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Argentina stable on Top in FIFA rankings, Venezuela returns in top 50

No fewer than 165 international matches were contested earlier this month, with FIFA World Cup 26 qualifiers, encounters in the preliminary rounds of continental competitions, and Concacaf Nations League clashes among the highlights. These fixtures certainly made a mark, including…

FIFA agrees to air 2023 Women’s World Cup in 34 European countries

FIFA on Wednesday announced it had struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to televise the 2023 Women’s World Cup, avoiding a controversial blackout in the ‘Big Five’ European nations. The deal follows a standoff between the governing…

FIFA seeks support from 200 national federations to hold World Cup in every 2 years

FIFA on Thursday held a summit with over 200 national football federations as it seeks to gather support for plans to stage the World Cup every two years despite muscular opposition from Europe. Officially the summit, which was held online,…

FIFA World Cup 2022: Hisense becomes official sponsor of Qatar event

Hisense have announced that they’ve become official sponsor of next year’s FIFA World Cup championship in Qatar. The popular technology company was sponsor of last 2018 world cup in Russia as well and they’re going to continue their partnership with…

FIFA introduces new rule for women footballers to protect maternity rights

Female soccer players should soon get their maternity rights protected under new employment rules announced Thursday by FIFA. The governing body of soccer is preparing to mandate clubs to allow at least 14 weeks of maternity leave paid at a…

FIFA revealed 2022 Qatar World Cup official Emblem

International football association FIFA have revealed the official logo of 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar. The official emblem was unveiled at Doha, capital of Qatar. Thousands of spectators were witnessing the unveiling of world cup 2022 emblem…

FIFA permits Iraq to host 2022 world cup qualifying matches

International football association FIFA have confirmed that Iraq can host Qatar world cup 2022 qualifying games and play their home fixtures in their country. FIFA lifts the ban from Iraq football association for hosting international games which was imposed in…

32-teams to compete in FIFA Women’s World Cup from 2023

International Football Association FIFA have approved the expansion of women’s world cup and we’ll see 32 teams playing 2023 tournament. The success of recent 2019 France event inspired FIFA president Infantino and he proposed to expand the world cup championship…

2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar to be played with 32-teams

Football’s biggest governing council FIFA has dropped the plans of expanding 2022 world cup to 48 teams as on Wednesday, governing body confirmed that 32 national teams will be competing in the next soccer world cup. FIFA and Qatar jointly…

Breaking: Big blow to 48-team world cup as Oman not ready to host FWC 2022

Major blow to FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s dream of hosting 48-team world cup 2022 Qatar as Oman’s foreign affairs minister Yosuf bin Alawi has said that country is not having enough time to prepare stadiums for the matches of football’s…