FIFA has officially announced that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 men’s World Cup, while Spain, Portugal, and Morocco will jointly organize the 2030 edition. The decision was confirmed at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress, attended by all 211 member associations via video link. Centennial matches in South America for 2030 The 2030 tournament will also […]
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The chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has warned teams and leagues that there will be a huge problem in the future with players’ careers if the fixtures list is not decongested. Maheta Molango, who heads the players’ union, was speaking to ESPN in a recent interview about the number of games being
FIFA has instructed OGC Nice to compensate Ivorian club RAC Abidjan with close to €100,000, as reported by L’Équipe. The ruling comes after football’s global authority sided partially with RAC in a dispute over player transfers. FIFA, however, determined that it was not in a position to adjudicate all aspects of the case, such as
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In a startling turn of events, sections of the Real Madrid fanbase erupted on social media, expressing vehement anger towards two pivotal members of Carlo Ancelotti’s squad – Luka Modrić and Federico Valverde. The controversy stemmed from revelations that both midfielders played a decisive role in Lionel Messi securing the FIFA ‘The Best’ award, causing
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Lionel Messi is the big winner in the 2023 FIFA The Best award despite not having played much football in the time period concerned. However, the Argentina and Inter Miami captain was voted for as the world’s best player by a large number of club and team captains to claim the honour fair and square.
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Lionel Messi’s Argentina are now the FIFA number one team for the first time in six years following the completion of the March international break. The last time they were in this position was in March 2017. Since then, they have fallen to as low as 12th on the rankings. Their highest position until the April
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Tottenham Hotspur are currently in a state of panic and have petitioned FIFA over their decision to make the ban imposed on the club’s sporting director, Fabio Paratici a worldwide ban. Paratici, formerly of Juventus, was indicted in the Serie A club’s financial scandal which led to their sanctioning earlier in the season by the
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FIFA have increased the compensation paid to clubs that release players for the men’s World Cup by nearly 70%, meaning clubs will now receive between $355 million for the 2026 and 2030 tournaments, the European Club Association (ECA) and the global football governing body said on Monday. The Club Benefits Programme gifts clubs a share
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Lionel Messi was the big winner for the men’s game in the FIFA The Best awards held at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France on Monday, February 27, 2023. It was his seventh FIFA award to make him the record winner of FIFA accolades in football history. However, due to the fact that FIFA
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Erling Haaland has showered praise on Kylian Mbappe following the Paris Saint-Germain forward’s inclusion in another World XI squad on Monday evening at the FIFA The Best awards. The FIFA awards was held in Paris, France, at the Theatre du Chatelet on February 27 and rewarded the best performing players of 2022. The Qatar World
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