Football

African football associations are set to request at least 10 places in the newly expanded Fifa World Cup, double the current number assigned to nations from the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

A rival Chinese bid has emerged for English Premier League football club Southampton amid problems for another proposed deal, according to multiple reports.

AMB Group, the parent company of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC has released a video showcasing the sustainability features at their new Mercedes-Benz stadium

The drawn-out Chinese takeover of Italian Serie A football club AC Milan will finally close on March 3, according to Reuters.

Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) chairman Zaw Zaw has said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc has held talks about launching a joint bid for the 2034 Fifa World Cup.

Chelsea has confirmed that Christian Purslow will step down from his role as the English Premier League football club’s managing director at the end of the 2016-17 season.

The German Football Association (DFB) has said 18 venues have submitted bids for one of the 10 places on offer in its bid for the Uefa Euro 2024 national team tournament.

Victor Montagliani, president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), has said the organisation will discuss the possibility of more than one country from its membership bidding to host the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Three former Real Betis players are among 18 people who have been charged with alleged involvement in match-fixing in a case stemming from Osasuna’s attempt to avoid relegation from LaLiga, the top tier of Spanish football, in 2013-14.

The English Football League has agreed in principle to introduce goal-line technology next season in the second-tier Championship.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said hosting rights to the 2026 World Cup could be split between up to four countries, as the head of world football’s governing body said it would encourage joint bids for the expanded tournament.

The English Football Association (FA) has revealed that it was able to achieve record turnover of £370m (€434m/$462.4m) in the 2015-16 season, up £52m on the previous campaign.

The French Football League (LFP) and French Football Federation (FFF) have today (Thursday) joined forces to inaugurate their first overseas office in Beijing, China.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has today (Wednesday) confirmed it will bid to host Uefa Euro 2024, following up on a pledge it made when exiting the race for rights to the 2020 edition of the showpiece national team tournament of European football’s governing body.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has issued a warning to the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) over a meeting it plans to stage with nations outside its home region, stating the get-together is “an attempt to destabilise” the continental governing body.

The much-delayed Zenit Arena, a key venue for the 2018 Fifa World Cup and this year’s Confederations Cup, has staged its first event with St. Petersburg’s Deputy Governor, Igor Albin, stating it will now come at a cost of around 43 billion rubles (€679.5m/$729.2m).