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.
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."
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.
Tedesco replaces Roberto Martinez, who was in charge of the team for six years.
World Cup winner Lionel Messi regretted his testy exchanges with the Netherlands coach and players during their controversial quarterfinal in Qatar, he said in an interview.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino met with special prosecutors in Switzerland as part of their criminal investigation into his undisclosed meetings with the country's attorney general during a wider probe of football officials.
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has said in an interview published on Thursday that his age would make it difficult to play another World Cup.
It's alleged that European Parliament's Vice President Eva Kaili and others took bribes for the benefit of Qatar. As its regional role is growing and as it becomes a more self-confident nation, Qatar will not take...
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...
Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has been criticized for the excessive tone of his celebrations.
After its sensational World Cup performance, Morocco's national soccer team might boycott the African Nations Championship next month because of a diplomatic...
Martinez's antics in the World Cup final were slammed by former footballers and pundits alike.
Deschamps, who has been in charge for 10 years, has led Les Bleus to three major finals and won the 2018 World Cup.
The chef, who is known as Salt Bae and is regularly seen with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, mingled with Argentina players and posed for photos.
Michniewicz's contract ends on Dec. 31.
Fans packed squares and lined up along avenues and streets in and around Rabat cheering as an open-top bus carrying players rolled into the capital with a...
Lionel Messi and Argentina beat France in the finals of the FIFA World Cup via penalty-shootout.
Qatar witnessed one of the most thrilling finals in the tournament’s 92-year history that finished 3-3 through extra time, with Lionel scoring twice and...
Messi was at his most inspirational, scoring two goals to take his total for the tournament to seven and delivering his country's third World Cup triumph.
In the penalty shootout, it seemed destined for Lionel Messi to win his first World Cup at the age of 35, not Mbappé to win his second at 23.
People are just relieved, as much as Lionel Messi and his teammates are, that the monkey is off his back, 6029 days after making his World Cup debut.
Rosario, just like the rest of the country, was paralyzed during the nail-biting match that ended in a penalty shootout, which Argentina won 4-2.
Brazil great Pelé congratulated Lionel Messi and Argentina for winning the World Cup and Kylian Mbappé for his goal-scoring exploits in Sunday's final.
Fans of Les Bleus overcome the tears and the agony of Sunday's epic win by Argentina in a penalty shootout as the match had ended in a thrilling 3-3 after...
The United States, Mexico and Canada will stage football's biggest event in less than 3½ years.
