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3/31/2022 7:51:05 PM
The United States received a boost for the World Cup draw and Canada took a hit in Thursday's updated FIFA rankings.
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3/31/2022 3:48:15 PM
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday tried to distance himself from a highly controversial project to hold the World Cup every two years as he suggested the plan had never actually been proposed by world football's governing body.
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3/31/2022 3:41:00 PM
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Wednesday it lodged an official complaint with the FIFA for a replay of the World Cup qualifying game against Senegal in Dakar on Tuesday, charging that a “terrorising atmosphere”, including illegal lasers that blurred the vision of players during the penalty shootout, cost the Pharoahs a trip to Qatar.
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3/31/2022 12:13:30 PM
Despite losing a place in the 2022 World Cup, Egypt climbed two places in FIFA’s March world rankings that were released on Thursday; Senegal dropped two places but stayed on top of the African countries list.
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3/30/2022 3:14:33 PM
A World Cup like no other in its 92-year history will take shape this week at an unprecedented tournament draw.
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3/29/2022 6:14:32 PM
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the $2 million fine handed out to Egyptian winger Mahmoud Kahraba for unilaterally terminating his contract with Zamalek in 2019, the Cairo club said on Tuesday.
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3/26/2022 5:55:00 PM
Egypt national team coach Carlos Queiroz called-up two experienced defenders, Pyramids FC's Ali Gabr, 33, and Ahly's Ramy Rabia, 29, for the Pharaohs’ away match against Senegal in the second leg of the 2022 Africa FIFA World Cup qualifying playoffs in Dakar on Tuesday.
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3/24/2022 12:24:14 PM
Egypt’s national team coach Carlos Queiroz has declared the readiness of his team for the game against Senegal in the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoff, affirming that there are no injuries in the Pharaohs squad ahead of the anticipated game.
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3/22/2022 11:55:47 AM
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday dismissed a third request by the Russian soccer federation for urgent rulings to freeze FIFA and UEFA decisions before World Cup playoffs begin this week.
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3/18/2022 1:59:35 PM
Russia's request to freeze a FIFA ban on its soccer teams ahead of next week's World Cup qualifying playoffs was denied Friday.
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3/10/2022 5:37:30 PM
Roman Abramovich was in Abu Dhabi last month to watch his beloved Chelsea lift the Club World Cup for the first time, celebrating yet more silverware during his trophy-laden two decades in charge.
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3/9/2022 3:52:31 PM
Sweden said Wednesday it believed its team could be at a disadvantage after FIFA confirmed that Russia would be kicked out of the 2022 World Cup playoffs over the invasion of Ukraine.
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3/8/2022 10:36:57 PM
Amid a shutdown of domestic soccer during the invasion by Russia, FIFA agreed Tuesday to Ukraine's request to postpone the national team's World Cup qualifying playoff in Scotland in two weeks' time.
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3/8/2022 7:04:38 PM
The Russian soccer federation appealed Tuesday to have FIFA and UEFA bans on its teams frozen in a fast-track legal process and eventually overturned.
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3/7/2022 10:13:22 PM
Since the start of the new season of the Egyptian Premier League, Ahly and Pyramids FC have been playing a game of musical chairs over the domestic competition’s first place despite the Red Devils still having a game in hand due to their participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.
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3/7/2022 5:01:59 PM
Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and Qatari soccer executive Nasser al-Khelaifi were back in a Swiss court Monday after federal prosecutors appealed against the verdicts in their September 2020 trial.
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2/28/2022 7:41:12 PM
Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice.
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2/28/2022 6:42:49 PM
FIFA is in "advanced discussions" to suspend the Russian national team from international competitions including the World Cup following the invasion of Ukraine, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Monday.
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2/28/2022 1:56:32 PM
Sweden's soccer federation maintained its objection to playing any matches against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine and expressed its disappointment Monday with FIFA for keeping the Russians in World Cup qualifying.
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2/27/2022 9:42:08 PM
FIFA backed away from immediately expelling Russia from World Cup qualifying on Sunday but said it remained an option, deciding instead the squad can play using the ``RFU`` acronym for the country's football federation.
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