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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were far from the auditorium by the River Thames when Luka Modric broke their decade-long grip on FIFA's award for the world's best player. Soccer's biggest individual accolade was handed to the 33-year-old playmaker on Monday night in recognition of ...
Lionel Messi was left off the shortlist for the FIFA's men's player of the year award on Monday as his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo was named alongside Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah. Messi has dominated the award along with Ronaldo over the past decade, but ...
Ex-Brazil soccer boss Jose Maria Marin gets four years in prison in FIFA probe
A former South American soccer official convicted on corruption charges in the sprawling FIFA bribery scandal was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison on Wednesday. Jose Maria Marin, a former president of Brazil's soccer federation, also was ordered to forfeit $3.3 million ...
Didier Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane head FIFA coaching award nominees
Didier Deschamps and Zinedine Zidane head the 11 candidates in a likely French domination of FIFA's best men's coach award. Deschamps led France to win the World Cup, and his 1998 World Cup-winning teammate Zidane coached Real Madrid to a third straight Champions League title. Zidane, ...
FIFA condemns Diego Maradona's remarks about referee for England-Colombia match
FIFA condemned comments by Diego Maradona on Wednesday, after the Argentine legend claimed that Colombia only lost to England in the World Cup last 16 because of the appointment of referee Mark Geiger for the match. The 1986 World Cup winner said England's win was ...
Rapture in Russia after team's stunning World Cup 5-0 opener over Saudi Arabia
Russian fans and politicians joined in an outpouring of jubilation on Thursday as the host nation unexpectedly routed Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the World Cup. State television showed throngs of Russians outside Moscow's main stadium cheering with flags but also stunned ...
North American trio beats Morocco for hosting rights to host 2026 World Cup
North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a risky Moroccan proposal for the first 48-team tournament. The soccer showpiece will return to the U.S. for the first ...
Donald Trump threatens countries who don't back U.S. World Cup bid
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold support from nations who don't back the joint bid by the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup. Morocco also has bid to host soccer's showcase. The FIFA Congress meets June 13 in ...
David Chung abruptly resigned as FIFA's senior vice president and a member of its ruling council on Friday after an audit of the Oceania confederation he led found "potential irregularities" on a $20 million building project in Auckland and funding was cut to the ...
FIFA has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup. The last step toward giving match officials high-tech help in Russia was agreed to on Friday by FIFA's ruling council chaired by president Gianni Infantino. "We are extremely happy with that ...
Sepp Blatter claims he has new evidence to challenge six-year FIFA ban
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he has "new facts" and wants to re-open the financial misconduct case that led to his six-year ban. Blatter wrote on his reactivated Twitter account: "As new facts have appeared it's time to question the decision of the Fifa ...
Marco Polo del Nero was suspended as president of Brazil's soccer confederation on Friday, two years after he was indicted in the United States on charges of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. FIFA said Del Nero was under an ethics investigation ...
