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Torrential rains in Somali capital on Sunday caused the postponement of Somali Division C league match, Somali Football Federation Media officer announced in a press statement.

Somali Football Federation has banned four members of its national team members from both local and international events for one year starting from today, 6th of October 2013. Chairmen of two local football clubs Mohamed Dahir Mahmoud (Sahafi FC boss) and Abdullahi Elmi Mahmoud (FC Banadir chairman)…

Somali Football federation Secretary General and Member of FIFA beach soccer committee Abdi Qani Said Arab has been appointed by the global football body as the commissioner of the FIFA beach soccer world cup final match: Spain VS Russia.

Djibouti Football Federation has launched a high level FIFA beach soccer coaching course, the first of its kind ever held in the football growing horn of African country. This comes in less than a year after a professional beach soccer tournament was implemented in the country.

Somali Football federation Education Officer Ali Mohamed Ahmed has been appointed by the Confederation of African football to be CAF referee assessor. With this appointment Mr Ahmed became the first Somali National to be appointed as CAF referee Assessor, according to a press statement from Somali Football…

The Minister of Youth and Sports has reacted positively to the Black Stars World Cup fixture against the Pharaohs of Egypt on Sunday 13th October 2013. Following the draw in Egypt on Monday, most sports commentators have raised fears about the opposition.

For the first time in nearly ten years, a key figure from Somali Football Federation is one of the 2013 FIFA beach soccer world cup administrators in Tahiti, a move that was described as a "signal" for the return of Somalia's involvement in the administration of world football after Farah…

ZURICH, September 5, 2013 - FIFA has announced that their Head of Media, Pekka Odriozola, after eight years with FIFA, has decided to engage on a new professional challenge. He will leave FIFA on September 6, 2013.

FIFA expert Ulric Mathiot has on Friday ended his ten-day stay in Somalia where he successfully conducted the first ever grassroots course for Somalia which was part of president Blatter's "touch the world" initiative. Somali Football federation officials lead by president Ali Said Guled…

After years of unrest and civil war, football in Somalia is set to enter into a new era with FIFA's first development course in Mogadishu since 1986 finishing today, Monday 19 August 2013, in the city's Banadir stadium.

FIFA instructor Ulric Mathiot praised the preparations made by the Somali Football Federation which hosted an international level coaching course at home for the first time in nearly 30 years.

With the conclusion of the first ever FIFA grassroots coaching course in Somalia on Monday 19th of August 2013, the world football governing body has confirmed the successful implementation of President Blatter's 'touch the world' initiative in the war-ridden country where FIFA has reached…

Somalia's minister for public service development Drs Maryan Qasim has lauded for the relocation of FIFA events to the capital Mogadishu pledging that Somali government will give more priority to the promotion of football which she described as the "most shining" sporting federation in the…

For the first time in its football history, the war-weary Somalia has seen FIFA grassroots course being held in the country, an event which is termed as a "historic approach" by the Somali Football Federation which has been operating in one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the…

For the first time in history Djibouti will host a regional youth tournament for the countries under the umbrella of the Indian Ocean commission for youth and sport, the country's football federation president and FIFA commissioner Mr Souleiman Hassan Waberi announces here in a press statement on…

With Somalia in preparations for the first FIFA level course to be held in the country, FIFA instructor Ulric Mathiot has arrived in the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday morning where he will be teaching at the 5-day long grassroots course, the Somali Football federation announced in a press statement here…

The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou has written to the president of Somali Football Federation Ali Said Guled Roble to offer his condolence to the entire Somali Football family members over the death of Somalia's renowned football legend Abdullahi Elmi Warsame…

The technical department of Somali Football Federation says the SFF was very hopeful of huge changes to come in place in terms of its players' skills, techniques and performances if the country's local league is played on an international style facility and the Ocean stars get the chance to…

The Somali Football Federation has announced the death of Former National team member Abdullaahi Elmi Warsame known as (Witig) who passed away at his home in Mogadishu before dawn on Saturday morning and was laid to rest in the capital hours later.

Somali Football Federation Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab said Thursday that the SFF was fully grateful to FIFA and its development department for giving the his federation a chance to hold its FIFA level courses in the country for the first time in nearly three decades.