The head of Italy’s football federation resigned on Thursday, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. Gabriele Gravina revealed he would step down as the country’s top football official following a meeting held at the FIGC’s headquarters in Rome on Thursday. Italy fell at…
Iraq’s head coach Graham Arnold has called for the country’s decisive World Cup play-off match later this month to be postponed because of travel disruptions caused by the escalating US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Late February, Arnold declared Iraq ready to “shock the world” as the Lions of Mesopotamia stand one win away from a return…
Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on Jordan in an international friendly in Amman in March. Jordan will use the friendly as part of their preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nigeria’s availability for the game will however depend on FIFA’s impending ruling on the country’s eligibility protest against Democratic Republic of Congo. The…
African strikers, Victor Osimhen of Nigeria and Bryan Mbeumo of Cameroon, are aiming to feature at the 2026 FIFA World Cup — but only one of them can succeed. Nigeria face Gabon, while Cameroon meet the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco, in the semi-finals of the African play-offs for the global…
Nigeria’s campaign at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 came to a painful halt as Argentina handed them a humbling 4–0 defeat in the round of 16 in Santiago. The South Americans were ruthless and clinical, striking twice in each half to book their place in the quarter-finals, while the Flying Eagles struggled to…
Lionel Messi is not ruling out another bid for World Cup glory with Argentina in 2026 despite acknowledging that time is working against him. Messi, who recently won his eighth Ballon d’Or, raised the World Cup almost a year ago after starring for Argentina in the final against France in Doha. The 36-year-old had suggested…