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WEBOctober 1 – UEFA and UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) are teaming up once again for the Unity Euro Cup, a football tournament designed to promote refugee access to sport and foster inclusion within host communities across Europe. This year’s edition will be held on October 10 at the Colovray Sport Centre in Nyon ...
Mbappé tops value ranking at €230m as Real Madrid squad value …
WEB2 hours ago — October 3 – A new set of updated player valuations, this time from Football Benchmark, has put Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé at the top of the most valuable player list at €233.3 million, almost €34 million higher than Erling Haaland. Football Benchmark has updated the valuations of 10,000 players on its platform. The data sees a huge jump of €46 million for Spain and Barcelona’s 17 ...
Inter Miami wins first Supporters’ Shield; Messi wins major title ...
WEB5 hours ago — October 3 – Inter Miami won their second major trophy and 1st MLS Supporters Shield after beating the Columbus crew 3-2, thanks to two goals from the GOAT, Lionel Messi. With two matches left in the regular season Inter Miami still have the opportunity to break the league’s points record of 73 set by the New England Revolution in 2021. With Messi approaching peak form after missing 18 of ...
FIFA Council decision expected to rule on Israel’s international ...
WEB18 hours ago — October 3 – Is FIFA finally running out of patience with Israel? Following delay after delay over Palestinian demands for action, a decision on whether or not to suspend Israel from international football is set to be taken by the FIFA Council today. Last month FIFA continued to drag its feet over the crisis in the Middle East by once again delaying a review of a Palestinian bid to have ...
FIFA confirms qualifiers for 2025 CWC, unveils new …
WEBDec 18, 2023 — By Samindra Kunti in Jeddah December 18 – FIFA confirmed that the 2025 Club World Cup will be played across 29 days in June and July that summer in the United States. Both English Premier League’s Liverpool and Manchester United miss out on the new competition while LaLiga’s Barcelona could still qualify. To date eight of Europe’s 12 qualifiers are known and 19 of the final 32 that ...
Haaland hits £200m valuation as world’s MVP
WEB1 day ago — October 2 – Player valuation site Transfermarkt has named Erling Haaland as the most valuable footballer in the world, with a record-breaking valuation of €200 million in its latest Premier League update. This not only crowns the Manchester City striker as the highest-valued player globally but also marks the highest market value in the sport’s history.
With 2-year countdown to 2026 World Cup ... - Inside World Football
WEBJune 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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WEBSep 10, 2024 — Villar niece killed in Mexico as kidnapping goes tragically wrong. September 21 – A niece of Angel Maria Villar, one of world football’s most high-ranking officials who ran UEFA temporarily in the absence of Michel Platini, has tragically been found dead close to the Mexican city of Toluca after being held to ransom.
FIFA’s international transfer report charts record $9.63bn spent in ...
WEBJanuary 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.
Infantino defends 2030 and 2034 World Cup decisions as ‘the best …
WEBDecember 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 the Congress next year, in the blink of an eye, and ...