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Morocco to join Spain and Portugal's 2030 World Cup bid: report
Spanish sports paper Diario AS explains that the Spanish and Portuguese have been negotiating with Morocco, with an agreement likely to be signed at the 73rd FIFA Congress, which will be held in Rwanda on Thursday, reports Xinhua. Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales traveled to Morocco on Monday to meet with Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, to finalize details of the accord.
Messi wins 2022 Best FIFA Men's Player Award
This is the second time Messi won the award after he first won it in 2019 and Argentina, champion of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, pocketed away with four trophies at the ceremony, reports Xinhua news agency. Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni won the Best Men's Coach Award, Emiliano Martinez won the Best Men's Goalkeeper Award.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup groups finalised
Panama beat Paraguay to reach the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time after a hard-fought 1-0 win in the Group C Play-off Tournament final. Lineth Cedeno scored the only goal of the tense play-off, ending the hopes of their South American opponents, who were also chasing a maiden Women's World Cup appearance.
Portugal, Haiti through to FIFA Women's World Cup after play-off wins
Haiti has qualified for the elite tournament for the first time after a thrilling 2-1 victory over Chile in the Group B final of the Play-off Tournament held here, reports Xinhua news agency. Meanwhile, Portugal beat Cameroon 2-1 in the Group A final to reach the Women's World Cup finals in nearby Hamilton.
FIFA Women's World Cup playoffs start to decide last 3 berths
The playoffs will witness 10 teams divided into three groups, and only the group winners will attend the global finals. The playoffs will not be played in the round-robin format. Instead, Portugal will face off against the winner between Cameroon and Thailand to fight for the berth in Group A, reports Xinhua. In Group B, Senegal and Haiti will vie for the right to challenge Chile.
Saudi Arabia to host FIFA Club World Cup 2023
"In relation to the FIFA Club World Cup 2023 , which is due to be played under the current format with seven clubs, the FIFA Council unanimously appointed the Saudi Arabian Football Federation as tournament hosts from 12 to 22 December 2023," the FIFA said in a statement on Tuesday night. The unanimous decision was made at a FIFA Council meeting.
Real Madrid beat Al Hilal to win FIFA Club World Cup
Vinicius Jr and Fede Valverde both scored twice, while Karim Benzema, who was back in the side after injury, also hit the target for Real Madrid, reports Xinhua news agency. Vinicius opened the scoring in the 13th minute, sliding the ball home when put clean through on goal, and Valverde doubled Madrid's lead in the 18th minute with a volley that took a slight deflection off a defender.
FIFA January snapshot confirms revitalization of global transfer market
This is the third consecutive year that FIFA has published such a snapshot shortly after the conclusion of the international January transfer window, and the next snapshot will be in early September after the conclusion of the mid-year registration period, Xinhua reported on Friday.
Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay submit joint bid to host FIFA 2030 World Cup
The South American nations are calling for the tournament to return to where football was born. However, Fifa will announce the host of the 2030 World Cup next year. "The South American countries Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile officially launched their joint candidacy to host the highest soccer event in 2030," the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said in a tweet.
Lionel Messi considering playing on until 2026 World Cup: Report
The Paris Saint-Germain forward previously declared the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would mark his last appearance in football's showpiece event. But Argentina's triumphant campaign -- in which Messi scored seven goals and won the best player award of the tournament.
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