08:18 21/11/2022 “The only country that told us to bring them here, as they know what it is to suffer and flee from your country, was Albania. My friend Edi Rama said, they are welcome here to build the future. Albania opened its doors, of all countries, Albania opened its doors to Afghan refugees who … Read more
The demurely dressed woman at check-in makes herself clear. ‘This is a “dry” hotel, so there’s no alcohol at all.’ Then she hands me a brochure and says: ‘But we do have a spa with all these treatments.’ It’s hard to see how a spa stands in for a bar — and harder still to … Read more
REVEALED: Karim Benzema edges out Lionel Messi to become the top-rated player on FIFA23, with FIVE players sharing the game’s highest score… and there’s 11 Premier League stars in the top 23 EA Sports have revealed the 23 highest-rated players in their new FIFA 23 game Lionel Messi has been knocked off top spot for … Read more
REVEALED: January transfer spending hit £760M worldwide, with English teams spending three times more than every club outside of Europe combined, and Brazil supplying the most players to the international market FIFA has published a report on the international transfer market in January It reveals £760M was spent worldwide, but market was dominated by Europe … Read more
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo proudly shows off his FIFA Special Award after returning from ‘The Best’ ceremony in Zurich on his £20m private jet Ronaldo shared an image on Instagram of him holding his FIFA Special Award He was awarded the prize after breaking the international goalscoring record The 36-year-old forward has now scored … Read more
FIFA suspend Senegal star Pape Gueye from football as part of probe into midfielder’s transfer from Watford to Marseille just 17 hours after he signed for Premier League club FIFA have banned Marseille’s Pape Gueye from playing pending an investigation Watford signed the Senegal international on a free transfer back in July 2020 Gueye penned … Read more
UEFA president Aleksandr Ceferin tells FIFA chief Gianni Infantino NOT to go ahead with a vote on Arsene Wenger’s controversial biennial World Cup and warns the proposal would have ‘terrible consequences for football’ FIFA could decide to arrange a vote for a World Cup every two years this week The idea of a biennial World … Read more
FIFA to take NO action over bust-up between England and Poland players last month due to lack of evidence – after Polish FA denied any racist remarks by defender Kamil Glik in furious row with Kyle Walker which triggered scuffle FIFA have decided against opening any disciplinary proceedings for the incident World governing body had asked … Read more
FIFA ‘strongly condemns’ violence between Hungary fans and police during World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley and maintains its ‘zero-tolerance stance against such abhorrent behaviour’ Violent clashes between fans and police marred England’s draw with Hungary Hungary supporters clashed with police during the opening minutes of the tie The visiting fans booed England players … Read more
Is ‘FIFA’ on its way out? EA Sports plot renaming their FIFA football video games in a split from the sport’s governing body – and their £73.6m-per-year contact… a week on from release of the ’22 edition which has amassed 9m players FIFA 22 was released last week and 460 million matches have been played … Read more