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Last Updated:December 11, 2024, 9:39 pm IST The 2030 tournament will mark a century since the first World Cup was held in Uruguay, and as a result the bid will also see the South American nation handed a game along with Argentina and Paraguay. The FIFA World Cup Trophy (X) FIFA has officially announced that…
Last Updated:December 10, 2024, 8:11 PM IST Votes are due to be held at FIFA’s virtual extraordinary Congress on Wednesday to approve the 2030 and 2034 World Cups The FIFA World Cup Trophy (X) The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday said it will vote against FIFA’s awarding of hosting rights for the 2030 and…
Last Updated:November 12, 2024, 08:29 IST The 16 clubs finishing in the top two places in each group will qualify for the knockout phase, from the round of 16 to the final, without a match for third place. The FIFA Club World Cup trophy (X) The world’s best football clubs will discover their group stage…
Last Updated:October 24, 2024, 11:04 IST Japan is likely to face stiff competition for hosting rights however with a joint bid from the United States and Mexico expected. England and China are also reportedly interested. Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, former Japan national player and team captain, and current Japan Football Association president (AFP) Japan wants to host…
Two months before FIFA is set to confirm Saudi Arabia as the 2034 World Cup host, the soccer body was urged again Friday to allow independent scrutiny of the kingdom’s human rights obligations for the tournament. A group of law and human rights experts plus Saudi activists abroad want FIFA to mandate ongoing reviews —…
Last Updated: October 04, 2024, 08:44 IST Lassana Diarra requested six million euros from FIFA. (AFP Photo) In August 2014, Lokomotiv terminated Lassana Diarra’s contract citing contractual breaches by the player and also sought 20 million euros ($22m) compensation from the midfielder. An EU court will on Friday deliver its verdict in the case of…
Last Updated: October 04, 2024, 07:47 IST 32 teams will take part in the expanded Club World Cup. (AFP Photo) The extra window has been proposed so as to give teams taking part in the Club World Cup a chance to strengthen their squads. FIFA has proposed opening an extra transfer window in June next…
Published By: Harshit Bisht Last Updated: September 28, 2024, 06:48 IST FIFA will announce the venues and stadiums for next year’s Club World Cup on Saturday. (Picture Credit: AFP) Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, will make the announcement in Central Park during the Global Citizen Festival, a music event aimed at defeating poverty. FIFA will…
FIFA teamed up with the World Health Organization on Wednesday for a campaign to educate the football industry about the risks of concussion injuries. “Concussion is a public health issue of concern at all levels of football, and many other sports, requiring greater levels of awareness and action,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in…
Aleksander Ceferin with Cristiano Ronaldo (AP) Čeferin and Infantino are both lawyers first elected in 2016 in fallout from turmoil at UEFA and FIFA during American and Swiss federal investigations of international football officials. Football great Zvonimir Boban says he does not want to be president of UEFA. It needed “a real football man,” he…