Former Asian football chief Mohamed Bin Hammam has lost the first round of a legal battle as he bids to overturn the lifetime ban handed down by FIFA.
An international footballer who played for the United Arab Emirates, and who became an internet sensation after scoring a backheeled penalty, has died following a car accident near the country's capital, Abu Dhabi.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has denied reports that he plans to hand over power to UEFA chief Michel Platini before the end of his final four-year tenure as the head of world football's governing body.
Mohamed bin Hammam has vowed to clear his name following FIFA's decision to ban him from all football activities for life whilst refusing to resign his position as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Soccer's global governing body on Saturday banned for life a man for what they called his actions, months earlier, to use bribes to be elected as its top executive.
Former FIFA presidential hopeful Mohamed Bin Hammam believes that soccer's ruling body has already decided he is guilty of bribery.
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Mohamed bin Hammam said on Thursday he hopes to receive a "fair hearing" when FIFA's ethics committee reach a verdict on bribery allegations made against him later this month.
The ethics committee of soccer's world governing body FIFA will meet on July 22 and 23 to reach a verdict on the bribery allegations against the head of the Asian Football Confederation Mohamed bin Hammam it was announced on Wednesday.
Asian football chief Mohammed Bin Hammam will be Sepp Blatter's only opponent in the forthcoming FIFA presidential elections, the sport's governing body confirmed on Monday.
Chilean football legend Elias Figueroa will not be challenging Sepp Blatter for the presidency of world football's governing body FIFA this year.
Mohammed Bin Hammam has promised to reform FIFA's corruption-tainted top echelons if he is successful in ending the 13-year reign of its president Sepp Blatter in the June 1 elections.
Qatar's attempt to build a team fit for the 2022 World Cup through its Aspire academy.
On Friday, the biggest football tournament you've probably never heard of will begin as 16 nations -- from Japan's wild Pacific coastline to the faded grandeur of Syria's Mediterranean beaches -- converge on the tiny emirate of Qatar for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
The experiment of extra match officials will be extended to Europe's top club competition and several other tournaments around the world.
When FC Seoul played Umm Salal at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha on Wednesday, it marked the half-way point of a remarkable 14,000 kilometer round trip for the Korean club.
When the final whistle blew after Iraq's 4-0 win over Palestine at the Al-Shaab Stadium it was abundantly clear this was not just any international friendly.
World governing body FIFA said on Thursday that it has provisionally and conditionally lifted its year-long suspension of Iraq's football association.
Premier League champions Manchester United have scrapped plans to play a match in Malaysia as part of their Far East tour this summer.
Manchester United's controversial pre-season match in Malaysia is set to go ahead in defiance of world governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Vietnam coach Alfred Riedl is to have a kidney transplant before the Asian Cup finals in July and has been granted a 50-day sabbatical by his federation.
The return leg of an Olympic soccer qualifying match between Vietnam and Afghanistan has been cancelled because of security fears in the Afghan capital Kabul, the Asian Football Confederation said on Monday.
Iran have been suspended from all international football activity because of government interference in running the game in the country, FIFA have said.
FIFA has ruled that an Asian ban on North Korean goalkeeper Han Hye-yong should apply worldwide.
The Asian Football Confederation has accepted Lebanon's request to pull out of qualifying for the 2007 Asian Cup.
North Korea's home World Cup qualifier against Japan in June will not be switched to a neutral venue despite crowd trouble in midweek, the Asian Football Confederation have said.
The "Football for Hope" benefit match to help victims of the Asian tsunami will be played at Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium on February 15.
Germany's national team will take on an all-star Bundesliga international side on January 25 to raise money for the Asian tsunami relief effort.
Japan will host a revamped World Club Championship in 2005, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced in Malaysia.
FIFA's assessment of the five African countries bidding to host the 2010 World Cup is riddled with discrepancies, the chief of Morocco's bid committee claims.
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