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Female players have been fighting for equal pay and equal respect with men's national teams.

Women's World Cup Prize Money Gets Big FIFA Raise To $150M

The $152 million fund for the first 32-team tournament is a huge boost from the 24-team edition in 2019, and 10 times what it was in 2015.

16 March 2023

Alderweireld played 127 international matches, three World Cups and two European Championships.

Belgium Defender Toby Alderweireld Retires From International Football

The 34-year-old Alderweireld, who plays for Antwerp in the Belgian league after stints at Ajax, Atletico Madrid and Tottenham, made his debut with the national squad in 2009.

06 March 2023

FIFA noted Lima is a 'supermodel, actress and businesswoman' but offered no further details.

FIFA Faces Questions For Appointing Supermodel Adriana Lima As Ambassador Before Women's World Cup

Lima’s appointment to “develop, promote and participate in several global initiatives” was announced by FIFA on Monday hours before the former Victoria’s Secret runway model helped present the fan prize in Paris at...

01 March 2023

FIFA President Gianni InfantinoGianni Infantino's presidency can eventually run for 15 years through 2031

Gianni Infantino Re-Elected As FIFA President By Acclaim

Infantino had no election opponent and won by acclaim instead of a formal vote by the congress of 211 member federations whose basic annual funding from FIFA has risen from $250,000 to $2 million since his first win in 2016.

16 March 2023

Fontaine scored 30 goals in 21 games for France.

France Footballer Just Fontaine, Who Scored 13 Goals At 1958 World Cup, Dies

Fontaine took six games to achieve his feat at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden when he was a last-minute inclusion on the French squad.

01 March 2023

Jamie Reigle, CEO, Formula E and Amur Lakshminarayanan, CEO, Tata Communications

 Formula E, Tata Communications Announce Multi-Year Collaboration On Broadcasting Races

Electric car racing body Formula E and Tata Communications on Saturday announced a strategic multi-year collaboration with the digital services company becoming the official broadcast distribution provider to the ABB FIA...

11 February 2023

The new World Cup format will have 12 groups of four teams instead of 16 groups.

FIFA World Cup 2026 To Switch Back To 48-Team Event

The governing body of football increased the size of the 2026 tournament for the second time — six years after the first — by approving a bigger group stage for the inaugural 48-team event.

15 March 2023

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The winners will be announced at a Feb. 27 ceremony in Paris.

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema Battle For FIFA Best Player Award

Argentina's World Cup-winning captain and France's superstar forward head the three-player shortlist announced by FIFA on Friday, eight weeks after leading their teams in an epic final in Qatar.

10 February 2023

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08 February 2023
Domenico Tedesco Appointed As Belgium's New Head Coach

Domenico Tedesco Appointed As Belgium's New Head Coach

Tedesco replaces Roberto Martinez, who was in charge of the team for six years.


08 February 2023
South American 2030 World Cup Bid Seeks Final In Montevideo

South American 2030 World Cup Bid Seeks Final In Montevideo

Members of the South American candidacy for the centennial 2030 World Cup want to host the opening match in Buenos Aires and the final in Montevideo, where...


07 February 2023
How Manchester City Came To Face English Premier League Charges

How Manchester City Came To Face English Premier League Charges

Football's richest and most watched league challenged its defending champion with more than 100 charges of alleged financial wrongdoing and failures to...


06 February 2023
India To Play Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan In Tri-Nation Football Friendly In March

India To Play Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan In Tri-Nation Football Friendly In March

The matches will be played on March 22, 24 and 26, which fall during the FIFA international window.


01 February 2023
FIFA Anxious To Reboot Club World Cup After Years Of Delay

FIFA Anxious To Reboot Club World Cup After Years Of Delay

FIFA has said a bigger Club World Cup will "promote and grow football for the benefit of all confederations, member associations, leagues, clubs and fans."


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28 January 2023
Four Uruguay Players Handed Bans By FIFA Over Disorderly Conduct During Qatar World Cup

Four Uruguay Players Handed Bans By FIFA Over Disorderly Conduct During Qatar World Cup

The players must all carry out community service on a soccer project and pay fines of up to 20,000 Swiss francs ($21,600), FIFA said.


25 January 2023
Russia Meets UEFA As It Looks For A Path Back Into Football

Russia Meets UEFA As It Looks For A Path Back Into Football

Russia tried to make progress on Tuesday on its slow and difficult return to international sports amid its war in Ukraine at a meeting Tuesday with officials...


21 January 2023
Juventus Hit With 15 Point Penalty For False Accounting

Juventus Hit With 15 Point Penalty For False Accounting

Italy’s most storied football club, Juventus, was hit with a massive 15-point penalty for false accounting Friday following an appeal hearing at the Italian...


11 January 2023
FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino Questioned By Swiss Special Prosecutors

FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino Questioned By Swiss Special Prosecutors

FIFA President Gianni Infantino met with special prosecutors in Switzerland as part of their criminal investigation into his undisclosed meetings with the...


09 January 2023
Thomas Muller Remains Available For Selection Despite Germany's World Cup Failure

Thomas Muller Remains Available For Selection Despite Germany's World Cup Failure

The Bayern Munich forward suggested on Dec. 1 he might have played his last game for Germany.


09 January 2023
Lionel Messi Vs Kylian Mbappe Part II: World Cup Stars Chase Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi Vs Kylian Mbappe Part II: World Cup Stars Chase Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi finally has something Kylian Mbappé already had with a World Cup winners’ medal. Now Mbappé wants what Messi has won many times: the Ballon...


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07 January 2023
Arsene Wenger To Help With Indian Football's Grassroots Programmes

Arsene Wenger To Help With Indian Football's Grassroots Programmes

During the World Cup in Doha, AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey held deliberations with Wenger and other senior officials of the FIFA and AFC regarding youth...


03 January 2023
Brazil Prepares To Bury Pele In The City That He Made Football Mecca

Brazil Prepares To Bury Pele In The City That He Made Football Mecca

Pelé will be buried on Tuesday in the city of Santos, where he grew up, became famous, and helped make into a global capital of football.


03 January 2023
A Successful FIFA World Cup 2022 Adds To Qatar's Swag

A Successful FIFA World Cup 2022 Adds To Qatar's Swag

Qatar ended the year by hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022 football championship—a competition that critics the world over described as one the greatest in the...


02 January 2023
From Rairangpur To Raisina -- Odisha's Moment Of Pride

From Rairangpur To Raisina -- Odisha's Moment Of Pride

For Odisha, the highlight of the tumultuous year gone by was when the "daughter of the soil" Dropupadi Murmu became the first tribal president of the country.


01 January 2023
When Pele Got Paid $120,000 Just To Tie His Shoelaces

When Pele Got Paid $120,000 Just To Tie His Shoelaces

Joe Pompliano explained a chain of events that caused a family feud after a breach of the "Pele pact" between siblings and founders of Adidas and Puma.


30 December 2022
Football 2022, A Year In Review: Pele's Passing, Glory For Lionel Messi And An Unprecedented FIFA Ban For India

Football 2022, A Year In Review: Pele's Passing, Glory For Lionel Messi And An Unprecedented FIFA Ban For India

If Messi worked his magic to guide Argentina to its third World Cup triumph, Pele's legion of fans kept praying as he battled cancer in a Sao Paulo hospital...


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