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FIFA increases squad size to 26 players for 2022 World Cup

“The number of players to be included on the final list has been increased to at least 23 and a maximum of 26,” FIFA said in a statement.

The FIFA World Cup trophy and the official 2022 World Cup ball called Al-Rihla, which means "the journey" in Arabic, are seen on stage during the draw for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center on 1 April , 2022.

FIFA World Cup 2022 60% tickets sold, say organisers

Chief organiser Hassan Al-Thawadi said there had been “record-breaking” demand for the November-December World Cup, the first held in the Middle East.

Costa Rica's players celebrate their win in the FIFA World Cup 2022 inter-confederation play-offs match between Costa Rica and New Zealand on 14 June, 2022

FIFA World Cup qualifier Costa Rica claim last World Cup place with victory over New Zealand

Costa Rica became the last team to qualify for this year's World Cup as Joel Campbell's early goal gave the Central Americans a nervy 1-0 win over New Zealand in a play-off on Tuesday

France's Antoine Griezmann dejected after getting knocked out of the UEFA Nations League

France in troubled waters after rough month of June

Les Bleus lost at home against Denmark and Croatia, against whom they drew away, also taking a point in Austria, which eliminated them from the race to the final four in Group A1.

Australia's Andrew Redmayne and Australia's Aziz Behich celebrate after qualifying to the FIFA World Cup at the Al Rayyan Stadium, Qatar on 13 June, 2022

‘I’m no hero,’ says dancing keeper as Australia qualify for World Cup

The 33-year-old journeyman was brought on for his third cap with three minutes to play at the end of extra time and stopped the last kick as the Socceroos won 5-4 on penalties after the match ended ...

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Five subs to be written into football law

The IFAB said the five changes per team would continue to be allowed to be made in no more than three opportunities, excluding any changes made at half-time.

Christian Karembeu holding the FIFA World Cup trophy in Dhaka

It will be Messi v Mbappe in the World Cup final: Christian Karembeu

Bangladesh’s enormous population, its unending love for football and hearing that he is not the first member of France’s 1998 World Cup winning team to visit the country were revelations for the ...

Brazil's Neymar and Argentina's Lionel Messi

7 injured as Brazil, Argentina football fans clash in Bangladesh

Up to 300 people were involved in a Wednesday brawl that saw fans hurl rocks and bricks at each other on a cricket ground outside the capital Dhaka, police inspector Masud Rana told AFP.

BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, World Cup winning French midfielder Christian Karembeu and other BFF officials pose with the FIFA World Cup trophy at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on 8 June 2022.

FIFA World Cup Trophy arrives in Bangladesh

The trophy arrived in Bangladesh in a special chartered flight from Pakistan. It landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 11:25am, 25 minutes after the scheduled time

A man takes pictures of a bronze sculpture titled 'Coup de Tete' by Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed during its installation on the Corniche in Doha on 7 October 2013.

Qatar to re-install Zidane statue that sparked backlash

Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian soccer player Zinedine Zidane's head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, ...

Wales' striker Gareth Bale (L) celebrates with teammates after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022 play-off final qualifier football match between Wales and Ukraine at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on 5 June, 2022

FIFA World Cup qualifier Wales beat Ukraine to reach World Cup

Gareth Bale hailed Wales' qualification for a first World Cup since 1958 as the greatest result in their history after a 1-0 win over Ukraine in Cardiff cruelly denied the war-torn nation a place in ...

Ukraine fans celebrates their victory against Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain on 1 June 2022 match and hold a flag in support of Ukraine amid Russia's invasion

Ukraine aim to complete World Cup dream in Wales

Ukraine's footballers made a war-torn nation proud by beating Scotland in their first competitive clash since Russia's invasion, but the job of getting to the World Cup is only half done ahead of ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

Qatar World Cup marks last dance for Messi and Ronaldo

Even if they are now on the wane, Messi and Ronaldo will go to Qatar hoping to seize surely their last chance to lift a World Cup, the one glaring omission from the CV of each

"Kawkabani", a cartoon series made by Qatar's Nefaish Animation aims to reduce culture shock for foreign football fans and the conservative state's residents during the FIFA World Cup 2022

Cartoon alien aims to ease World Cup culture shock in Qatar

Like the arriving fans, Kawkabani, star of the series launched by Qatar's first animation studio, has to learn Arabic pronunciation, how to drink coffee -- and to discover that Qataris prepare way ...

The FIFA World Cup trophy and the official 2022 World Cup ball called Al-Rihla, which means "the journey" in Arabic, are seen on stage during the draw for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center on 1 April , 2022.

23.5m tickets sought in latest World Cup sale: FIFA

FIFA said Friday that 23.5 million World Cup tickets were requested in the latest round of sales for the tournament that starts in Qatar in less than seven months.

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