<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                                <rss
                                    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
                                    xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
                                    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
                                    xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
                                    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
                                    xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
                                    xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
                                    version="2.0"
                                >
                                    <channel>
                                        <title>FIFA | MalaysiaNow</title>
                                        <link>https://www.malaysianow.com</link>
                                        <description>News, views and insights into Malaysian current affairs.</description>
                                        <lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:48:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
                                        <language>en</language>
                                        <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
                                        <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
                                        <generator>MalaysiaNow RSS</generator>
                                        <image>
                                            <title>FIFA | MalaysiaNow</title>
                                            <url>https://www.malaysianow.com/logo.svg</url>
                                            <link>https://www.malaysianow.com</link>
                                        </image>
                                        <copyright>Copyright © 2022 MNow Media Sdn Bhd. All rights reserved.</copyright>
                                        <atom:link href="https://www.malaysianow.com/tag/fifa/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
                                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ How deceit and fraud have shamed Malaysian football ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2025/10/12/how-deceit-and-fraud-have-shamed-malaysian-football</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2025/10/12/how-deceit-and-fraud-have-shamed-malaysian-football</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ P Ramasamy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The greed to rely on foreign players for easy victories has shattered the hard work and genuine efforts of local talents. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/opinion"><![CDATA[ Opinion ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/standpoints"><![CDATA[ Standpoints ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/12/bb8b0015-2484-4051-8c28-05c931aca5d1.jpg" length="233740" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/12/bb8b0015-2484-4051-8c28-05c931aca5d1.jpg" width="2048" height="1366" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Lawyers slam Hannah Yeoh's 'tone-deaf' praise for Saifuddin amid outrage over citizenship scandal ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2025/10/12/lawyers-slam-hannah-yeohs-tone-deaf-praise-for-saifuddin-amid-outrage-over-citizenship-scandal</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2025/10/12/lawyers-slam-hannah-yeohs-tone-deaf-praise-for-saifuddin-amid-outrage-over-citizenship-scandal</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ MalaysiaNow ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 01:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The sports minister's statement is shocking, coming at a time when 'double standards and hypocrisy are clear for all to see', says Lawyers for Liberty. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/news"><![CDATA[ News ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/lead-story"><![CDATA[ Lead Story ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/12/92851e5a-09a6-4090-b0e1-392883a976bd.jpg" length="54319" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/12/92851e5a-09a6-4090-b0e1-392883a976bd.jpg" width="967" height="737" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ 'FI-FA-Fo-FAM, who is that powerful person?' Mahathir fuels debate as government faces outrage over citizenship scandal ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2025/10/11/fi-fa-fo-fam-who-is-that-powerful-person-mahathir-fuels-debate-as-government-faces-outrage-over-citizenship-scandal</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2025/10/11/fi-fa-fo-fam-who-is-that-powerful-person-mahathir-fuels-debate-as-government-faces-outrage-over-citizenship-scandal</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ MalaysiaNow ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A prominent lawyer meanwhile schools the home minister after the latter cites 'ministerial discretion'. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/news"><![CDATA[ News ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/lead-story"><![CDATA[ Lead Story ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/11/1e261ef6-2c92-4de5-9fb7-072832c7eafc.jpg" length="52587" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/11/1e261ef6-2c92-4de5-9fb7-072832c7eafc.jpg" width="1280" height="853" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Shameful double standard in our citizenship system ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2025/10/09/shameful-double-standard-in-our-citizenship-system</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2025/10/09/shameful-double-standard-in-our-citizenship-system</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Iskandar Khoo ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While these players obtained Malaysian citizenship with suspicious ease despite having no genuine ancestral link, stateless children born and raised on Malaysian soil continue to suffer from bureaucratic neglect. