England coach Fabio Capello has dismissed the relevance of FIFA’s rankings after seeing his team rise to fourth. England jumped above Uruguay and Brazil over the last month despite winning just five of its nine matches since exiting the 2010 World Cup in the last 16. “I am happy, but the ranking is only one value,” Capello said.

As Nigeria get set to lock horns with Russia in the first group match of the FIFA Beach Football World Cup which kicks off on Sptember 2 in Ravenna, Italy, former coach of the team Kelechi Emeteole has said that they can surpass the country’s previous outings in the competition if they work extra hard.

ZURICH ?€” FIFA banned North Korea from the 2015 Women?€™s World Cup after five players tested positive for steroids from traditional musk deer gland therapy at the tournament last month. FIFA on Thursday imposed bans of up to 18 months on all five players, who North Korean officials said were treated with traditional therapy after being struck by lightning at a pre-tournament training camp. Jong …

Arsenal right-back and French international Bacary Sagna has declared his intention to donate his ?sbquo;?100,000 bonus earned from the 2010 Fifa World Cup to football clubs in France and Senegal ?€“ his ancestral homeland.

FIFA opened the door to the introduction of goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup, but has put in place a rigorous testing program for companies hoping to win the contract.

ABS-CBN’s Balls TV will broadcast live the first leg of the FIFA World Cup qualifier between the Philippine Azkals and Sri Lanka on June 29.

DOHA: World Cup 2022 and upcoming projects in line with the country’s 2030 Vision have been a major driving force in the dramatic expansion of Project Qatar 2011, organisers said yesterday.

New Zealand have qualified for the under-20 Fifa World Cup this afternoon, with a 3-1 win over the Solomon Islands in the Oceania Championship final.

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Liberty Mutual Group, a leading global property and casualty insurer, today announced that Liberty Seguros in Brazil has signed an agreement with FIFA to become a FIFA World Cup National Supporter for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and the FIFA Confederation Cup 2013. Liberty Seguros?€™ FIFA World Cup involvement makes it the ?€?Official Insurance Provider of the FIFA World …

Moscow, May 7 : Russia plans to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup in 13 cities, but the final decision would be made by FIFA, football’s international governing body, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.