Confederations Cup is not our priority, says Amodu

The completion date for Zenit St. Petersburgs $1.1 billion stadium has been put back again and it may not open until 2017, a decade after construction work began, the head of the government agency auditing the project said.The stadium is to host a 2018 World ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated on Monday in Recife, Pernambuco state, the Arena Pernambuco stadium, which will host matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup next month. The Arena is the last of the ...

Qatar won the honors for hosting one of the biggest sporting events in the world on Dec 2nd, 2010, when the country won the bid against five countries (US, Japan, Australia and South Korea) to host 2022 edition of FIFA World Cup. Qatar will hog the ...

A view of Arena Sao Paulo stadium, known as "Itaquerao", which will host the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in Sao Paulo - Reuters Brazil is gearing up to host "one of the most protected sporting events in history" which will be fortified ...

Berne: FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised as inadequate a 50,000 euro fine handed to AS Roma for racist behaviour from their fans and said lessons had not been learned in Italian

The head of footballs world governing body FIFA, Sepp Blatter, yesterday denounced racist chanting that held up a weekend game between AC Milan and Roma. Appalled to read about racist abuse in Serie A last night, but we're ...

FIFAs anti-racism task force will send three proposals to footballs world governing body in a move aimed at stamping out the growing negative trend in the game.The much talked about task force held its first meeting here Monday, with discussions focussing on ...

Accra, May 15, GNA World football governing body, Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has issued a June 11 deadline for the submission of squad lists for the 2013 U-20 World Cup. Participating teams including Ghana's Black ...

The Korea Football Association (KFA) on Thursday announced a 25-man roster for South Korea's last three matches in the final Asian qualification round for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Kim, 36, last represented the country at the 2010 World Cup in ...