[ad_1] The trophy of the Women’s FIFA World Cup seen during the 73rd FIFA Congress at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda | Photo Credit: Reuters The Women’s World Cup is getting 300% increase in prize money for this year’s tournament. The $150 million fund for the first 32-team tournament is a huge boost from […]
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[ad_1] Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Rwanda on March 16, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to […]
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[ad_1] France defender Raphaël Varane’s (seen here with Hugo Lloris) decision to end his national team career last month at the age of 29 was a warning sign, FIFPRO general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann said | Photo Credit: Reuters Most of the players from last year’s World Cup do not want the football tournament to be […]
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[ad_1] Argentina’s Lionel Messi kisses the trophy after winning the World Cup final match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar | Photo Credit: AP Lionel Messi finally won a FIFA World Cup with Argentina, sparking celebrations all around the world. Messi scored two goals in the final against France in […]
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[ad_1] Lionel Messi and Argentina have enjoyed a somewhat strange relationship in the past. By all accounts, he’s been the preeminent footballer of his generation, and by many accounts the best of all time. Yet, his own country has taken its time to fully warm to his greatness. Partly, as Jonathan Wilson explained in his […]
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[ad_1] A giant cutout of Argentina star Lionel Messi erected under the ocean by his fans at Kavaratti on Lakshadweep. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement How far football fans will go to eulogize their idol? Argentina fans from the Kavaratti island in Lakshadweep claim to have dived nearly 100 ft into the ocean to erect […]
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[ad_1] FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks to media during the Press Conference ahead of the final matches of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Morocco was rewarded by FIFA on Friday with hosting rights for the next Club World Cup in February, with an expanded 32-team edition set to launch in […]
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[ad_1] Portugal’s head coach Fernando Santos gestures during the World Cup quarterfinal match between Morocco and Portugal | Photo Credit: AP Fernando Santos has left his job as Portugal coach after his team lost to Morocco in the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said on Thursday The Portuguese suffered a shock […]
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[ad_1] A banner in Buenos Aires shows Lionel Messi and Diego Armando Maradona and reads in Spanish “We deserve beautiful miracles and they will happen” ahead of the the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and France | Photo Credit: Reuters As Lionel Messi approaches his second and likely last World Cup final, […]
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[ad_1] Moroccan fans applaud the national team after losing to France in the semifinal of the FIFA World Cup on December 14, 2022 | Photo Credit: Reuters They may have fallen just short of reaching the World Cup final, but Moroccans on Wednesday hailed their team’s historic run as it ended with a 2-0 defeat […]
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