FIFA, soccer's world governing body, is facing backlash over a map it showed of Ukraine. The map appeared to show Ukraine without Crimea as part of it. FIFA, soccer's world governing body, is facing backlash after showing a map that appeared to omit Crimea from Ukrainian territory. He said they had also "fixed" the map for FIFA and shared another version of it with Crimea highlighted. The 2026 World Cup is set to take place across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Persons: Heorhii, Mattias Grafström, Theodore Theodoridis, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, —, Putin Organizations: FIFA, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Business, Ukrainian Association of Football, UEFA, Kremlin, Croatia Nations League Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Belarus, yesterday's, Russian, Europe, Russia, Moscow, United States, Canada, Mexico, Iceland, Azerbaijan, France, Saudi Arabia