Find out everything you need to know about The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 – including how to vote for your favourite players and coaches.

Since the beginning of this year, 11 individuals have been reported to global law enforcement authorities in Argentina, Brazil, France, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom

If Nigeria beat DR Congo and qualify for the inter-confederation playoffs, they know that, as things stand, they will be one of the top-two highest-ranked teams in the draw. That's because Panama are the only nation in the running to qualify for this playoff section with a higher ranking than the Super Eagles.

Top bosses of the Portuguese football federation have reportedly begun assembling an urgent appeal to FIFA in an attempt to cut down Cristiano Ronaldo's three-match suspension, a punishment that currently threatens to rule the 40-year-old out of the opening fixtures of what would be his sixth World Cup next summer.

Cristiano Ronaldo likely faces a three-week wait to discover the length of his FIFA ban ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

FIFA’s awards are directly pitted against the Ballon d’Or as the most prestigious in the sport, with the latter’s 2025 ceremony already taking place in September. Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí won the top prizes then, and will be favourites to do so again here.

PARIS (Reuters) -FIFA said on Sunday it had stepped up efforts to tackle online abuse directed at players and officials, reporting a surge in harmful content and referring more offenders to police.

FIFA staff have set a new Guinness World Record for bringing together players from the greatest number of nationalities ever to share the same field.

Have Germany qualified for World Cup 2026? Latest Die Mannschaft results, past record at FIFA soccer tournament originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Germany conclude their Group A campaign in UEFA's World Cup qualifying section this month.