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Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko insists the country will press ahead with its hosting plans for the 2018 Fifa World Cup despite recommendations from world football’s governing body that it should scale back the number of host cities and venues.

Fifa has confirmed it will host the inaugural World Summit on Ethics in Sports on September 19, with the event due to be staged shortly after former US attorney Michael Garcia delivers his report into allegations of corruption surrounding the controversial bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

A group of international female footballers is threatening legal action against the decision to stage 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup matches on artificial turf surfaces across Canada.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has talked up Canada’s planned bid for the 2026 World Cup as the country prepares to demonstrate its credentials for hosting major football events by staging the women’s game’s two international showpieces.

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Long-serving Fifa executive and president of the Argentina Football Association (AFA) Julio Grondona has died aged 82.

Fifa has said it remains committed to Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup, adding that it believes a boycott of the national team tournament would not be an effective means of reducing tensions in the region.

The completion of an investigation by former US attorney Michael Garcia into allegations of corruption surrounding the controversial bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups has been delayed by several weeks, according to football’s global governing body Fifa.

Football’s global governing body Fifa has today (Friday) lifted its suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that was imposed earlier this month due to government interference in the organisation.

Social networking websites Facebook and Twitter have claimed user landmarks from the 2014 Fifa World Cup, which concluded in Brazil on Sunday.

Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s world governing body Fifa, has suggested that the proposed number of stadia earmarked as host venues for the 2018 World Cup in Russia could be reduced from 12 to 10.

Match Services chief executive Ray Whelan has surrendered to a Rio de Janeiro court following his alleged implication in an investigation into the illegal resale of VIP tickets for the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.

Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has stressed that the country’s staging of the 2018 Fifa World Cup will not affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Football’s global governing body Fifa has suspended Nigeria from international football due to government interference in the national organisation.

Ray Whelan, the chief executive of Match Services, has been arrested by Brazilian police investigating allegations of illegal ticket sales for football’s Fifa World Cup.

The prospect of Nigeria receiving a Fifa suspension has increased after the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was voted out of office.