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PARIS: Russia has been expelled from the World Cup after being suspended from all international competitions "until further notice", FIFA and UEFA announced in a joint statement on Monday, while European football's governing body also ended its partnership with Russian energy giant Gazprom.
PARIS: Russia’s future in the World Cup teetered on a knife-edge Monday after FIFA plans to allow them to play on neutral territory were dismissed as “unacceptable” by rivals, plunging the qualifying process for football’s showpiece event into chaos.
Former Argentina striker Sergio Aguero said he could be a part of Argentina’s backroom staff at the World Cup in Qatar this year after meeting with Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia on Monday.
Finally new national chief coach Kim Pan Gon was unveiled to the Malaysian media yesterday by FAM after five days of quarantine.
LOS ANGELES: The United States reignited their World Cup qualifying campaign on Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Honduras.
BEIJING: Angry Chinese football fans lashed out Wednesday at their country’s “shameful” record after a 3-1 defeat at Vietnam ended any slim hope they had of reaching the 2022 World Cup.