Bucharest (AFP) – Romania have parted company with German coach Christoph Daum following their failure to qualify for next year’s World Cup, the country’s football federation (FRF) announced on Thursday.
Milan (AFP) – Coach Giampiero Ventura has defended his record despite a mixed World Cup qualifying campaign which has seen Italy slip in the world rankings. Four-time world champions Italy are second behind Spain in European qualifying Group G for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
PSG is gonna be a problem this year.
Happy Wednesday folks. Tons going on today, including more Champions League matches. Real Madrid, Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are the big names in action.
September 13 – Following the traumatic failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Uzbekistan have not only sacked the national coach, but also unanimously (as is customary in the Uzbek dictatorship) elected a new president for the Football Federation.
Moscow (AFP) – FIFA announced Tuesday that ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup will begin on Thursday, nine months to the day that the tournament kicks off in Russia. “Fans all over the world will also...
September 12 – The knock-on effect of FIFA ordering a replay of the South Africa-Senegal World Cup qualifier because of corrupt officiating has taken another twist with group leader Burkina Faso criticising the move as unconstitutional.
Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa football bosses will meet Monday to discuss a “devastating” FIFA order that a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal must be replayed after the referee manipulated the result.
Moscow (AFP) – The World Cup trophy tour began a worldwide tour in Moscow on Saturday at a ceremony attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino. Ten months before the 2018 World Cup kicks off there...
JOHANNESBURG - The South Africa Football Association (Safa), desperately trying to exhaust all its options in terms of appealing world governing body Fifa’s decision to order a replay of Bafana Bafana’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal, says it is not chasing a lost cause.
JOHANNESBURG - The South Africa Football Association (Safa), desperately trying to exhaust all its options in terms of appealing world governing body Fifa’s decision to order a replay of Bafana Bafana’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal, says it is not chasing a lost cause.
Soweto (South Africa) (AFP) – South Africa may appeal a FIFA decision ordering the replay of a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal after the referee manipulated the result. “The South African Football...
