MEXICO CITY, June 12 — Mexico City will embrace fans from all nations and cultures during the 2026 World Cup, Mayor Clara Brugada said yesterday as she unveiled the countdown clock marking one year to the tournament's return to the Mexican capital.

LONDON, March 6 — Football governing body Fifa announced details of what will be the largest prize pot in club football for the newly-expanded Club World Cup 32-team tournament.

BENGALURU, Dec 12 — Saudi Arabia will host the men's soccer World Cup in 2034 while the 2030 edition will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one-off matches in three South American countries, world soccer's governing body Fifa said yesterday.

ZURICH, Aug 31 — World soccer's governing body Fifa has delayed again its decision on a Palestinian bid to have Israel suspended from international soccer over the war in Gaza.

LONDON, July 19 — Football’s world governing body Fifa has put off a decision on a Palestinian bid to suspend Israel from international football until after the Paris Olympics, saying both parties had requested more time to submit their positions.

BERLIN, March 24 — Japan is expected to be declared winners of a 2026 World Cup qualifier in North Korea after the ruling body FIFA said on Saturday that the match originally scheduled to take place in Pyongyang would not be played, reported dpa news.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Harimau Malaya's early exit in the group stages of the recently concluded 2023 Asian Cup in Doha, saw the nation’s ranking drop two spots, from 130 to 132, in the latest FIFA world ranking list.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — The Malaysian Football League (MFL) has decided to reschedule the kick off for the new M-League season, following a change of date by the International Association Football Federation (Fifa) to inspect the country's Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system.

LONDON, Jan 16 — Argentine Lionel Messi retained the Fifa men's player of the year trophy on Monday, beating Manchester City's treble-winning Norwegian striker Erling Haaland and France's Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe to the award.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 —- Having a Malaysian team playing in the first 32-team Fifa Club World Cup 2025 might be a near impossible task, but Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) managed to bring some cheers for the local footballs fans.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) received around US$7.6 million (RM35 million) through the International Federation of Association Football’s (Fifa) Forward Development Programme from 2016 to 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) have defended their selection of S.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) has allocated a RM72,000 matching grant to the organisers of the world’s first indoor vertical drone race — Drone Race Asia 2023.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 25 — Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal defended the number one post today in the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) for the 2023-2027 term.

ISTANBUL, Oct 5 — Spain, Portugal and Morocco will jointly host the 2030 World Cup, FIFA said on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The national football team have climbed up one spot to number 136 in the latest FIFA world ranking.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The national football team have climbed up one spot to number 137 in the latest Fifa world ranking.

GENEVA, June 16 — The International Federation of Football Association (Fifa) President Gianni Infantino met Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior on Thursday (June 15), saying that football cannot go on when there is discrimination.

BERLIN, May 2 — Football governing body Fifa has threatened not to broadcast the 2023 women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer to five big European countries, due to disagreements on media rights.

GENEVA, April 25 — The International Association Football Federation (Fifa) announced on Monday (April 24) that it had received a total of four expressions of interest from member associations to host the 2027 Women's World Cup.