Vladimir Leonov confident to organize soccer World Cup peacefully

Vladimir Leonov, who is currently in charge of the sports ministry of Russia, is supremely confident that his country will be able to organize the soccer World Cup peacefully. The supporters of the other countries especially that of England are understood to be feeling very reluctant to travel to Russia because of what the Russian […]


The FIFA World Cup continues being linked with corruption

“Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups by democratic vote of the Executive Committee. Based on expert opinions and available facts, FIFA has no legal grounds to take away the hosting of the FIFA World Cup from Russia and Qatar.We will not speculate on possible scenarios and therefore have no […]


FIFA PRESIDENT WANTS VIDEO REPLAYS AT THE NEXT WORLD CUP

The president of FIFA Gianni Infantino has put some plans in motion to enable the use of video replays at the next world cup in 2018. According to him, it would help the referees and other match officials to avoid some serious mistakes that could have easily been avoided. Being that wrong judgments on the […]


FBI has been investing anything heavily into the world football governing body

FBI has been investing anything heavily into the world football governing body, FIFA, over allegations of corruption primarily relating to the award of the World Cups. Since Sepp Blatter took charge of FIFA in 1998, the World Cup has been held in Europe only once – in 2006. During this period, the World Cup has […]


African football has certainly been on the up in the last decade

African football has certainly been on the up in the last decade, but there are several countries still left in the continent to have not featured in the FIFA World Cup. Zambia is one of them. Since joining FIFA in 1964, the team has not reached the finals even once. However, the local team has […]