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Johannesburg - Remaining Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship fixtures this week (all times GMT): Friday At Rustenburg Plate final Malawi v Zambia...

Johannesburg - Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship semi-finals results Thursday at Moruleng Stadium in north-west South Africa: Namibia 3 (Shilongo 18, 32,...

  Zurich - European football Chief Michel Platini made a face-to-face call on FIFA president Sepp Blatter to stand down at a meeting of...

  Paris - Spanish tennis superstar and avid Real Madrid fan Rafael Nadal waded into the great football corruption scandal Thursday, suggesting the game...

  London - Swansea striker James Demetriou has been charged with alleged multiple breaches of betting rules, the Football Association revealed on Thursday. "Swansea...

  Montevideo - Luis Suarez was "a victim" of the alleged widespread corruption roiling FIFA so his international suspension for biting should be lifted,...

  Zurich - Key points from FIFA president Sepp Blatter's opening address to the 65th Congress in Zurich on Thursday: -- These are unprecedented...

ZURICH: Fifa president Sepp Blatter has chaired an emergency meeting, as the football world governing body is mired in crisis over a growing...

Rio de Janeiro--Brazil's Football Confederation (CBF) and the country's president said Wednesday they backed a corruption probe into FIFA, as one of seven...

New York--Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was arrested in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, hours after US prosecutors claimed he accepted bribes...

Kuala Lumpur--The Asian Football Confederation, a key ally of FIFA president Sepp Blatter with its own recent history of corruption allegations, insisted Thursday...

London--The chairman of England's Football Association called on FIFA President Sepp Blatter to leave the position on Thursday after a major corruption scandal...

London--Holders Arsenal and Aston Villa clash in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, when the last major honour of the...

London--Ahead of holders Arsenal's showdown with Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, AFP Sports recalls five classic FA Cup final goals: Kevin...

Wellington--The corruption scandal engulfing FIFA will not overshadow the Under-20 World Cup when it kicks off this weekend in New Zealand, organisers said...

Asuncion--The former president of South America's football confederation fell ill and was hospitalized in Paraguay on Wednesday as US authorities sought his extradition...

Doha--Gamba Osaka of Japan and Guangzhou Evergrande of China booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League Wednesday after the...

National Football Association spokesman Dominic Chimhavi Johannesburg--South Africa have dismissed as "baseless" allegations made Wednesday in a US indictment that the country paid...