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FIFA World Cup 2026 To Feature 12 Groups Of Four Teams | Football News
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FIFA World Cup 2026 To Feature 12 Groups Of Four Teams | Football News

[ad_1] The expanded 2026 men's World Cup in North America will start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three, football's world governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday. The next World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be the first to feature 48 teams, a sharp increase from the 32 sides at last year's tournament in Qatar. "The revised format mitigates the risk of collusion and ensures that all the teams play a minimum of three matches, while providing balanced rest time between competing teams," FIFA said.It means that there will be 104 matches, a huge rise compared to the 64 games played in the 2022 tournament and an increase even on the original plan that the 2026 World Cup would feature 80 matches.FIFA's initial pla...
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Unopposed Gianni Infantino Set For Third Term As FIFA President | Football News
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Unopposed Gianni Infantino Set For Third Term As FIFA President | Football News

[ad_1] Gianni Infantino is set to be waved in for a third four-year term as FIFA president when world football's governing body holds its annual congress in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Thursday. Delegates from the 211 member federations will have a limited choice at the 73rd FIFA Congress, between re-electing the 52-year-old incumbent by acclamation or symbolically disapproving. Unexpectedly elected in February 2016 following the scandal that brought down Sepp Blatter, Infantino already stood unopposed for re-election in 2019 and is now poised to stay in charge of world football until at least 2027.While the statutes of the Zurich-based organisation currently limit a president to a maximum of three four-year terms, Infantino has already prepared the ground to stay until 2031, declaring...
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Former Fox Executive Guilty In FIFA Bribery Case | Football News
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Former Fox Executive Guilty In FIFA Bribery Case | Football News

[ad_1] A former executive with 21st Century Fox and an Argentine sports marketing firm were found guilty in New York on Thursday of paying bribes to secure lucrative television rights to international football officials. The US Justice Department said in a statement that former Fox executive Hernan Lopez, 52, and Argentine firm Full Play were found guilty on all counts of involvement in schemes to bribe officials at FIFA, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF. Lopez's co-defendant, Carlos Martinez, was acquitted following the seven-week trial in federal court in Brooklyn.Lopez faces up to 40 years in prison and millions of dollars in penalties.The Buenos Aires-based company Full Play -- whose owners Hugo and Mariano Jinkis remain fugitives -- is expected to face millions of dollars in fines."Today's ver...
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Lionel Messi Wins Best FIFA Men’s Player Award Ahead Of Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema | Football News
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Lionel Messi Wins Best FIFA Men’s Player Award Ahead Of Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema | Football News

[ad_1] Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men's player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the women's award at a ceremony in Paris. Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the men's gong with Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema the other contender to claim the prize. It is the second time that Messi has won the honour inaugurated by FIFA in 2016 after football's world governing body split from Ballon d'Or organisers France Football.The award, which is voted for by national team coaches and captains, journalists and also fans, recognises a year in which the former Barcelona star crowned his glorious career by leading Argentina to victory at the World Cup.Messi scored tw...
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Saudi Arabia To Host 2027 Asian Cup, World Cup Next? | Football News
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Saudi Arabia To Host 2027 Asian Cup, World Cup Next? | Football News

[ad_1] Saudi Arabia was confirmed as host of football's 2027 Asian Cup on Wednesday, an expected prelude for a World Cup bid as the oil-rich kingdom spends big on sports in an attempt to improve its image. The three-time winners' successful bid, a formality after their sole rivals India withdrew, was rubber-stamped at the Asian Football Confederation Congress in Bahrain, held just weeks after Gulf neighbours Qatar hosted the first World Cup in the Middle East."We are excited to deliver the greatest tournament in the competition's history," the kingdom's sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal said after the announcement."The kingdom is transforming before our eyes and we are filled with excitement for what it will look like in 2027."Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil expo...
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FIFA Firing Of Former Secretary-General Abusive: Swiss Court | Football News
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FIFA Firing Of Former Secretary-General Abusive: Swiss Court | Football News

