Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been named Player of the Year at the 2022 Best FIFA Awards. As reported on Tribal Football, the 35-year-old beat French forwards Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema to the prize. Messi helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scoring 27 goals in 49 games for…
Gianni Infantino attended Pele’s funeral on Monday at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Brazil and the FIFA president suggested that each of the 211 member federations name at least one stadium or venue in their respective countries after the Brazilian legend. As reported by Marca, following the funeral, Infantino revealed that world football governing body’s…
Considered unlucky by many not to have won the Golden Glove award at the recent 2022 FIFA World Cup after his heroics for Croatia, Dominik Livaković has now been included by FIFA in their list of nominees for The Best Men’s Goalkeeper Award. As reported by Croatia Week, the Best FIFA Football Awards will take…
Fifa is to reconsider the format of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, says president Gianni Infantino. As reported by ThisDay, the teams will increase from 32 to 48 for the competition and were set to be divided into 16 groups of three, with the top two progressing to the…
The men’s Danish soccer team has been forbidden from wearing training shirts showing human rights messaging at this month’s World Cup in Qatar. As reported by CNN, the Danish Football Federation’s (DBU) CEO, Jakob Jensen, revealed the ban in an interview with Danish publication DR Sporten, released on Thursday. The DBU planned for the jerseys…
As the countdown to the World Cup in Qatar continues, organisers have sold 1.8 million tickets for this year’s edition of the event. This was revealed in a statement issued by the world soccer governing body FIFA ahead of the next round of ticket sales expected to open on July 5. There is a special…
