For a few years now, Dubai has hosted a kind of get-together for the football world that's part conference, part awards gala...
Although many see him as an aloof individual with a short fuse, in this instance Luis Rubiales has shown that he has a smooth touch, one that former Italian PM Mario Andreotti claimed was perennially lacking in Spanish politics.
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The planned LaLiga match in Miami remains a major source of conflict between football's two main governing bodies in Spain...
Alfredo Relaño reflects on the meeting between Rubiales, Infantino and Pedro Sánchez as they make Spain's proposal to host either Euro 28 or World Cup 2030.
England and Belgium, two teams who had the biggest prize of all in their sights, now face off today with as good as zilch up for grabs.
Fifa's late procedural change has built a figurative wall which could scupper the Moroccan plan to host the 2026 World Cup in favour of the USA-Canada-Mexico bid.