By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: Soccer Football-UEFA Nations League-League A-Group 1-France v Netherlands-Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France-September 9, 2018 France's Hugo Lloris celebrates with the World Cup trophy during a ceremony after the match REUTERS/ Charles Platiau( Reuters)-The head of global soccer players’ union FIFPRO criticised FIFA’s lack of consultation with stakeholders before proposing its biennial World Cup plan, saying it raised serious concerns by adding more pressu

A World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil was suspended amid farcical scenes on Sunday after Brazilian health authorities accused a number of Premier League players of violating the country's Covid-19 quarantine rules. Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and Tottenham duo Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso were on the Neo Quimica Arena pitch as part of the Argentine line-up when officials from Brazil's health regulator Anvisa invaded the pitch and stopped the game around five min

LONDON--The name “ FIFA ” can bring to mind images of the World Cup and soccer’s greatest players, like Pele, Zinedine Zidane or Lionel Messi.... The World Cup will disappear from the EA game.“ The FIFA name is the only global, original title, ” Infantino said.... It’s already a competitive market with eFootball, the former Pro Evolution Soccer game produced by Japanese firm Konami....

Sunday’s World Cup qualifying match at Neo Química Arena in S？... Brazil had won all of its first seven World Cup qualifying matches.... But the highly anticipated game hardly made it a few minutes past kickoff because of missteps regarding covid-19 regulations. Support our journalism....

The internal memo referred to the repatriation of the bodies of the deceased to their native Nepal and India.... Violators of the new rules will face up to three years in jail and fines of as much as$ 55, 000.... accepted bribes to vote for Qatar to host the 2020 event....