FIFA s Executive Committee has announced it has discussed the possible expansion of the World Cup to 40 teams and also agreed to limit FIFA presidents to three terms of four years.
The ExCo agreed a number of proposals put forward by the governing body s reform committee during another tumultuous day for the organisation.
The reform announcement came just hours after two senior FIFA officials, Alfredo Hawit, president of CONCACAF, and Juan Angel Napout, president of CONMEBOL, were taken into custody by Swiss police following raids at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich.
Both Hawit and Napout are suspected of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and have opposed immediate extradition to the United States.
A statement released by FIFA confirmed reports of …
After Serie A s midweek games, the title race is suddenly back on again. For Napoli, it was never off.
Maurizio Sarri has regularly insisted he is not worried about Juventus, but he will have to turn his attention to the leaders sooner rather than later. Napoli meet Juventus on Sunday in Turin in a potential Scudetto decider.
At one stage on Wednesday, Napoli were nine points behind Juve. But Sarri s men fought back to beat Udinese and Crotone claimed a draw against the champions thanks to a stunning Cristiano Ronaldo-style bicycle kick from Simy leaving the gap at four points.
We showed our personality again and managed to turn the match around, captain Marek Hamsik wrote on his website. What looked like becoming a procession is a scrap once more.
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Newcastle United are interested in signing Joe Rodon from Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window, according to . Newcastle want to sign the former Swansea City central defender on loan from Premier League rivals Tottenham next month.
Rodon is struggling for playing time at Tottenham, who could be open to sending out the 24-year-old Wales international out on loan. The Wales international has made 13 appearances in the Premier League for Spurs so far in his career.
Newcastle are in danger of getting relegated to the Championship at the end of the season. The Magpies are struggling defensively at the moment and need to make defensive reinforcements. Eddie Howe’s side are second from bottom in the Premier League table at the moment with 10 points from 18 matche…
Tottenham keen on Real starlet
Spanish newspaper Marca is reporting that Tottenham are weighing up a move for Real Madrid hotshot Jese Rodriguez.
It is no secret Spurs are in the market for a new centre forward, but they have so far failed in their efforts to sign Leandro Damiao and Alvaro Negredo.
According to Marca, Andre Villas-Boas is ready to turn his attention to a more realistic target that is Real Madrid youngster Jese Rodriguez.
The 20-year-old has been showing a great deal of potential at Real Madrid Castilla, but he is disappointed that he was never given a chance to prove his worth in the first team set-up.
With the player s contract at Santiago Bernabeu set to expire in a year s time, there is every chance the striker will be leaving…
Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is fully focused on the current campaign and not planning his future away from the club.
Toure’s adviser Dimitri Seluk previously suggested the Ivorian was willing to listen to offers from other clubs when the season finishes.
Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG and Serie A outfit Inter Milan have both vocalised their interest in taking on the 32-year-old in recent times.
However, Pellegrini dismissed speculation Toure was distracted from his current task.
I know what Yaya thinks, I know Yaya is mentally absolutely involved in this season, the Chilean said.
He s not thinking about his future, he wants to continue being the same important player he has been for this team in oth…
FIFA has appointed a normalisation committee to run the Cameroonian Football Association (FECAFOOT) for the second time in four years.
The latest intervention of world football s governing body comes after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a decision made by the Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon s Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration to annul the electoral process that saw the current executive committee of FECAFOOT appointed in 2015.
According to a statement released by FIFA on Wednesday, recent attempts to reconcile football stakeholders in Cameroon have failed.
The normalisation committee will be charged with running the daily affairs of FECAFOOT, drafting new statutes and conducting elections to form a new FECAFOOT executive committee.
According to Sport.es, French club Nantes are interested in acquiring the services of Barcelona defender also known as Douglas. The Brazilian star moved to the Nou Camp back in 2014, but he hasn t really been able to force his way into the first team as he would ve liked. The 27-year-old has instead spent the last few years playing for Sporting Gijon and Benfica, where he proved that he s still capable of doing a job for a top European club.
Now, it seems as if a move to Ligue 1 could well be on the cards for him. , who finished 9th in France last season, are very interested in bringing him to the club in the next few weeks. Douglas has clearly been chomping at the bit to get an extended period of time in the first team wherever he goes, and it seems as if he ll finally get hi…
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has completed his move to Tottenham from Southampton, who have signed Kyle Walker-Peters from the north London club on a permanent deal.
The Denmark midfielder has signed a five-year contract at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the clubs agreed a transfer reported to be worth £15million plus bonuses.
Hojbjerg completed a medical on Tuesday and becomes the first signing of the transfer window for Spurs boss Jose Mourinho.
He moved to Southampton from Bayern Munich in July 2016 after struggling to break into the first-team picture at the Bundesliga giants.
The 25-year-old had made over a century of league appearances for the Saints but was stripped of the captaincy in June after it became clear he was not wi…
Neymar is expected to be out for four weeks after the Paris Saint-Germain star suffered a hamstring injury on international duty.
The Brazil forward was withdrawn in the 12th minute of the Selecao s 1-1 friendly draw with Nigeria on Sunday.
PSG announced Neymar had an MRI scan on Monday that confirmed the injury, which will be re-evaluated in eight days.
Neymar has played just five games for PSG this season owing to an ankle injury picked up in June.
The ex-Barcelona forward did not make his first appearance until September, having attempted to force a move away from the club he joined for a world-record €222million fee in 2017.
PSG star Neymar is expected to miss four weeks with a hamstring injury suffered on international duty with Brazil
Hector Herrera scored inside 90 seconds of Porto s 4-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow as Sergio Conceicao s men dumped their opponents out of the Champions League and strengthened their grip on Group D.
The Mexico international turned provider for Moussa Marega to double Porto s lead before half-time as Lokomotiv failed to deal with two players who had scored against them in a 3-1 defeat just two weeks earlier.
The result, combined with Schalke s victory over Galatasaray in the group s other game, condemned Yuri Semin s Lokomotiv side to a Champions League exit after failing to earn a single point from their four games so far.
Porto dealt with a potentially tricky final half-hour after Jefferson Farfan pulled one back, Jesus Corona and Otavio scoring to wrap up a thi…