FIFA will test the use of video assistant referees to help with key decisions in games at the upcoming Club World Cup in Japan. Champions League winners Real Madrid will be among the six teams involved, but here will be something new taking place at this year’s tournament too. Video assistance will be introduced to […]
NEW FIFA president Giovanni Infantino has revealed his ambition to expand the World Cup to 48 teams. The recently-elected chief of world football wants to see the number of nations competing grow from its current number of 32. In order to make room for the additional countries who would take part, it has been claimed […]
SEPP BLATTER has lost his appeal against a six-year ban from football and been fined almost £39,000. The disgraced ex-Fifa boss wanted all ethics charges against him dropped by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. But the 80-year-old insisted he was unsuccessful in his “difficult” appeal, saying: “The way the case progressed, no other verdict could […]
FIFA have called on clubs from all over the globe to hold a minute’s silence before they kick off their matches this weekend to remember the victims of the Colombia plane crash. 71 of the 77 passengers lost their lives in the accident, including 19 players from Brazilian top flight side Chapecoense. The team were on […]
CLAUDIO RANIERI has had a remarkable time in charge of Leicester City and now he may be rewarded for the astonishing achievement of turning the Foxes in to champions. However the Italian will have to beat Real Madrid‘s Zinedine Zidane and Euro 2016 winning coach, Portugal gaffer Fernando Santos. The shortlist for Fifa‘s coach of the year […]