Gianni Infantino hinted FIFA is prepared to dial back on plans for a biennial World Cup and says hosting its premier international tournament in a single nation is a thing of the past .
FIFA, led by chief of global football development Arsene Wenger, had been promoting the idea to change the World Cup format and proposed the tournament takes place every two years.
Wenger s proposal would see a major tournament held every year, however, UEFA and CONMEBOL quickly retaliated, vocally opposing the plans and expressing scheduling concerns.
Speaking after a FIFA council meeting, president Infantino announced he would convene with football s governing bodies on December 20 to debate any potential football calendar reforms once again.
However, Infantino refused t…
Hungary and Portugal opened their respective Euro campaigns against each other on Tuesday at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium in Budapest, in a game which saw the Portuguese secure three absolutely vital points in Group F, widely considered the group of death . All three goals came at the very end; a deflected shot from Raphael Guerreiro found its way past Peter Gulacsi in the 84th minute, a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty committed by Willi Orban on Rafa Silva two minutes later, and a wonderful stoppage-time combination which saw Rafa Silva set Ronaldo up and the Juventus superstar go around Gulacsi to slot home.
In the other game of the day in the group, France beat Germany by 1-0 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, courtesy of an own goal from Mats Hummels.
Hungary give good ac…
La Liga strugglers Hercules have appointed former Serbia coach Miroslav Djukic as manager.
He replaces Esteban Vigo, who was sacked on Sunday after a 4-0 home defeat by Osasuna left them bottom of La Liga. Djukic, 45, who failed to win a match in eight months as national coach in 2008, has signed until the end of the season, the Alicante-based club said on their website. He is best remembered in Spain for missing a late penalty for Deportivo Coruna on the final day of the 1993-94 season when a goal would have given the club their first league title. Djukic, 45, is a former Yugoslavia international defender and played for Valencia, Deportivo La Coruna and Tenerife in Spain. Djukic s last managerial role was with Belgian premier league side Excelsior Moeskroen until December 2009…
Kalidou Koulibaly has left Chelsea after only one season to join Saudi Professional League side Al-Hilal.
Senegal captain Koulibaly moved to England last summer from Napoli on a four-year deal in a transfer reported to be worth £34million.
The centre-back went on to make 32 appearances for Chelsea during a difficult season, but has now departed Stamford Bridge
Kalidou Koulibaly has completed a move to .
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A club statement read: “We would like to thank Kalidou for his contributions on and off the pitch during his time at Stamford Bridge and wish him well for the next stage of his career.”
Koulibaly is not the first Chelsea player to make the move to Saudi Arabia. N’Golo Kante agreed to join Al-Ittihad on a…