[ad_1] A Swiss court has ruled that the way FIFA fired its acting secretary-general Markus Kattner in 2016, when the scandal-ridden body dismissed him without notice over allegations of financial mismanagement, was unjustified. In a verdict issued last October but only made public on Tuesday, the supreme court of the Swiss canton of Zurich -- where world football's governing body has its headquarters -- ruled that the firing of the German national was abusive. Kattner's sacking without notice was "considered as unjustified" by the cantonal supreme court, a court spokesman told AFP.That ruling overturned an earlier finding by the lower labour court in Zurich, he said.Zurich's highest tribunal sent the case on to the labour court to rule on what damages should be awarded to Kattner, 52, wh...
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Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe Among Nominees For Best FIFA Player Award, Cristiano Ronaldo Misses Out | Football News
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Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe Among Nominees For Best FIFA Player Award, Cristiano Ronaldo Misses Out | Football News

[ad_1] Fresh from their brilliant performances at the World Cup, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are among the nominees for FIFA's The Best award for last year, world football's governing body announced on Thursday. Messi, who has won the prize once before, captained Argentina to victory in Qatar, a career-defining triumph that has boosted his chances of winning an eighth Ballon d'Or but may also make him favourite for this prize. As well as Mbappe, who netted a hat-trick in the World Cup final, another two Paris Saint-Germain players are nominated in Neymar and Achraf Hakimi.However, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has not been nominated.Karim Benzema, who won last year's Ballon d'Or for his performances with Real Madrid, is also nominated, as is Robert Lewandowski, winner of the FIFA pr...
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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin Unopposed For New Mandate | Football News
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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin Unopposed For New Mandate | Football News

[ad_1] File image of Aleksander Ceferin© AFPAleksander Ceferin is the only candidate for a third mandate as UEFA president, European football's governing body said on Friday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, who has faced a stern challenge to his authority from breakaway clubs trying to create a European Super League, will be re-elected at a congress in Lisbon in April. Ceferin was first elected in 2016 and has also clashed with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, notably over the idea of holding the World Cup every two years instead of every four years.The UEFA chief looks set to face further battles over the Super League following comments on Thursday from Barcelona president Joan Laporta who said he believed the competition could be up and running from 2025 if a key European court rulin...
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FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino In Pele Wake Selfie Row | Football News
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FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino In Pele Wake Selfie Row | Football News

[ad_1] Gianni Infantino with the son of Pele, Edinho.© AFPFIFA chief Gianni Infantino insisted Wednesday he would never be disrespectful to Pele as he came under fire over a photo call at the Brazilian legend's wake. Infantino took a selfie with some of Pele's old teammates on Monday right beside the open coffin of the three-time World Cup winner. The Swiss said he took the photo as Pele's friends seemed unable to operate their mobile phones."I took the phone of one of them and took the photo of all of us for him," Infantino insisted. "If being helpful to a teammate of Pele creates criticism I'm happy to take it and will continue to be helpful wherever I can to those having contributed to write legendary pages of football."I have so much respect and admiration for Pele and for that cerem...
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From Man City To Liverpool: Money Premier League Clubs Will Get From FIFA For World Cup Players | Football News
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From Man City To Liverpool: Money Premier League Clubs Will Get From FIFA For World Cup Players | Football News

[ad_1] FIFA will pay football clubs a certain money for each player that was released© AFPThe 2022 FIFA World Cup is on the cusp of its conclusion, with Argentina set to play France in the tournament's final on December 18. After the quadrennial event concludes in Qatar, the players will head back to their respective clubs and it won't be long before they resume the 2022-23 club season. It was unprecedented that clubs had to release their players for a World Cup in the middle of the season. But, the arrangement also came with compensation that FIFA agreed to pay to the clubs.Strictly speaking about the numbers, FIFA said, as per a report in The Athletic, that a grand total of $209 million was arranged for the current World Cup, which comes down to about $10,000 for each player for every ...
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