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/opinion"><![CDATA[ Opinion ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/standpoints"><![CDATA[ Standpoints ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/09/675e5d27-df28-4954-a3ac-ad78cf0447e4.jpg" length="37102" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2025/10/09/675e5d27-df28-4954-a3ac-ad78cf0447e4.jpg" width="1280" height="853" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Fifa suspends Spain football chief over kiss ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/08/27/fifa-suspends-spain-football-chief-over-kiss</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/08/27/fifa-suspends-spain-football-chief-over-kiss</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 01:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Luis Rubiales has been defiant over the kiss – which has been condemned as unwanted by Jenni Hermoso, her teammates and the Spanish government – arguing it was consensual. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/08/27/6634b8ac-5e71-4369-b08f-64713526ea11.JPG" length="57456" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/08/27/6634b8ac-5e71-4369-b08f-64713526ea11.JPG" width="1280" height="853" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Argentina to replace Indonesia as U-20 World Cup hosts after Israel furore ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/04/18/argentina-to-replace-indonesia-as-u-20-world-cup-hosts-after-israel-furore</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/04/18/argentina-to-replace-indonesia-as-u-20-world-cup-hosts-after-israel-furore</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ AFP ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Having been awarded hosting rights, Argentina will also participate in Indonesia's place despite failing to qualify on merit. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/04/18/0f3dbb5e-34ca-471d-916e-e1491dacc3e4.JPG" length="103754" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/04/18/0f3dbb5e-34ca-471d-916e-e1491dacc3e4.JPG" width="1280" height="963" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Without spectators, Indonesia holds rematch between clubs involved in deadly stampede ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/04/12/without-spectators-indonesia-holds-rematch-between-clubs-involved-in-deadly-stampede</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/04/12/without-spectators-indonesia-holds-rematch-between-clubs-involved-in-deadly-stampede</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fierce rivals Persebaya and Arema FC last met in October 2022 when the match ended in a crush in which 135 people were killed. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/04/12/01e7b34a-b9a3-443d-a1ec-d2351c5a0515.JPG" length="870523" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/04/12/01e7b34a-b9a3-443d-a1ec-d2351c5a0515.JPG" width="4701" height="3134" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Fifa freezes fund for Indonesia's football association after furore over Israeli team ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/04/07/fifa-freezes-fund-for-indonesias-football-association-after-u-20-world-cup-furore</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/04/07/fifa-freezes-fund-for-indonesias-football-association-after-u-20-world-cup-furore</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 02:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Last month protesters marched in the capital Jakarta waving Indonesian and Palestinian flags, demanding that Israel should not be allowed to participate. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/04/07/52eb48a0-bb17-4038-aede-bb29f36b518b.JPG" length="780775" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/04/07/52eb48a0-bb17-4038-aede-bb29f36b518b.JPG" width="5500" height="4140" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesia official says Fifa considering sanctions after losing U-20 host rights ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/31/indonesia-official-says-fifa-considering-sanctions-after-losing-u-20-host-rights</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/31/indonesia-official-says-fifa-considering-sanctions-after-losing-u-20-host-rights</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fifa removed Indonesia's hosting rights over what a PSSI official said was a failure to honour its commitments to the tournament, following outrage among politicians in the Muslim nation about Israel's participation. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/03/31/a76f0bc4-14db-4a82-b992-c5c2a58e6d14.JPG" length="780775" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/03/31/a76f0bc4-14db-4a82-b992-c5c2a58e6d14.JPG" width="5500" height="4140" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Fifa strips Indonesia of U-20 World Cup rights for refusing to host Israel ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/30/indonesia-stripped-of-under-20-world-cup-hosting-rights-fifa-says</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/30/indonesia-stripped-of-under-20-world-cup-hosting-rights-fifa-says</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This comes after the country's football federation said it had cancelled the draw because the governor of Bali refused to host Israel's team. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/03/30/cd93b187-bcd0-49f9-9c95-841a6debdda4.jpg" length="156746" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/03/30/cd93b187-bcd0-49f9-9c95-841a6debdda4.jpg" width="1800" height="1200" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                                    </channel>
                                </rss>
                                