FIFA lifts threats of sanctions on Iraq’s national team extending the mandate for the country’s football authorities for one year, leaving the team free to compete at the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar.

The Somali National Olympic committee on Saturday disclosed that the war-ravaged country will participate in the upcoming world youth Olympic Games in Singapore, the first ever such competition for youths organized by the IOC.

Trinidad and Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad have won their long battle to receive the multi-million dollar bonuses they claim they are due for playing in the tournament in Germany.

A.T. Kearney has recently released the EU Football Sustainability Study.

Following the federal government’s recent anti-corruption campaigns, the Nigerian National Sports Commission (NSC) has inaugurated a six man anti-corruption unit.

The most senior African member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Nawal El Moutawakel, has claimed that it will be another 20 years before Africa is ready to host the Games.

World Football Insider analyses this year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa and rates key aspects in the organisation of the tournament.

Ferrari was fined $100,000 yesterday for bringing the sport into disrepute by ordering Felipe Massa to move aside and let teammate Fernando Alonso win the German Formula One Grand Prix.