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South Africa’s senior national football team, Bafana Bafana, has been forced to postpone its departure for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a sweeping visa crisis stranded several players and officials in Johannesburg, throwing the country’s first World Cup campaign in 16 years into early disarray. The squad had been scheduled to depart for…
Nigerian afrobeats star Rema has teamed up with Thai rapper Lisa and Brazilian singer Anitta to release ‘Goals’, the official anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFA announced the release in a post on its X handle, confirming that the trio will also perform the song during the World Cup opening ceremony in…
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association has announced that the FIFA World Cup 2026, scheduled across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19, will become the first edition of the global tournament to feature live sign language interpretation broadcasts for every single match, a landmark…
Chelsea forward João Pedro experienced one of the most bittersweet nights of his professional career after being named the club’s Player of the Season just hours after Brazil head coach Dorival Júnior left him out of the country’s final FIFA World Cup squad. The 24-year-old Brazilian received the prestigious club honour following a remarkable…
Didier Deschamps is preparing for what many expect to be his final act as France manager, and he has assembled a squad that blends elite experience with exciting young talent as Les Bleus chase a third FIFA World Cup title in the expanded 48-team tournament in 2026. Kylian Mbappé remains the centrepiece of the…
Colombian pop icon Shakira and Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Burna Boy have jointly released “Dai Dai,” the official anthem for the FIFA World Cup 2026, signalling the formal countdown to the most anticipated football tournament on the planet. Shakira announced the release directly to fans on social media Friday, writing: “Dai Dai is here. The @FIFAWorldCup…
Tensions over Iran’s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup have sharpened after the president of the country’s football federation, Mehdi Taj, insisted that FIFA remains the tournament’s true host and demanded guarantees that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will not face insult during the event. “Our host is FIFA, not Mr Trump or…
A special envoy to United States President Donald Trump has asked world football governing body FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the 2026 World Cup, a proposal that immediately reignited debate over politics, merit, and the integrity of the tournament. Paolo Zampolli, an Italian-American businessman and former modelling agent who claims to have…
Nigeria’s absence from the officiating ranks of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is complete. When FIFA unveiled its full roster of match officials for the tournament on Thursday, not a single Nigerian name appeared among the 170 appointed, deepening a pattern of exclusion that has become increasingly difficult to ignore. The global football governing…
Iran’s football federation has entered negotiations with FIFA to relocate the national team’s group stage matches at the 2026 World Cup from the United States to co-host Mexico, citing security concerns following statements by American President Donald Trump and the ongoing military conflict that has claimed the life of Iran’s Supreme Leader and triggered…
