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Yesterday Gianni Infantino announced that the majority of national federations are supporting the idea of a 48 team World Cup and with the final vote set to take place next month it looks like the tournament is set to be expanded by 50 percent. It’s not an idea which is …

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for the fifth time. The 28-year-old Argentine had 41.33% of the vote, with Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (27.76%) second and Barca’s Neymar (7.86%) third. Editor’s Note: Well it’s hardly news really is it. As …

Suspended Uefa president Michel Platini says he will not stand in the Fifa presidential election next month. Platini, along with Fifa president Sepp Blatter, has been banned from football-related activities for eight years by world football’s governing body. Both men were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal …

Fifa will debate a proposal to expand the World Cup from 32 teams to 40. The change can be approved by Fifa’s executive committee without consent from the 209 member associations, and could come into effect from 2026. The proposal will be discussed later on Thursday in Zurich, where a …

  23 names have been chosen for the FIFA Ballon D’Or Shortlist, but let’s be honest no-one but Lionel Messi is winning the award this year. The list is pretty academic but here it is in full: Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Cristiano …

Breaking news and the next FIFA President has been announced, I’m not going to lie it’s quite a surprise

Fifa has provisionally suspended its president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini for 90 days. Former Fifa vice-president Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss Francs (£67,000). The punishments were handed out by the ethics committee of football’s world governing body. …

Members of Fifa’s ethics committee met this week after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against Blatter, 79, last month. He is accused of signing a contract “unfavourable” to football’s governing body and making a “disloyal payment” to Uefa president Michel Platini, 60. Swiss Blatter, who has run Fifa …

…ok that’s not strictly true but Wales have now moved up to 8th in the FIFA Rankings, with them being only one place behind Brazil who are 7th. Some lowly nation called England who invented Football are doing really well for themselves as they are punching above their weight and …

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been banned from football for life. The 72-year-old Trinidadian is the former head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), but quit Fifa in 2011. He is fighting extradition to the US on corruption charges and denies accepting millions of dollars in …