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FIFA have confirmed a winter World Cup for 2022, starting on November 21. There had been opposition from most European leagues including the Premier League, who rejected the idea that a winter tournament in Qatar would be workable or desirable. However, president Sepp Blatter refused to alter the dates, to …

Celebratory scenes in Cardiff today as Gareth Bale has risen above England in the FIFA Rankings for the first time. The Real Madrid Forward has single-handedly dragged Wales into the top 10 and on the verge of a major tournament qualification for the first time since 1958. Gareth Bale’s Manager …

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Somalia  Match 1  Niger 5–13 Oct 5–13 Oct South Sudan  Match 2  Mauritania 5–13 Oct 5–13 Oct Gambia  Match 3  Namibia 5–13 Oct 5–13 Oct São Tomé and Príncipe  Match 4  Ethiopia 5–13 Oct 5–13 Oct Chad  Match 5  Sierra Leone …

  Group A Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Netherlands 0 0 2  France 0 0 3  Sweden 0 0 4  Bulgaria 0 0 5  Belarus 0 0 6  Luxembourg 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 4–6 September 2016. Source: FIFA Group B Pos Team v …

Pot one: Germany, Belgium, Holland, Romania, England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, Croatia. Pot two: Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Pot three: Poland, Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece. Pot four: Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia. Pot …

Well not quite but if you were to believe Simon Brodkin’s antics earlier today than that could certainly be the case. Fifa president Sepp Blatter was forced to halt a news conference when UK prankster Simon Brodkin – whose stage name is Lee Nelson – threw a pile of banknotes …

Looks like it’s been a heavy nights raving for Sepp.

US department of Justice says 14 defendants have been charged with “racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies” over a 24-year period. “The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” says US attorney general Loretta Lynch. Four individual defendants and …

Six Fifa officials, including vice-president Jeffrey Webb, have been arrested on suspicion of corruption in dawn raids at a Zurich hotel ahead of Friday’s presidential election. Members of Swiss law enforcement were still present in the hotel at 0800 BST but the main activity and arrests seemed to be over …