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Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Six years after last topping the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, Argentina (1st, plus 1) are once again at the summit of world football. Recent friendly wins against Panama (2-0) and Curaçao (7-0) helped the world champions dethrone Brazil (3rd, minus 2), who paid a high …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Football’s global governing body FIFA has signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding with the European Club Association (ECA) for a long-term relationship. The agreement runs until December 31, 2030, to keep the commitment of European clubs to adhere to the International March Calendar, which was released by …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gianni Infantino will serve a second term as FIFA President after being re-elected unopposed to lead global football’s governing body for another four years, during the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking immediately after the re-election to serve from 2023 to 2027, President Infantino said: …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | FIFA announced Wednesday an increased budget of over two billion U.S. dollars in the 2023-2026 cycle for its FIFA Forward program. The FIFA Forward 3.0 Program, laid out by FIFA president Gianni Infantino in January, will provide 2.25 billion U.S. dollars to develop the sport worldwide, the …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) has approved the Annual Report 2022 with a record-breaking revenue of 7.6 billion U.S. dollars during the 2019-2022 cycle. “FIFA’s unprecedented investment in football is the result of our solid financial transparency and stands as a concrete example of …

Rabat, Morocco | Xinhua | Real Madrid were crowned the FIFA Club World Cup champions in the Moroccan city of Rabat on Saturday night after beating Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal 5-3. Vinicius Jr and Fede Valverde both scored twice, while Karim Benzema, who was back in the side after injury, also …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema have been named as the finalists for The FIFA Best Men’s Football Player Award in 2022, soccer’s world governing body FIFA announced on Friday. Messi captained Argentina to lift the FIFA World Cup trophy in Qatar last year, beating France …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua |  The International Transfer Snapshot of January released by FIFA on Thursday confirmed the recovery of the global transfer market. A total of 4,387 international transfers in the men’s football hit a new high in January after the Transfer Matching System was introduced in 2010. This is the …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) released Wednesday the 2022 Global Transfer Report, showing record transfers in the world in the past year. A total of 71,002 transfers across borders, including 21,764 involving professionals for both men and women, were made in 2022, according to …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | One month after Argentina won the Qatar World Cup, FIFA announced early figures of the tournament, showing around five billion people have engaged with the World Cup. “On social media, according to Nielsen, there have been 93.6 million posts across all platforms, with a 262 billion …