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Portugal and Chile start with a slight advantage as 10 teams battle it out for the remaining three berths at this year's Women's World Cup in the final qualifying playoffs over the next week in New Zealand.
Former Haitian football federation president Yves Jean-Bart's FIFA life ban from the sport has been annulled, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday.
A long exposure shows FIFA’s logo near its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
LAUSANNE: FIFA has toughened its disciplinary proceedings for cases of sexual assault or harassment in a revised Code of Ethics that was announced and came into force on Wednesday. The code, said the governing body of world football in a press release, is intended “to enhance protection of football integrity.” It also targets match fixing and clubs that fail to pay transfer fees.
AUCKLAND: Holders and four-time champions the United States will face the Netherlands in the group phase of next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in a repeat of the 2019 final. Megan Rapinoe’s United States will also meet debutants Vietnam and a play-off winner at the finals in Australia and New Zealand, following the draw in Auckland on Saturday. European champions England, the pre-tournament favorites together with the Americans, will play China, Denmark and one of Senegal, Haiti or Chile.
Meanwhile, the race for the presidency is heating up in Brazil. The country will head to the polls next weekend to choose between Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Both the current and former presidents went head-to-head in a final televised debate last Sunday. Bolsonaro lashed out at Lula on corruption, while the latter accused the incumbent of playing with the lives of Brazilians during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Portugal will have to beat Thailand or Cameroon to advance to its first Women's World Cup tournament next year.
Also in this edition, Brazil's presidential election will be a run-off between current leader Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro fared much better than expected in the first round, keeping former left-leaning leader Lula from his predicted outright win. And if Lula does clinch victory in the second round, he'll still face the challenge of a very right-leaning parliament. We take a closer look.