7:56 PM ET Associated Press World Cup winners Argentina topped the FIFA rankings released on Thursday for the first time in six years. Argentina’s two wins in friendlies last month ended the one-year run at the top for Brazil, who lost 2-1 at Morocco and fell to No. 3. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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1:44 PM ET FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during a meeting ahead of the opening of the 76th CONMEBOL Ordinary Congress on Thursday. Christian Alvarenga/Getty Images Argentina has submitted a formal bid to host this year’s Under-20 World Cup in place of Indonesia, which was stripped of its rights to stage the tournament, FIFA president
11:35 AM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino, left, with Indonesia President Joko Widodo. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images) Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men’s Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday amid political turmoil regarding Israel’s participation. FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging the 24-team tournament scheduled to start on May 20 “due to the current
10:43 AM ET FIFA’s compensation paid to clubs that release players for the men’s World Cup has been increased by nearly 70% to $355 million for the 2026 and 2030 tournaments, the global football governing body and the European Club Association (ECA) said on Monday. The Club Benefits Programme affords clubs a share of national
10:00 AM ET Qualify for 2022, make a run in 2026. I feel like I wrote that many times regarding the United States men’s national team during the previous World Cup qualification process. With more major-club talent and more youth than ever, the U.S. seemed in a position to maintain the same roster core over
9:48 AM ET Associated Press Yves Jean-Bart had initially been suspended by FIFA. Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images FIFA has appealed to Swiss federal judges after the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a life ban for the former Haiti football federation president who was accused of multiple sexual offenses against players in women’s and girls’
10:37 AM ET Visit Saudi will not be a sponsor at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand later this year, but FIFA president Gianni Infantino has not ruled out future commercial opportunities for gulf nation in women’s football. The Saudi Arabia tourism board had been touted as a potential sponsor of the
6:11 AM ET Gianni Infantino was reelected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday. Infantino stood unopposed, making his reelection as head of football’s governing body a formality, even if he is not universally popular among member associations for a range of reasons, including pushing for a failed plan to
11:11 AM ET FIFPRO highlighted how players at the 2019 Women’s World Cup earned just 7% as much as their male counterparts. John Wilkinson/ISI Photos/Getty Images The global professional football players’ union FIFPRO has written to FIFA calling for parity in conditions, facilities and prize money between the men’s and women’s World Cups. The letter, seen
5:36 PM ET Associated Press Former Fox executive Hernan Lopez (C) arrives at court in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on January 19, 2023. YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and
12:11 PM ET Pierluigi Collina is confident that FIFA’s bid to get more effective playing time into games will be successful, stressing that no fan wants to watch games that last 43 minutes. FIFA introduced measures to increase lost time at the World Cup, which led to many games running over 10 minutes of additional
1:30 PM ET Associated Press A promoter’s lawsuit against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation can proceed toward trial after a lower-court judge had thrown it out, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the lawsuit by Relevent Sports, controlled by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, after
12:00 PM ET Players and clubs from the National Women’s Soccer League are set to be in an EA Sports FIFA game for the first time. Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images National Women’s Soccer League players and clubs will be added to an EA Sports FIFA game for the first time ahead of the start
3:20 PM ET Associated Press Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima was selected by FIFA as a global fan ambassador for the governing body. Getty Images FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador five months before the Women’s World Cup was described Tuesday as “tone deaf” by the former leader of the
3:38 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid defender David Alaba has explained why he did not vote for teammate Karim Benzema ahead of Lionel Messi in the Best FIFA Men’s Player 2022 award after receiving abuse on social media, including racist tweets. Awards are voted for by national team captains and coaches, journalists from across
4:41 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Alexia Putellas saw off competition from Beth Mead and Alex Morgan to win FIFA’s The Best Women’s Player award. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images) Barcelona‘s Alexia Putellas has been crowned FIFA’s The Best Women’s Player for the second year running, seeing off competition from Beth Mead and Alex Morgan
4:50 PM ET Lionel Messi was named Best FIFA Men’s Player at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid‘s Karim Benzema. Messi won the 2022 World Cup with Argentina in December — the country’s first in 36 years — ending his wait for the only major honour
3:57 PM ET Associated Press The union for Major League Soccer players criticized FIFA, its rules-making body and the league for failing to allow trials of temporary substitutes to replace players suspected of sustaining concussions. The International Football Association Board said Jan. 18 that no consensus was reached on the proposal for trials by MLS
6:00 AM ET FIFA called out this stunning long-range goal by Oli Babington (not pictured) for Clevedon Town as a potential Puksas Award contender, but it didn’t make the 2022 shortlist. Twitter @veocamera From Mohamed Salah to Neymar to Cristiano Ronaldo, some of the biggest names in the game have won FIFA’s Puskas Award since its
1:02 PM ET Associated Press The 2030 World Cup hosts are due to be picked in September 2024, FIFA said on Tuesday, also confirming that the three 2026 World Cup hosts — the United States, Canada and Mexico — all had their expected automatic entries confirmed in the 48-team finals tournament. FIFA’s ruling council confirmed