FIFA made an extraordinary decision when it awarded the last World Cup to South Africa, welcoming a nation and a continent to stand center stage under the hottest spotlight in international sports.

In a historic move, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that nine to ten nations in Africa will participate in the upcoming 2026 World Cup. It will be held across the United States, Mexico, ...

After the Ivory Coast secured World Cup qualification in 2006, ... World Football . Home Scores Teams Transfer Rumors USWNT USMNT FIFA Club World Cup Premier League Champions League La Liga Serie ...

Nigeria's Mission X has an ominous sounding name but a simple meaning. The Super Falcons aim to win a 10th overall Women’s ...

Don’t miss a Bafana Bafana game with our South Africa National Football Team TV schedule.. South Africa has qualified for the World Cup on three occasions, bowing out in the group stage each time.

I was remembering that line last week as I watched the early matches of the Africa Cup of Nations, a tournament of soccer teams representing 24 countries from across the continent.

There will be four African countries in the 32-team field, up from three in the last two editions. But Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia are not expected to make anything like the impact ...

Nigeria and South Africa were drawn in the same World Cup qualifying group on Thursday in a re-shaped African competition that will lead to at least nine teams at the 2026 showpiece in the U.S., Ca… ...

Now the organization representing the world's leading domestic leagues says teams shouldn't have to release players until January 3, a week later than stipulated by FIFA and only six days before ...

South Africa's women's soccer team will be welcomed home as heroes this week for their World Cup exploits, but if they are to reach their full potential they will need a professional domestic ...

Many countries competing in the Africa Cup of Nations are enduring security, ... a player who has won both the Premier League and the Champions League with his other team, Liverpool Football Club.

It’s rare that FIFA bans national teams from participating in the World Cup. So when soccer’s world governing body declared earlier this year that Russia would be banned from competitions ...