FIFA bans Panama soccer president for fat-shaming comment at women's national team star
FIFA suspended the president of Panama's soccer federation for a fat-shaming comment about a star player in the women's national team.
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Panama Football Boss Suspended For Calling Player 'Fat'
The Panamanian Football Federation said Thursday FIFA had banned its boss Manuel Arias from performing his functions for six months for calling a player "fat." Federation president Arias was sanctioned for using "inappropriate language" about Marta Cox who plays for the Panama national team and for Turkey's Fenerbahce club. Arias had called the 27-year-old "fat" to reporters in March 2023 after the player criticized women's football in Panama, which has an amateur league where most players do not receive a salary or have access to proper stadiums or training facilities.
'Nowhere near' - Man City and Pep Guardiola taking £30million transfer gamble
Palmeiras’ teenage defender Vitor Reis is set to join Manchester City’s struggling defence in a deal making him the most expensive Brazilian defender ever.
Bank of America partners with US Soccer Federation as World Cup nears
Bank of America is set to become the official banking partner of all 27 national soccer teams in the United States, after the Wall Street behemoth and the U.S. Soccer Federation announced their partnership on Tuesday.
I will introduce attacking style to Super Eagles- Chelle
Éric Chelle, the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, says football is about scoring and he will introduce an attacking mentality to the senior men’s football national team.
I will introduce attacking style to Super Eagles— Chelle
Éric Chelle, the new head coach of the Super Eagles, says football is about scoring and he will introduce an attacking mentality to the senior men’s football national team.
Former England captain Casey Stoney named head coach of Canadian women's soccer team
Casey Stoney, a former England captain who went on to win NWSL coach of the year honours, has been named bench boss of the Canadian women's soccer team.
How poorly resourced coaches, limited exposure stunt Nigerian football
Nigerian football clubs were rated among the best teams in African football between the 1970s and 2000s. But that is now history; no thanks to the poor quality of coaches saddled with the responsibility of leading these teams and their limited exposure to contemporary realities of the game, CHRISTIAN OKPARA reports.