With only a hundred days to go before the World Cup, FIFA’s top man said ‘I never doubted South African ability’. Although there has been some concern in the past regarding the progress of the work, everything is finished and ready to go.

The National team’s coach, Diego Maradona, arrived in South Africa and caused a surprise putting his own team off the list of candidates to win the World Cup.

After two months of a forced vacation, Argentina’s coach can work again. He was banned by FIFA after the incident in the press conference after the match against Uruguay in Montevideo that gave Argentina the ticket to the World Cup. He was not able to do any activity realted to football.

Argentina’s current coach, Diego Armando Maradona, is to have his own TV channel. Tomorrow, in Mexico, the official launch of Maradona TV will take place.

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics continues giving away awards and this time it was the Catalan midfielder’s turn. Some may ask about Leo Messi, who took home lots of prizes this year: the Argentine ace was second in the poll only a vote far from the winner!

France legend Zinedine Zidane claims he “could never have lived with himself” had Italy lost the World Cup in 2006 following his headbutt against Marco Materazzi in the final.

No surprise as Barcelona and Argentina playmaker adds FIFA award to the Ballon d’Or he won last month as European Footballer of the Year. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Barcelona star Lionel Messi, the favourite to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award on Monday, has hit back at critics in his native Argentina who are angered over his failure to translate his club form to the international stage.

The curtain comes down on the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 on Saturday, with Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City providing a suitably grand setting for the tournament finale. And as has been the case in the last four years, Saturday’s grand final pits together the Copa Libertadores champions and the kings of Europe, with Argentina’s Estudiantes taking on Barcelona of Spain.

In a press conference held in Abu Dhabi, the Swiss ruled out the use of technology in Football claiming that the sport should remain ‘human’.

After Jose Maria Aguilar’s awful period, River Plate fans are hopeful again with a former player, manager and icon leading the club.

The consequences from Lionel Messi’s performance last season in Barcelona are still yielding good results. Barcelona’s Argentine striker, winner of the Gold Ball, was nominated to keep with FIFA’s award for best player of the year.

Argentina will face Nigeria, Korean Republic and Greece in that order.

From Cape Town, the FIFA announced that “Argentina will be one of eight seeded teams for the 2010 World Cup.”

Football’s governing body will consider having extra referees on the field for matches following an ever increasing controversial and costly decisions made by referees.

The National team’s coach, Diego Armando Maradona, released the squad for the friendly to be played on Dec. 22 against Catalonia in Barcelona.

Argentinian manager Marcelo Bielsa did a fantastic job with the Chilean National team, but his whole work is at risk. The ‘Rangers case’ is the reason why Chile could be banned by FIFA and after the long run South American qualyfying was they may not be able to attend the World Cup.

FIFA have just confirmed Diego Maradona’s ban to be effective inmediately. The rulling, sanctioned after the best footballer in history’s comments to the media last November, will prevent him from any activities relating to the National Team for two months.

Due to recent events in the world of football, namely incidents at the play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, match control (refereeing) and irregularities in the football betting market, the FIFA President has called an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee.

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) asked FIFA to postpone the two month ban imposed to Diego Maradona so that it would be effective January, 1st.