FIFA called on Friday for Bahraini footballer Hakim Al-Oraibi, who is being detained in Thailand, to be returned to Australia. Al-Oraibi was detained upon arriving at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport...

Palestinian Football Association (PFA) President Jibril Rajoub will appeal a 12-month ban handed down by FIFA after he called on fans to burn shirts and pictures of Argentinian footballer...

The head of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, was banned from all football-related activity for a year by FIFA today on charges of inciting hatred and violence before...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has said that German sports brand Adidas is no longer a sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), media reports revealed last...

Sporting events are imbued with illusions of unity. The FIFA World Cup is no exception. In the context of Palestine, however, unity becomes a departure point for questioning the...

Algeria and Tunisia are considering joining Morocco in a joint North African bid to host the 2030 World Cup, government officials said. Morocco last month lost out to a joint North American...

The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA’s congress voted today to back the tri-nation joint bid for the tournament. The...

Rotem Kamer, the vice president of the Israeli Football Association, has accused Palestinians of waging “football terror” after Argentina called off a friendly match in Jerusalem. Argentina’s move came...

“FIFA’s Inspection Committee has been impressed with the infrastructure of his country and the planned projects in order to be able to host the World Cup,” said Moulay Hafid...

Morocco has condemned a last minute change in FIFA’s scoring system for the 2026 World Cup host bid as an “unfair” attempt to favour the joint North American bid....

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi welcomed a decision from soccer’s world governing body FIFA to lift a ban on hosting competitive international soccer matches at stadiums in three Iraqi...

The head of FIFA pledged to do his best to help resolve a dispute between Iran and Asian football’s governing body the AFC concerning the latter’s decisions in selecting...

The Palestine Football Association (PFA) has been campaigning since 2015 for the relocation of six Israeli football clubs based in the illegal Jewish settlements spread across the occupied West...

Minister of Youth and Sports Rachid Talbi El-Alami said yesterday that Morocco is ready ready to submit its application to host the 2026 World Cup. At a press conference...

The Egyptian Football Association faces being suspended by FIFA for organising a pro-Sisi conference on Sunday where it expressed its support for the current president of Egypt who is...

Qatar has agreed to transfer this month’s Gulf Cup of Nations soccer tournament back to Kuwait after FIFA lifted a two-year ban on the country’s football association, state news...

The Palestinian national football team has beaten Israel in the world rankings for the first time, despite Israel restricting its development, according to Haaretz. The Israeli national team was...

Head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) Jibril Al-Rajoub yesterday commended FIFA’s decision not to impose sanctions of Israel’s Football Association following the entry of six teams which are...

Syria’s team spirit has kept the war-torn nation in contention to qualify for their first football World Cup and Ayman Hakeem’s side will need to muster more of the...

Doha's Al Thumama stadium, designed by a Qatari architect in the shape of a traditional knitted "gahfiya" Arabian cap, will host 40,000 fans at a World Cup quarter final match in 2022

Iraq’s World Cup qualifier against the United Arab Emirates next month has been moved to the Jordanian capital Amman from Tehran, Iran, an Iraq Football Association (IFA) spokesman told...

Four Arab states sought on Monday to pile pressure on Qatar over charges it backs terrorism, saying the publication of a previously secret accord between Riyadh and Doha showed...

Qatar said today that a rift with fellow Gulf Arab states that includes economic sanctions on Doha has not affected its preparations to host the 2022 World Cup, and...

The International Football Association (FIFA) chief said the current crisis in the Gulf region will not affect the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. “At the moment, we are actually...

Football is a beautiful game; full of passion, it is a sport which has ingrained itself in many national cultures bringing out the very best in human nature, and...

Qatar Airways said on Sunday it has signed a sponsorship deal with FIFA to be the official partner and airline of the next two World Cups, in Russia and...

Football’s top governing body may set Israel a six-month ultimatum to end games in settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Sunday. FIFA’s monitoring committee on...

Israel is launching a diplomatic offensive against Palestinian calls for FIFA to ban football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, an unnamed official said today....

More than one hundred sports associations, trade unions, human rights organizations and faith based groups, representing millions of people from 28 countries across the globe, on Wednesday joined football...

Tokyo Sexwale, chair of FIFA’s Monitoring Committee Israel-Palestine, has missed yet another deadline to submit his report to FIFA’s leadership on the matter of Israel’s football clubs located in...

Football fans flocking to watch the 2022 World Cup will not be allowed to consume alcohol publicly in Qatar, tournament organisers have confirmed. “There will be no alcohol consumption on...

Albania has moved Saturday’s World Cup European Group G qualifier with Israel from the northern city of Shkoder to a venue near the capital Tirana due to security concerns,...