LAHORE - FIFA President Joseph S Blatter and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa presented the ‘AFC Distinguished Service Award’ to Pakistani football official and ex-captain Ali Nawaz. Ali received the award in the recent AFC Ordinary ...

SYDNEY- Football Federation Australia demanded answers Tuesday after a $462,000 donation it made to aCaribbeansoccer organisation was allegedly stolen by disgraced former FIFA kingpin Jack Warner. The incident was detailed in a damning integrity report by theCaribbean, North and Central American ...

PARIS - Brazil have slumped five places to an all-time low 18th in the latest FIFA World Cup rankings as they struggle to regroup under new manager Felipe Scolari. The 2002 World Cup-winning coach has been brought back to replace Mano Menezes in charge of a side badly in need of some fresh ideas ...

Pakistan have been cleared to play next month's 2014 World Cup qualifier in Lahore and there have been no formal requests from opponents Bangladesh to switch the game, FIFA said on Thursday. The Asian zone preliminary round second-leg tie will be one of the first important international sporting ...

Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar says he has pulled out of the race to head football's world governing body, Fifa. The move came hours before the 62-year-old Asian Football Confederation chief was due to face an ethics committee hearing into bribery claims. He said he did not want to see Fifa's name ...

FIFA placed its own president under investigation Friday in a widening bribery scandal just days before he is scheduled to face re-election. FIFA said Sepp Blatter, who is accused of turning a blind eye to alleged bribes being paid to Caribbean voters, must submit a statement by Saturday before ...

South Africa put the finishing touches to its World Cup preparations, rolling out the continent's first high-speed rail link on Tuesday and announcing plans to bus fans from stadium to stadium. The three-billion-dollar Gautrain began whisking passengers from Johannesburg's international airport ...

The FIFA Congress passed here Friday a resolution suppporting a quota for six home-grown players and a maximum of five foreigners in club teams.