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First blood to Croatia and Swiss in World Cup qualifying playoffs

Switzerland's 1-0 win over Northern Ireland was marked by controversy

10/11/2017

Sport

Final places for Russia 2018 up for grabs in the play-offs

Moving on from the group stages, the play-offs will now decide who will take the final spots in the World Cup 2018

08/11/2017

Sport

PSG boss questioned over bribery claims by Swiss prosecutors

Paris Saint Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi was interrogated for hours by Swiss prosectors investigating the sale of World Cup media rights

25/10/2017

Sport

Russia invites disgraced former FIFA and UEFA heads to Moscow for World Cup finals

Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini will be Vladimir Putin's personal guests for the three-week football tournament next year

20/10/2017

Sport

2019 Women's World Cup presented in Lyon, France

FIFA's Gianni Infantino has presented the 2019 Women's World Cup in the French city of Lyon

12/10/2017

World News

France and Portugal qualify for World Cup, Dutch miss out

France and Portugal book their tickets for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but the Dutch won't be on the plane.

11/10/2017

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Iceland celebrates after team qualify for 2018 football World Cup in Russia

Icelandic football fans join in the traditional chant with players after the national football team qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia

10/10/2017

Russia

World Cup 2018: What we can expect to see, and what we won’t

The World Cup firsts, familiar faces and unlikely occurrences we can expect at Russia 2018

10/10/2017

Sport

Iceland make football World Cup history

Tiny Iceland, population 330,000, has made sporting history by becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the football World Cup.

10/10/2017

World News

Ireland end Welsh World Cup hopes

Ireland clinch a place in the World Cup playoffs at Wales' expense

09/10/2017

USA

Egyptians celebrate the country's first World Cup qualification in 28 years

Egyptians all over the world celebrated The Pharaohs’ long-awaited World Cup qualification

09/10/2017

Sport

Three South American nations in joint bid for World Cup 2030

Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay have formally launched South America’s three-nation bid to host the 2030 World Cup and said Argentina would likely host the majority of the tournament’s stadiums.

05/10/2017

World

War-ravaged Syria has just made the World Cup play-offs

War-torn Syria has defied the odds and clinched a spot in the World Cup play-offs.

04/09/2017

Sport

FIFA World Cup Trophy goes on tour

29/08/2017

USA

Disgraced ex-FIFA executive Chuck Blazer dies

The football administrator's disclosures sparked investigations that eventually toppled FIFA boss Sepp Blatter.

13/07/2017

World News

FIFA corruption report: what does it tell us?

The Garcia report uncovers a murky world of expectation and entitlement.

27/06/2017

World News

Saudi Arabia apologises after players snub minute's silence

09/06/2017

Sport

Video referees to be used at Russia 2018

The 2018 World Cup in Russia will feature video referees, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced

26/04/2017

Sport

US, Mexico, Canada announce joint bid for World Cup 2026

In a rare show of unity, the US, Mexico and Canada have announced a joint bid to stage the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

11/04/2017

Sport

Messi banned for four international matches

Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been banned from the Albiceleste’s next four competitive internationals for swearing at a match official in Thursday’s 1-0 win over Chile The decision means the 29-y

28/03/2017