FIFA said potential bidders have a deadline to register interest of Feb. 16 -- more than five weeks before European qualifying groups for the World Cup begin

Host Australia and New Zealand automatically qualify, with their slots taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations.

Russia can use team name at major events if the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" have equal prominence

Russia will be unable to field teams at the upcoming Olympics, Winter Olympics or football World Cup after CAS upheld a ban for breaching anti-doping rules.

Marco Tardelli and Alessandro Altobelli were among Paolo Rossi's former team-mates who carried his coffin at his funeral

Dino Zoff has paid a fond tribute to Paolo Rossi, after the death of the man who was Italy's top scorer in their 1982 World Cup triumph

A World Cup winner with Italy in 1982, Paolo Rossi scored 20 goals in 48 appearances for his country.

England meet Poland, France face Ukraine, and Spain will tackle Sweden in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Kylian Mbappe has set France and Europe alight since making his senior Ligue 1 debut for Monaco five years ago

During his last visit to Kolkata three years ago, Maradona had conducted a football clinic with school children

Diego Maradona and Peter Shilton never met to make their peace after the Hand of God goal in Argentina's 1986 World Cup win over England

Antonio Conte and Zinedine Zidane hailed Diego Maradona following Wednesday's Champions League clash at San Siro.

Argentina president Alberto Fernandez paid tribute to Diego Maradona, who died of a suspected heart attack on Wednesday.

San Isidro attorney general John Broyad addressed the media outside the residence where Diego Maradona died on Wednesday.

Following the death of Argentina and Napoli icon Diego Maradona, we look back at some of his greatest ever goals.

Diego Maradona will go down as one of football's greatest players, and we take a look at the mercurial Argentine's biggest achievements.

Maradona,who has been isolating at home in recent days , coaches Gimnasia La Plata in his native Argentina.

Carlos Zambrano was less than impressed with Neymar following Tuesday's CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier in Lima

Tite has called on Brazil's heavy artillery for their opening World Cup qualifiers, with Neymar, Roberto Firmino and Gabriel Jesus selected

Lionel Messi headlines Argentina's preliminary 30-man squad for next month's CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Bolivia