AFRICAN NATIONS CUP NEWS

FIFA threatens to suspend Peru if law is changed

FIFA has threatened to suspend the Peruvian soccer federation if the country's congress changes a law on the local body's statutes

OCTOBER 11, 2018

FIFA undertakes global initiative to grow the women’s game

FIFA rolls out global strategy to grow the women's game ahead of next year's World Cup in France.

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Marseille striker Njie out for 3 weeks with thigh injury

Marseille striker Clinton Njie will miss three weeks after picking up a thigh injury in the French league last weekend

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

FIFA life bans for 3 who pleaded guilty in US case

FIFA life bans for 3 who pleaded guilty in US case

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Nigeria bans national team coach for accepting money

The Nigerian soccer federation has banned a senior national team coach for one year for accepting $1,000 from an undercover reporter who posed as an agent

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

FIFA lifts threat to suspend scandal-hit Ghana soccer body

FIFA has lifted a threat to suspend the Ghana Football Association after the government decided not to shut down the scandal-hit national soccer body

AUGUST 29, 2018

Long-time FIFA legal director Villiger leaves

FIFA's long-time legal director who was a key link to its American lawyers during federal investigations of corruption has left soccer's world body

AUGUST 20, 2018

Steven Lowy to quit as Football Federation Australia leader

Steven Lowy to quit as Football Federation Australia chairman, citing political infighting

AUGUST 17, 2018

FIFA defends bans for 'false' info, tarnishing reputations

FIFA justified an overhaul of its ethics code by asserting that people who "tarnish the reputations of others" must be banned from soccer

AUGUST 15, 2018

FIFA gives Nigeria and Ghana final deadlines to avoid bans

FIFA has given Nigeria and Ghana final deadlines to avoid international suspensions because of outside interference in their soccer associations

AUGUST 14, 2018

Keep bribes quiet for 10 years, FIFA won’t punish you

FIFA officially eradicates corruption _ the word _ from its ethics code

AUGUST 14, 2018

FIFA bans African official Bwalya over payments from Qatari

Leading African official Kalusha Bwalya is to appeal his two-year FIFA ban

AUGUST 10, 2018

7 ‘corrupted’ African soccer refs banned, 14 suspended

Seven Ghanaian soccer referees and one other official have been banned for between 10 years and life by the Confederation of African Footbal...

AUGUST 7, 2018

Report recommends independent A-League amid FFA overhaul

Report recommends independent A-League amid FFA overhaul

AUGUST 7, 2018

Hoffenheim signs Young Boys defender Kasim Nuhu

BERLIN (AP) Hoffenheim has signed Ghana defender Kasim Nuhu from Swiss champion Young Boys.

JULY 25, 2018

6 from Lyon, 3 in US league on FIFA best women’s player list

ZURICH (AP) Six players from European and French champion Lyon are among 10 candidates to win FIFA's best women's player award.

JULY 24, 2018