ZAMBIAN referee Janny Sikazwe has revealed why Sergio Ramos avoided a red card in the Fifa Club World Cup final – claiming it was due to “miscommunication”. The Real Madrid defender was already on a booking when in the final moments of normal time he fouled a Kashima Antlers attacker to stop a counter-attack. It […]
FIFA was blasted yesterday as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were fined almost £80,000 for defying its poppy ban. The Three Lions were hit with the biggest penalty — £35,311 — after stars including Wayne Rooney honoured our war dead at Wembley last month. Opponents Scotland, who lost 3-0 in the World Cup qualifier, […]
THE FA will fight Fifa’s fine for letting England wear poppies in their World Cup qualifier against Scotland. Fifa ordered the governing body to pay £35,000 after Wayne Rooney and Co sported poppy armbands in the Wembley clash on November 11, as well as flag displays and ceremonies by servicemen in the stadium. But an […]
VIDEO technology was used in competitive football for the first time yesterday. The historic moment came when a Club World Cup semi-final was pulled back to give a penalty — after the referee missed an off-the-ball foul. Japan’s Kashima Antlers saw off Colombians Atletico Nacional 3-0 in Osaka and the opening goal could shape the […]
FIFA are considering yet another bizarre change to the format of the World Cup. Earlier in the week, president Gianni Infantino revealed his ambition to introduce a 48-team World Cup, with the group stage consisting of 16 groups of three teams. And now a report in The Times states that penalty shootouts could be introduced […]