France Platini released in 2022 Qatar World Cup corruption probe In the early hours, Platini's lawyer said the football legend had been released without charge, adding that there has been "a lot of fuss over nothing". 18/06/2019
world news Football faces “existential threat” after Infantino gifted second FIFA term Gianni Infantino will be handed a second term as FIFA President at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday. 05/06/2019
France What are the differences in rules between men's and women's football? What are the differences between the men's and women's game? 28/05/2019
France Adidas announces equal bonuses for winning women's World Cup players "Today we are announcing that all Adidas athletes on the winning 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup team will receive the same performance bonus payout as their male peers," the company said. 09/03/2019
United Kingdom Chelsea banned from signing new players for next two transfer windows FIFA invesgiation finds Chelsea breached strict rules on signing under-18s 22/02/2019
world news Fifa player of the year finalists: Ronaldo, Salah and Modric Barcelona star Lionel Messi did not make the shortlist for the first time since 2006. 03/09/2018
no comment Watch: Trump meets FIFA President Infantino to discuss 2026 World Cup At the photo-op in the Oval Office, Trump jokingly brandished a red card at the press. 29/08/2018
Russia Russia hands over World Cup mantle to Qatar Russia hands over World Cup mantle to Qatar. 15/07/2018
Switzerland FIFA wants to crack down on images of attractive female fans FIFA's diversity boss says broadcasters have been ordered to stop their cameras zooming in on "hot women" in the crowd at football matches. 12/07/2018
world news Floods hit Greece and Putin shoots and scores: No Comment of the Week From flooding in Greece to an impressive backflip in LA, these are the No Comments of the week. 29/06/2018
Spain Spanish fan in tears after FIFA bans his famous drum from World Cup Manolo el del Bombo has been following the Spanish national team for more than 40 years with his drum. But he is now inconsolable after FIFA banned him from entering the stadium in Russia with his 'bombo'. 29/06/2018
Portugal World Cup 2018: Meet Portuguese superfan Nuno Gonçalves They can travel thousands of kilometres and spend up to the thousands in euros, all to support their teams. Euronews chatted with a Portuguese superfan who is rooting for his team. 12/06/2018
Sport FIFA president Gianni Infantino proposes a mini-world cup FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional competition. 02/05/2018
Peru Former Peruvian football boss cleared of corruption A Peruvian football official accused of racketeering has been cleared. Manuel Burga, who headed the sport in Peru until 2014, was suspected of taking cash in exchange for distributing marketing and media rights to matches. 27/12/2017
world news FIFA officials convicted of corruption A court in New York has found two South American football officials guilty of corruption 23/12/2017
United Arab Emirates FIFA Club World Cup final: Real Madrid favourites as key players retur Brazilian side Gremio are the underdogs going into Saturday night's final in Abu Dhabi, but head coach Renato Gaucho says his side are up to the challenge. 15/12/2017
Sport FIFA insists 2018 World Cup draw will not be rigged The move to reassure football fans follows claims by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter that some European level fixtures were fixed. 29/11/2017
Sport FIFA OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION A court in New York has found two South-American football officials have been found guilty of corruption 13/11/2017
USA Guatemala ex-judge is first to be sentenced in the Fifa bribery scandal An ex-judge from Guatemalan has been sentenced to eight months in the first sentence of the Fifa bribery case 26/10/2017
Sport 'Ronaldo is the best' - fellow players congratulate FIFA winner Ronaldo deserves FIFA award say fellow footballers 24/10/2017
Sport Christiano Ronaldo retains FIFA player of the year award FIFA holds its own 'Oscars' naming Christiano Ronaldo as player of the year 23/10/2017
United Kingdom Ronaldo and Lieke Martens win FIFA player of the year awards Cristiano Ronaldo and Dutch player Lieke Martens take home the top prizes at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 23/10/2017
Sport Russia invites disgraced former FIFA and UEFA heads to Moscow for World Cup finals Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini will be Vladimir Putin's personal guests for the three-week football tournament next year 20/10/2017
Sport 2019 Women's World Cup presented in Lyon, France FIFA's Gianni Infantino has presented the 2019 Women's World Cup in the French city of Lyon 12/10/2017
world news France and Portugal qualify for World Cup, Dutch miss out France and Portugal book their tickets for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but the Dutch won't be on the plane. 11/10/2017
Sport Three South American nations in joint bid for World Cup 2030 Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay have formally launched South America’s three-nation bid to host the 2030 World Cup and said Argentina would likely host the majority of the tournament’s stadiums. 05/10/2017
