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Uefa is "not worried" that some Women's Euro 2025 matches will clash with the Fifa men's Club World Cup, says managing ...

A total of 16 UEFA nations will compete at the 48-team FIFA World Cup finals in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Check out the competition format and how the qualifiers will be decided. The ...

Saudi Arabia has been officially confirmed by FIFA as host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer. The Saudi bid was the only ...

Currently 10th in the latest FIFA rankings, Germany will be in Pot 1 when the European qualifying section for the 2026 FIFA ...

Saudi Arabia has been officially confirmed as the host nation of the 2034 men’s World Cup. Following an extraordinary FIFA ...

Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup, while the 2030 World Cup hosts are Morocco, Portugal and Spain with Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

The Saudi bid was the only candidate and was acclaimed by the applause of more than 200 FIFA member federations.

The controversial selection process has drawn criticism. A bidding window truncated by FIFA, world football’s governing body, ...

Confirming the 2030 and 2034 hosts should be done in a combined decision by acclamation rather than a registered vote. FIFA ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday made official what had been expected for more than a year, formally announcing that the centennial men's World Cup in 2030 will be co-hosted across six ...

The United Nations’ top human rights official has pledged to try to ensure migrant labor standards in Saudi Arabia are ...