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Football Supporters Europe and Euroconsumers have lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission against FIFA, accusing the world football governing body of abusing its monopoly position to impose what they describe as excessively high ticket prices and opaque purchasing conditions for the 2026 World Cup. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, centres on allegations…
Arsenal defender Ben White has received his first England call-up in over three years, marking a significant return to international football after his controversial departure from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The 28-year-old right-back, who has not represented the Three Lions since walking out of England’s World Cup camp for what were…
The Confederation of African Football has fundamentally rewritten the history of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, stripping Senegal of a hard won victory on the pitch and awarding the continental championship to Morocco through regulatory intervention. Official checks on the CAF website confirm that Morocco now stands recorded as champions of the TotalEnergies CAF…
Great Britain achieved its most successful World Athletics Indoor Championships in history following a clinical 28-minute golden blitz in Torun. The three-medal rush on Sunday evening brought the team’s gold tally to four, surpassing the previous record of three set in 1999. Georgia Hunter Bell, Molly Caudery, and Keely Hodgkinson each secured world titles to…
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has retained its eighth-place position in the FIBA World Rankings following the conclusion of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The African champions produced a mixed bag of results in Group A, securing two wins against Colombia and the Philippines while falling to South Korea, France, and Germany. Despite finishing…
Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s Egypt forward and one of the Premier League’s most consistent performers this season, has been ruled out of the club’s away fixture against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday after picking up a muscle injury during Wednesday’s emphatic Champions League victory over Galatasaray at Anfield. The 33-year-old was substituted during the match,…
The Guinea Football Federation has formally petitioned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to retrospectively award it the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. This unprecedented move follows a landmark ruling on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, which stripped Senegal of the 2025 AFCON trophy. CAF recently awarded the 2025 championship to Morocco after concluding…
FIFA has mandated that every team in its women’s competitions must include at least one female head or assistant coach. The world football governing body approved the new regulations on Thursday, March 19, 2026, to address a persistent gender imbalance in the technical area. The directive requires each squad to have a minimum of two…
Argentine football legend Lionel Messi scored the 900th goal of his illustrious career but could not prevent Inter Miami from exiting the CONCACAF Champions Cup after a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC saw the visitors advance on away goals in their last-16 clash on Wednesday night. The 38-year-old superstar reached the historic milestone just…
Liverpool revived their faltering season with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Galatasaray at Anfield on Tuesday night, overturning a first-leg deficit to secure a place in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals where they will face defending champions Paris Saint-Germain. Goals from Dominik Szoboszlai, Hugo Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Mohamed Salah ensured the English side…
