INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES NEWS

Marseille's ambition in question after not signing Balotelli

Supposedly an ambitious club, Marseille has a strange way of showing it after missing out on Mario Balotelli

AUGUST 23, 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 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

US player Timothy Weah scores first Ligue 1 goal for PSG

US player Timothy Weah scores first Ligue 1 goal for PSG

AUGUST 12, 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

Report recommends independent A-League amid FFA overhaul

Report recommends independent A-League amid FFA overhaul

AUGUST 7, 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

FIFA fines Egypt $50K for prohibited World Cup warmup game

ZURICH (AP) FIFA has fined Egypt's soccer federation 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,000) for playing a World Cup warmup game during a prohibited period.

JULY 19, 2018

The Latest: England makes 5 changes, Belgium 2

MOSCOW (AP) The Latest on Saturday at the World Cup (all times local):

JULY 14, 2018

The Latest: Croatia’s World Cup squad following Wimbledon

MOSCOW (AP) The Latest on Saturday at the World Cup (all times local):

JULY 14, 2018

FIFA fines Russia for neo-Nazi fan banner at World Cup game

MOSCOW (AP) Russia's soccer federation has been fined by FIFA because a fan displayed a neo-Nazi banner at a World Cup game.

JUNE 30, 2018

Hosting World Cup makes Russia more gay-friendly – for now

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) While World Cup fans pack the St. Petersburg Stadium fantasizing of soccer victory, Pyotr Voskresensky and fell...

JUNE 29, 2018

Chechnya leader grants Salah honorary citizenship

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov has granted honorary citizenship to striker Mohamed Salah at a banquet held to say go...

JUNE 23, 2018

Chechnya leader grants Salah honorary citizenship

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov has granted honorary citizenship to striker Mohamed Salah at a banquet held to say go...

JUNE 23, 2018