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FIFA in raptures as Messi (and his team) qualify for their unloved Club World Cup. October 21 – No Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, AC Milan or Arsenal, not even Atletico Madrid. The Club World Cup is without five of the biggest and most supported clubs in the world. But it does now have Lionel Messi… and his five-season-old club ...
All Messi all the time; MLS and Apple remake a Zidane classic
8 hours ago · October 23 – In 2006 a French documentary film, Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait trained 17 synchronized cameras on the French legend during a match between Real Madrid and Villarreal. On October 25 MLS, in collaboration with Apple TV, and TikTok will revisit the groundbreaking piece by putting their entire focus on Argentine, and …
FIFA Archives - Inside World Football
Oct 14, 2024 · FIFA and Konami push the partnership button for two esports World Cups. October 11 – After a gap in which FIFA was left without a major partner in the esports arena following the licensing fallout with EA Sports over the EA Sports long-running FIFA series, the world governing body has agreed a collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment Co.
With 2-year countdown to 2026 World Cup ... - Inside World Football
June 11 – The two year countdown to the 2026 World Cup kick-off at the Estadio Azteca Mexico City on June 11 has begun, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino continuing his ‘greatest’ theme saying the finals would be “the greatest event, the greatest show, the greatest tournament”. Qatar 2022 was the ‘greatest ever’ World Cup according to Infantino, and that followed his previous ...
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Sep 10, 2024 · By Paul Nicholson in Paris. July 8 – The World Football Forum opened in Paris this morning – the night after Parisiens had celebrated their victory over Germany in the Euro semi-finals with a long and hard street party – with a focus on the ‘new geography of football’.
FIFA in raptures as Messi (and his team) qualify for their unloved …
2 days ago · October 21 – No Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, AC Milan or Arsenal, not even Atletico Madrid. The Club World Cup is without five of the biggest and most supported clubs in the world. But it does now have Lionel Messi… and his five-season-old club Inter Miami. You could almost hear the sigh of relief on the other side of Atlantic from FIFA’s new Miami offices as Messi inked his ...
FIFA’s international transfer report charts record $9.63bn spent in ...
January 31 – Clubs worldwide spent a record $9.63 billion on international transfers last year, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by more than $2 billion. The latest figures published by FIFA in its Global Transfer Report represent a 48.1% increase compared to 2022 when transfer spending began to climb again after two years of belt-tightening due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Qatar 2022: Italy stumble into play-offs, big wins for Swiss and ...
November 16 – Just four months after winning the delayed Euro 2020, Italy have missed out on an automatic place at the World Cup finals and will have to rely on the playoffs to get them to Qatar. The Azzurri went into their final qualifier against Northern Ireland top of Group C on goal difference and undefeated, but a goalless draw in Belfast combined with Switzerland’s thumping 4 …
Infantino defends 2030 and 2034 World Cup decisions as ‘the best …
December 15 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the 2030 and 2034 World Cup bidding processes as “the best FIFA can do for football, covering the entire world in only eight years”. A bidding process for a World Cup usually takes years, but FIFA and Infantino awarded the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, subject to confirmation by …
Andrew Warshaw Archives - Inside World Football
Oct 3, 2024 · By Andrew Warshaw. November 21 – Two weeks ago, as organisers put the finishes touches to 12 years of planning, the president of FIFA and his trusted number two – clearly alarmed about their showpiece tournament being undermined by constant criticism over Qatar’s human rights record – took the unprecedented step of pleading with the 32 finalists to concentrate on the football and not ...