Former Liverpool striker Craig Johnston has written to Fifa president Sepp Blatter blasting the controversial Adidas Jabulani World Cup ball.
Australian Johnston, who devel...More>
Paraguay captain Justo Villar has hit out at Fifa for awarding South Africa the World Cup, claiming the country was not prepared to host the tournament.
Most observers beli...More>
World Cup organisers have predicted that the total attendance in South Africa will top 3 million – the largest cumulative crowd since USA ‘94.
Despite concerns over Fifa’s ...More>
Emirates believes the $100m it cost to become an official partner of the World Cup has been money well spent.
The airline signed up as an official Fifa partner ahead of the...More>
Sepp Blatter has revealed that Fifa will look again at using technology to help referees after a number of high-profile mistakes at the World Cup.
The clamour for cameras t...More>
Fifa should be held to account over its treatment of street vendors, many of whom have suffered loss of income during the World Cup, a leading global human rights campaigner h...More>
The president of the French Football Federation (FFF) has announced he will resign following his country's disastrous World Cup campaign.
Jean-Pierre Escalettes released a...More>
Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke believes South Africa has hosted a “perfect” World Cup so far.
The country is the first in Africa to stage the tournament and there had...More>
Fifa will reportedly reject calls for goal-line technology to be introduced in football despite the controversy over Frank Lampard's disallowed strike in England’s World Cup d...More>
South Africa’s “world-class” companies may benefit from the football World Cup and help kickstart an economic resurgence across the continent, according to one expert.
Mark...More>
South Africa captain Aaron Mokoena wants the country to get behind the domestic game in the same way it has with the national team at the World Cup.
South African president...More>
Uganda’s head of state, Yoweri Museveni, is urging his people to ignore the World Cup in South Africa, advising them to instead concentrate on helping the economy.
Presiden...More>
Budweiser has topped a list of World Cup sponsors’ online performance, but rival beer brands experienced a fall in searches, according to new research.
Data from Experian H...More>
South Africa’s advertising economy is set to receive a $200m World Cup boost.
The Guardian reports that Nike, which is not an official sponsor of the World Cup, has just un...More>
Criminal charges against two Dutch women accused of an ambush marketing stunt at a Holland World Cup match last week have been dropped.
Barbara Castelein and Mirthe Nieuwpo...More>
A Chinese factory has announced it will produce 25,000 vuvuzelas a day to keep up with demand.
The controversial plastic instrument has sparked debate at the World Cup beca...More>
The beleaguered French football team is facing a backlash from sponsors over the Nicolas Anelka World Cup scandal.
The Chelsea striker was sent home from the tournament aft...More>
