Football

The French Football League (LFP) has announced that its Trophée des Champions event will return to the Moroccan city of Tangier this year, while Noel Le Graet has been re-elected as president of the French Football Federation (FFF).

Spanish LaLiga football club Atletico Madrid is set to add to its portfolio of teams after agreeing a deal to acquire a stake in Mexican outfit Atletico San Luis.

The International Champions Cup will expand into Southeast Asia this summer after Singapore was announced as the latest host destination for the pre-season club football tournament.

Madagascan official Ahmad has today (Thursday) been elected as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), ending Issa Hayatou’s long-held grip on power.

Zambia is set to submit a bid to host the 2025 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that it will proceed with a disciplinary case against Zimbabwe Football Association president Phillip Chiyangwa, ahead of the continental governing body’s presidential elections on Thursday.

Jérôme Perlemuter will leave the French Football League (LFP) to become the first secretary general of the World Leagues Forum (WLF), it has been announced.

Is it ever okay for teams to troll their rivals on social media? Richard Clarke reports.

Atletico Madrid has sealed a deal with the city council to acquire the land where its new stadium is being built, with the agreement set to grant the Spanish LaLiga football club exclusive use of the venue.

Fiorentina has unveiled plans for a new 40,000-capacity stadium, while fellow Italian Serie A football club Cagliari has announced that work on its new ground will begin within a month.

Fifa has today (Friday) established an independent advisory body dedicated to the subject of human rights, a move that world football’s governing body claims is a first for sports federations.

Senator George J Mitchell has had a remarkable career in business, politics and sport and, writes Kevin Roberts, his focus on building bridges and creating opportunities for development is the thread that unites them all.

World football’s governing body Fifa today (Thursday) stated that the United States would have to permit entry to players, officials and fans from any country that qualified if it won the right to host the 2026 World Cup, while reports have detailed a potential rival joint bid for the tournament from Morocco, Spain and Portugal.

Argentina’s Primera Division will resume today (Thursday) after an agreement was reached to lift a players’ strike, while Fifa president Gianni Infantino has expressed his confidence that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) will avoid the threat of suspension.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has confirmed that Germany and Turkey will be the only bidders for the Euro 2024 national team tournament.

The 2016-17 season has been a watershed for the broadcast product of Spanish football’s top-tier – not only in how the rights are sold and revenues distributed, but how it is presented on TV across the world. Broadcasters and fans at home – and on the move – are benefitting from LaLiga’s innovative and ambitious new broadcast presentation.