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The women’s award finalists are 2023 World Cup winners Aitana Bonmatí and Jenni Hermoso of Spain, plus Linda Caicedo of Colombia. “The Best” awards represent FIFA’s version of the older and more prestigious Ballon d’Or prize. The awards ceremony at the Hammersmith Apollo theater in west London includes men's and women's awards for best coach, best goalkeeper and the Puskas Award for best goal. Messi, Mbappé and Haaland also comprised the shortlist for the Ballon d’Or award, which Messi won for an eighth time in October. The women’s eligibility period covered performances from Aug. 1, 2022 through the World Cup final last August.

Persons: —, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Aitana Bonmatí, Jenni Hermoso, Linda Caicedo, “, Puskas, Messi, Mbappé, Haaland, Spain’s, Bonmatí, Ballon d’Or, Spain's Alexia Putellas, ___ Organizations: Ballon, Hammersmith Apollo, Messi’s, Mbappe’s, England, Barcelona, Spanish, Champions League, FIFA Locations: Spain, Colombia, London, Messi’s Argentina, Mbappe’s France, Qatar, Sydney, Australia

GENEVA (AP) — Saudi Arabia is all but certain to host the men's 2034 World Cup after the Australian soccer federation declined to enter the bidding contest. “We have explored the opportunity to bid to host the FIFA World Cup and — having taken all factors into consideration — we have reached the conclusion not to do so for the 2034 competition,” Football Australia said in a statement. Indonesia’s football association initially showed interest in a joint bid with Australia, potentially alongside Malaysia and Singapore, but that faded when Indonesia instead backed Saudi Arabia. Australia and New Zealand successfully co-hosted the Women's World Cup in July and August. Saudi Arabia also will host the men's Asian Cup in 2027 and has started a widespread construction program to build and renovate stadiums that likely also will be used for the World Cup.

Persons: “, LIV, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jamal Khashoggi, Gianni Infantino, Australia —, Minky Worden, ” Worden, ___ Organizations: GENEVA, FIFA, ” Football Australia, Newcastle, Saudi Crown, South America — FIFA, Asian Football Confederation, AFC, Qatar, soccer, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi, Rights Locations: Saudi Arabia, Australian, Saudi, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, South, Asia, Oceania, Australia, Qatar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, New, Brisbane, Queensland

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA banned ousted former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from the sport for three years on Monday for misconduct at the Women’s World Cup final where he forcibly kissed a player on the lips at the trophy ceremony. FIFA did not publish details of the verdict reached by its disciplinary committee judges, who had investigated charges relating to “basic rules of decent conduct” and “behaving in a way that brings the sport of football and/or FIFA into disrepute.”Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s 1-0 victory over England on Aug. 20 in Sydney, Australia. Minutes earlier, Rubiales grabbed his crotch as a victory gesture in the exclusive section of seats with Queen Letizia of Spain and 16-year-old Princess Sofía standing nearby. Rubiales resigned from his jobs in soccer in September after weeks of defiance that increased pressure on him from the Spanish government and national team players. Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesRubiales can request the verdict within 10 days and then file an appeal to FIFA, soccer’s world body said.

Persons: Luis Rubiales, ” Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Rubiales, Queen Letizia, Sofía, ___ Organizations: — FIFA, FIFA, England Locations: ZURICH, Spanish, Sydney, Australia, Spain

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA is set to approve the reintegration of Russian youth teams into under-17 competitions and ease a total international ban on the country amid the war in Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA moved within days of Russia invading Ukraine in February 2022 to ban the country's national and club teams from international soccer competitions. Future opponents of Russian national teams, including Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, had already refused to play those games. With the war showing no signs of ending, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has signaled wanting to restore Russian teams into youth competitions. Russian teams can only access the FIFA-run Under-17 World Cups by advancing through the UEFA-run qualifying format.

Persons: Gianni Infantino, Aleksander Ceferin, —, ___ Organizations: GENEVA, FIFA, FIFA Council, Associated Press, UEFA, Russian, Sport, Russian U17, International Olympic Committee Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland

☆ Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft sinks to more than seven-year low after slashing guidance, cancelling games
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The stock has since pared losses slightly and was last trading at around 20 euros, down 16% from the Wednesday close. In a trading update on Wednesday, Ubisoft lowered net bookings guidance for the third quarter of 2022 to 725 million euros, down from an earlier target of 830 million euros. The company forecast full-year net bookings would likely fall 10% after an earlier projection called for an increase of 10%. Ubisoft said Wednesday that it would depreciate around 500 million euros of capitalized research and development and narrow its focus to fewer titles. The company hopes to cut costs by about 200 million euros through a mix of targeted restructuring, divestment of "non-core" assets, and employee attrition.

On Sunday the globe’s gaze will turn to the controversial hosts of this year’s soccer World Cup, Qatar. (The Qatar body responsible for putting on the 2022 World Cup has strongly denied these claims.) According to official Qatari figures, 38 migrant workers have died while working on official World Cup projects. An investigation by The Guardian, however, estimates up to 6,500 migrant worker deaths since the World Cup was awarded to the Gulf country, though it’s not clear what their exact relation to World Cup infrastructure was. But the people of the Middle East shouldn’t be punished by having the World Cup tournament withdrawn for the failures of their governments.

Robert Lewandowski este marele câștigător al galei The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020. Atacantul lui Bayern München a fost cel mai bun golgheter din Bundesliga și UEFA Champions League cu 55 de reușite în toate competițiile și arată aceeași poftă de gol și în actualul sezon. Manuel Neuer, cel mai bun portarCoechipierul lui Lewandowski, Manuel Neuer, a fost desemnat cel mai bun portar, fiind urmat de Alisson Becker (Liverpool) și Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid). Managerul lui Liverpool i-a devansat pe Hansi Flick de la Bayern München și Marcelo Bielsa de la Leeds United. Echipa anului 2020, conform FIFAÎn echipa anului au fost incluși trei fotbaliști de la Liverpool: Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold și Virgil van Dijk.

Persons: Robert Lewandowski, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Manuel Neuer, Lewandowski, Alisson Becker, Jan Oblak, nder-Arno, d și V, o Ramo Organizations: Best FIFA Football Awards, Bayern München, UEFA Champions League, Liverpool, Atlético Madrid, FA Locations: Bundesliga, rg

☆ Preliminariile Campionatului Mondial 2022. Moldova se află în grupă cu Danemarca, Austria și Scoția
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Tragerea la sorţi a preliminariilor UEFA pentru Campionatul Mondial din 2022 a avut loc, astăzi, 7 decembrie, de la ora 19.00. Naționala Moldovei va juca în grupa F alături de Danemarca, Austria, Scoția, Israel și Insulele Feroe. Preliminariile vor începe pe 24 martie 2021 și se termină pe 29 martie 2022. La Campionatul Mondial 2022 se califică 13 selecționate din Europa. 📰 CONFIRMED: Here are the groups for @UEFA's #WCQ on the road to #WorldCup Qatar 2022!

Organizations: UEFA, Moldovei, rd Locations: Zürich ( Elveţia, Danemarca, Austria, Scoția, Israel, Insulele Feroe, Europa

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