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The 2026 World Cup will be the first ever to feature 48 teams following a meeting by the FIFA Council in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday. The tournament will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and will feature 104 games. The Guardian reports that the FIFA Council …

Some Ghanaians on social media have hurled at the world’s football governing body, FIFA to construct a stadium in Ghana before thinking about naming a stadium after the late football legend Pele. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino who was in Sao Paulo in Brazil for Pele’s funeral disclosed that FIFA plans …

Nigerian musician, David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, will perform at the Qatar 2022 World Cup closing ceremony on December 18, 2022, reports have stated. Since the passing of his three-year-old son on October 31, 2022, the music star has avoided social media and public appearances, except …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has released a statement following the disappointing exit of the Black Stars from the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Ghana were dumped out of the tournament of Group G after winning one of their three matches. After losing to Portugal in their opening game and grabbing the …

Senegal are under investigation for violating FIFA rules at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This investigation comes after head coach, Aliou Cisse refused to attend a pre-match press conference with a player, prior to a 2-1 win over Ecuador. According to a statement released by FIFA on Wednesday, November 30, …

A ban FIFA placed on Football Kenyan Federation (FKF) over government’s interference has been lifted.   FIFA’s Secretary General, Fatma Samoura who announced that the ban has been lifted, said the decision was taken after Kenya’s Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba reinstated FKF Executive Committee.   Representatives from both FIFA and the …

Ghana’s head coach, Otto Addo, says they have not received an update from FIFA with respect to a petition regarding the bad officiating in the Black Stars’ defeat to Portugal at the 2022 World Cup. He continues by saying that he was upset with the referee’s conduct that is why …

FIFA technical study group member, Sunday Oliseh, has labeled Cristiano Ronaldo as a genius for initiating contact and winning a controversial penalty in Portugal’s win over Ghana on Thursday, November 25, 2022. Referee Ismail Elfath awarded Ronaldo a penalty after he initiated contact and went down in a duel with …

New World TV has announced the release of its first FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 theme song dubbed “On y est” (“we made it”), featuring Ghanaian rap heavyweight, M.anifest. The song, which heralds the announcement of the Togo-based media network’s new sports channel, “New World Sport 1,” is dedicated to the …

The Ghana football Association is set to file a petition to FIFA against referee Ismail Elfath over poor officiating in Ghana’s opening game against Portugal in the ongoing world cup in Qatar. The American referee awarded what many describe as a contentious penalty to Portugal which was  expertly converted  by …