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(Named Honorary FIFA President over a month after leaving office) 12 years, 222 days England: 7: João Havelange [note 5] (1916–2016) 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 (Named Honorary FIFA President on the day he left office, resigned on 30 April 2013) 24 years, 31 days Brazil: 8: Sepp Blatter (born 1936) 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 (impeached) [note 6]
In October 2023, FIFA announced that the first three games of the 2030 FIFA World Cup would be played in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay, with the rest to be played in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. [39] This ruled out European, African and South American nations from bidding to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, allowing only Asian or Oceanian bids.
Teams were required to have their 55-player roster submitted to FIFA by 21 October. [104] Teams were required to name their final squads by 13 November. [105] In August 2022, FIFA increased the final squad size to 26 players from a total of 23 players at the 2018 edition. [106] All teams had a total of 26 players in their final squads except ...
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On 31 March 2022, during the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha, incumbent FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced his candidacy for a third term. [2] After the deadline on 18 November 2022, he was the only candidate, thus he won the election by acclamation .
Congress elects the President of FIFA, its general secretary, and the other members of the FIFA Council in the year following the FIFA World Cup. [ 33 ] FIFA Council – formerly called the FIFA Executive Committee and chaired by the president – is the organization's main decision-making body in the intervals of Congress.
Vinícius was named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA’s “The Best” awards, where Barcelona playmaker Aitana Bonmati continued to clean up in the prizes for women’s soccer.
Earlier this year, Major League Baseball noted that the Astros were the club with the most internationally born players on Opening Day for the third consecutive year. For more CNN news and ...