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Newly published accounts show the £2.35bn proceeds from Roman Abramovich's forced 2022 sale of Chelsea FC have earned at least £175m in interest while frozen in a UK bank account, as a dispute over their use drags on.
Football's three most powerful confederations are working on a governance framework to replace Fifa's current system, after president Gianni Infantino ignored repeated calls for an independent review.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has scrapped a plan to sell a 20% stake in a new $20 billion commercial subsidiary that would have run the World Cup and other major tournaments.
Spain's Rodrigo Hernández, known as Rodri, was named the best player at the 2026 World Cup after captaining his country to a 1-0 victory over Argentina in the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
All four of FIFA's top-ranked nations have advanced to the last four of the 2026 World Cup, with France, Spain, England and defending champions Argentina seeing off Morocco, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland respectively across a dramatic quarter-final weekend.
FIFA suspended Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban on Sunday, clearing him to play against Belgium. The decision, which followed a reported call from President Trump to FIFA president Infantino, has drawn furious protests from Belgium and raised questions about political interference