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Copa America champions Argentina remain first in the latest football rankings issued on Thursday by the ruling body FIFA, while Euro 2024 winners Spain climbed into third place. World Cup holders Argentina and Spain both won all their games at the continental events that ended Sunday. Euro semi-finalists France remain second while Spain moved up five spots to rank one ahead of Euro finalists England, who rose one, past Brazil. Belgium dropped from third to sixth following a last-16 exit at the Euros, and Croatia are no longer in the top 10, down three from nine at 12 in the wake of a group sta...
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Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez on Wednesday apologised for a video on social media in which team-mates engaged in a chant directed at France players which has been condemned by French officials as "racist and discrimiatory." The French Football Federation (FFF) said it would file a complaint with world governing body FIFA in connection with the song about France players of African descent. Fernandez had uploaded the video from the team bus after Argentina's Copa America title on Sunday in Miami, but has now expressed regret. "I want to apologise sincerely for a video posted on my Instagra...
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German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf does not rate FIFA corrupt and has said that their strained relationship with the world governing body is improving again. Neuendorf had not actively supported Gianni Infantino's re-election as FIFA president last year, there were differences around the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and also raised eyebrows with Saudi Arabia set to host the 2034 event. "We have met a few times and had good talks. There is no other way," Neuendorf told Der Spiegel news magazine. "We must normalize our relationship with FIFA to a certain degree." FIFA was in ...
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World champions Argentina remain top of the men's football world rankings going into their Copa America title defence. Argentina top an unchanged top three ahead of France and Belgium in the latest list released on Thursday by the ruling body FIFA. Brazil moved into fourth at the expense of England, followed by Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain and European champions Italy who moved one up into ninth ahead of Croatia. Liberia were the biggest climbers, up 10 to 142nd as 187 matches were played since the last rankings, most notably World Cup qualifiers in Africa and Asia. More changes are expect...
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The FIFA Council has approved changes to the football governing body's regulations to further provide additional protection to the well-being of female players and coaches, it said in a statement on Friday. The changes will come into force on June 1 and will extend the rights and protections to adoptive parents as well as non-biological mothers. The new regulations will also recognize the "physical, psychological and social dimensions in the event of an inability to provide employment services due to severe menstruation, or medical complications relating to pregnancy." Member associations will...
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The FIFA Congress on Friday voted an amendment to the world football governing body's statutes to allow the awarding of two World Cup hosts at the same time. The decision is pending approval of the FIFA Council and could lead to both the 2030 and 2034 editions being signed off at the same time, with Saudi Arabia set to be awarded the latter. FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that a virtual Congress would be held on December 11 to "potentially" decide on the 2030 and 2034 hosts. The process is more of a formality, since there is only one bid for each year. Morocco, Portugal and Spain made a ...
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German officials remain confident that their joint bid with Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2027 women's World Cup will be successful in Friday's vote at the congress of the ruling body FIFA. German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf said he was holding many talks in the final countdown to the Bangkok vote to convince FIFA members of the bid, with Brazil the only rival. "We'll throw everything into it to make sure we come out on top at the end of the day after all," Neuendorf said. "We are very confident. We believe that we have submitted an excellent bid and will do every...
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FIFA will organize a first women's Club World Cup in 2026, football's ruling body said on Wednesday after a council meeting. The tournament is expected to be contested by 16 teams in January and February. The competition will be held every four years and further details will follow in due course, FIFA said after approving the match calendar from 2026 to 2029. FIFA said it is also reducing the number of women's international match windows from six to five. The measures "represent an important milestone in our pledge to take the women’s game to the next level by enhancing competitiveness across ...
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Jewish sports organization Maccabi Germany has called on the ruling football body FIFA to dismiss a Palestine association (PFA) motion seeking sactions against Israel at its congress later this week. "The current motion by the PFA is part of a globally observed attempt to isolate Israel and, in our view, should be decisively rejected," Maccabi President Alon Meyer told dpa. "We hope that the FIFA Congress will once again send a clear signal against such endeavours." The PFA is calling for "appropriate sanctions to be taken against Israeli teams with immediate effect" at Friday's congress in Ba...
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Jewish sports organization Maccabi Germany has called on the ruling football body FIFA to dismiss a Palestine association (PFA) motion seeking sanctions against Israel at its congress later this week. "The current motion by the PFA is part of a globally observed attempt to isolate Israel and, in our view, should be decisively rejected," Maccabi President Alon Meyer told dpa. "We hope that the FIFA Congress will once again send a clear signal against such endeavours." The PFA is calling for "appropriate sanctions to be taken against Israeli teams with immediate effect" at Friday's congress in B...
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