beIN Media Group) - if it was …