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Two European newspapers say they have obtained a document naming three FIFA executive committee members who allegedly received secret payments from world football’s former marketing agency
An investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) accused three FIFA executives of taking bribes in a programme to be aired on Monday, three days before the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups are decided
Arsenal survived Aston Villa's second-half fightback to recover from successive defeats with a 4-2 victory in the Premier League on Saturday
Tunisian club CS Sfaxien edged closer to clinch their fourth African title
The governing body of African soccer confirms it has received a protest from the Nigerian Football Federation over “the gender status” of a player on Equatorial Guinea’s women’s team.
The Tunisian press has blasted Togolese referee, Kokou Djaoupe, over controversial officiating that saw the Tunisian giants destroyed 5-0 by their Congolese hosts, TP Mazembe
Holders Olympique Marseille laboured into the quarter-finals of the French League Cup when the Ayew brothers combined to score in a 1-0 win at National (third division) side En Avant Guingamp on Wednesday.
Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o has been banned for three matches for head butting Chievo Verona defender Bostjan Cesar.
A young Tunisian man committed suicide yesterday as a result of his beloved team Esperance's trouncing by TP Mazembe of Congo on Sunday night.
FIFA lifted a suspension of Nigeria on Friday following the dismissal of a lawsuit against the country’s football federation.
Ivorian striker Didier Drogba, Ghanian Asamoah Gyan and Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o are the only African players who made it to the list of players nominated for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d’Or World Player of the Year award
African Football Confederation (CAF) chairman Issa Hayatou on Tuesday rejected claims made in a British television documentary that he received secret payments from bankrupt marketing firm ISL.  
The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari, on Wednesday backed Samson Siasia to become the coach of the country's national Super Eagles team

The stadium famously known as Soccer City for the 2010 World Cup must now revert to its original name, a South African court ruled Wednesday.

Former France World Cup winner Marcel Desailly is among the candidates to become new Ghana coach, the Black Stars said on their website (www.ghanafa.org) on Monday

Optimism ignites in Tunis as Sfaxien draw in first leg of Confederation Cup final against Moroccan side Fath Union Sport de Rabat

Tunisian heavyweights Esperance fire coach Fawzi Benzerti on Monday, replacing him temporarily with assistant Maher Kenzari

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