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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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The Asian football federation AFC is supporting the Palestinian football body's request for sanctions against the Israeli football association ahead of the FIFA Congress in Bangkok due to the ongoing war in Gaza. "The AFC stands together with the Palestinian federation, and we join them in seeking effective football-related solutions to the grievances raised by the Palestinian federation in their proposal," AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said on Thursday. "It is our duty to support the Palestinian federation for a swift and effective resolution in line with the rules, regul...
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After years of a legal dispute, the Brazilian inventor of the free-kick spray is to get compensation from football's governing body FIFA. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Brazil rejected an appeal from FIFA and ordered the association to pay Heine Allemagne and his company Spuni Comércio de Produtos Esportivos compensation for the misuse of his invention. Allemagne invented the spray in 2000, which referees can use to mark the position of the free-kick wall and then quickly dissolves again. The spray has been used by the South American football association Conmebol since 2009 and was used for ...
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The FIFA Council formally appointed Mattias Grafström as the football governing body's secretary general, FIFA said on Wednesday. Sweden's Grafström has had the job on an interim basis since October 2023, when Fatma Samoura stepped down. He is a close confidant of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and was previously deputy secretary general. "I am humbled and deeply honoured to have been appointed FIFA secretary general," Grafström said. "Football is my passion since I was born. I started playing it as a child and worked in football all my life at all different levels. There are therefore no wor...
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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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