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WEBFIFA pushes for expanded Women’s finals at 2028 Olympics and addition of Futsal and Beach Soccer. October 7 – FIFA has announced it will propose expanding the women’s Olympic soccer tournament from 12 teams to 16, as well as the addition of futsal and beach soccer to the games in a mission to further elevate women’s football and ...
Klopp returns to football as Red Bull’s head of global soccer
WEB20 hours ago · October 9 – Former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has been appointed global head of soccer at Red Bull as he returns to football just three months after an emotional departure from Merseyside. Klopp, whose title will be head of global soccer, will not be involved in day-to-day operations but will advise teams on playing philosophy, transfer strategy and coaching ...
FIFA tweaks transfer rules to allow players to join or stay at clubs ...
WEB20 hours ago · October 9 – FIFA are so keen to make the expanded Club World Cup, Gianni Infantino’s pet project, be a success despite widespread opposition from player unions that they are willing to rewrite transfer rules. With the controversial revamped 32-team tournament set to take place in the United States from June to July next year, FIFA has implemented temporary transfer regulations to ...
MLS attendances break records, busting the 11m barrier with 16 …
WEB2 days ago · October 8 – With 16 matches of the regular season still left to play, Major League Soccer has announced a new league attendance record of more than 11 million fans. This figure surpasses the 2023 season record of 10,900,804 and is the third consecutive season the MLS has broken the 10 million collective attendance figure. With the MLS growing its number of franchised clubs – it has now ...
With 2-year countdown to 2026 World Cup ... - Inside World Football
WEBJune 11 – The two year countdown to the 2026 World Cup kick-off at the Estadio Azteca Mexico City on June 11 has begun, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino continuing his ‘greatest’ theme saying the finals would be “the greatest event, the greatest show, the greatest tournament”. Qatar 2022 was the ‘greatest ever’ World Cup according to Infantino, and that followed his previous ...
Premier League grounds average 98.6% capacity for match day 7
WEB1 day ago · October 9 – The Premier League recorded an impressive 98.6% average stadium capacity across match week 7 fixtures. This figure, nearly 1% higher than at the same point last season. Only 5,302 seats were left empty across the entire weekend of fixtures. Every club demonstrated robust support, with Chelsea and Everton tying for the lowest attendance percentage, still managing a solid 97.92% ...
World Cup 2026 will be a game changer. Edmonton wants to be …
WEBDec 23, 2021 · By Paul Nicholson December 22 – Talk of a biennial World Cup has overshadowed some of the crucial decision making to be made around the 2026 World Cup, and event that in itself will be groundbreaking, both for FIFA and football. It will be the first FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by three countries – US, Mexico and Canada – and the first finals to be played by 48 teams.
FIFA scrutineers complete first round of World Cup 2026 bid city ...
WEBSeptember 24 – FIFA has completed its first round of visits to 2026 World Cup host city candidates, with inspections of Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Washington DC, Baltimore, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Miami. FIFA vice-president and Concacaf president Victor Montagliani led the world federation’s delegation. In a statement FIFA said that “during every visit, the FIFA ...
Qatar 2022 intercontinental play-offs to be winner-takes-all …
WEBNovember 23 – FIFA has decided to ditch the two-legged format for the intercontinental playoffs in favour of single games at neutral venues in the race to secure the final spots at next year’s World Cup. Four teams are due to feature in the playoffs from Asia, Oceania, South America and Concacaf with the draw on November 26 …
Infantino defends 2030 and 2034 World Cup decisions as ‘the best …
WEBDecember 15 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the 2030 and 2034 World Cup bidding processes as “the best FIFA can do for football, covering the entire world in only eight years”. A bidding process for a World Cup usually takes years, but FIFA and Infantino awarded the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, subject to confirmation by the Congress next year, in the blink of an eye, and ...