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Fifa increases squads to 26 players for 2022 World Cup
National teams had named squads of 23 players ever since the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
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National teams had named squads of 23 players ever since the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
The expanded tournament will be the first to feature 48 teams.
The Swiss prosecutor’s demand is more lenient than he could have asked for – a maximum of five years in prison if found guilty.
The news was announced following the International Football Associations Board’s annual meeting in Doha.
The former president of football’s governing body and French football legend Michel Platini were appearing at a Swiss criminal court.
The game will be rebranded as EA Sports FC.
They were banned by FIFA over government interference.
This will be the final hearing in a long-running saga that began in 2011.
The organisation has been urged to do more to end abusive practices in the Qatari private security sector.
The winners of the play-off path containing Scotland, Wales and Ukraine will face England in Qatar.
Speaking at the Fifa Congress in Doha, Lise Klaveness said the 2022 finals were awarded ‘in unacceptable ways, with unacceptable consequences’.
An idea to enlarge Europe’s Nations League to take in South American countries has also been mooted.
The announcement comes on the third week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Fifa’s former number two Jerome Valcke is also in hot water.
The ban means Russia will not participate in the upcoming men’s World Cup qualifying play-offs or UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 this summer.
The men’s team had been due to play in qualifying play-offs in March for the World Cup in Qatar later this year.
The nation will have to play under the name ‘Football Union of Russia’.
The Wembley arch will reportedly be lit to support Ukraine, ahead of a match featuring a club owned and bankrolled by a Russian oligarch.
Infantino controversially referenced migrants risking drowning in the Mediterranean during a speech.
The Elephants play Equatorial Guinea this evening.
Gianni Infantino: ‘If I was going to a vote tomorrow probably the majority would vote in favour of World Cups every two years.’
Uefa vice-president Zbigniew Boniek made the announcement today.
The European Club Association is understood to be desperate to avoid a repeat of the problems which surrounded the September international window.
The former Celtic captain has been added to the shortlist for a gesture of solidarity towards Glen Kamara.
Swiss prosecutors have today indicted the pair, who have been banned from football since 2015.
Fifa wants to shorten the gap between its flagship men’s and women’s tournaments to two years.
Hungary fans clashed with police at Wembley on Tuesday night, while there was also trouble at the Albania-Poland fixture.
Upon their return, the players must quarantine for 10 days at a club facility, which they can only leave once a day to train or play.
Wenger’s idea to stage the World Cup once every two years led to widespread criticism, while Uefa issued a scathing response
The Hungarian FA have also been fined just under €185,000 after Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham were targeted with monkey chants earlier this month.
The world governing body is in favour of shortening the gap between its showpiece event from four to two years.
Ireland international Caoimhin Kelleher is in line to start against Leeds on Sunday if Alisson isn’t available.
Premier League players Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso, Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia were said to have breached Covid-19 regulations.
Sue Ronan discusses her time with Ireland as a player and manager, and the work she has done since.
The Fifa Congress voted in May to conduct a feasibility study into holding the competition more regularly.
Former Fifa president Blatter, 85, is being investigated over a €1.85million payment to Michel Platini.
The European governing body appear to have a crucial ally in the battle against a breakaway competition.
The German team lined up to display the message before Thursday’s 3-0 win over Iceland.
The ban has been imposed for multiple breaches of Fifa’s ethics code.
Micheál Martin said the Irish government would be “very happy to co-operate” with the UK.