FIFA, the global governing body of world football, has decided to place an indefinite ban on Russia and its teams, barring the country from participating in the 2022 World Cup just weeks before Europe plays in one of the tournament’s final places. FIFA’s decision, to be announced on Monday evening, comes a day after the …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A spectator at a men’s soccer game in the United States can have a reasonably fun time just watching Sergiño Dest as he gets into the business of playing right back. The simple actions that 20-year-old Dest takes on a soccer field—running around, trapping a ball, playing at his feet, guiding him …
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SAN SALVADOR — The formula for success in World Cup qualifiers is written in years of hard lessons, tough matches and tough nights: win your home games. Collect the points on the way. Survive and move forward. So it shouldn’t have been a terrible disappointment for the USA men’s soccer team, which kicked off the …
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SAN SALVADOR — As the drama continues, the news is not an alarm, but eyebrows raised, at least by recent United States World Cup qualifying standards. Still finding his way back to fitness after a positive coronavirus test and 10 days of isolation, Christian Pulisic had not traveled to El Salvador with his US teammates …
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FIFA’s international windows normally allow players to return to their home countries for two matches, but the outbreak has left FIFA a compressed window to complete the 2022 World Cup qualifying matches, which will open in Qatar next November. Many of the world’s top leagues and clubs have called on FIFA this summer to work …
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FIFA ignored these requests and added two extra days for qualifiers in September and October. Clubs and their leagues are outraged, but face sanctions if they refuse to release their players. This seems like a risk Premier League teams are willing to take. “Premier League clubs have always supported their players’ aspirations to represent their …
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