The Indonesian Football Association says losing hosting rights will harm local football teams' chances of taking part in other Fifa tournaments in the future.

They say decisions were taken by Fifa in a unilateral way and without any consultation process.

2022 was marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi's World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict.

Fifa rules state the World Cup trophy can only be held by the tournament winners and the likes of Fifa officials and heads of state.

An open-top bus parade had to be abandoned due to the massive crowds, in favour of a hastily organised helicopter tour.

After successfully staging the most compact World Cup in history, Fifa is now preparing to organise the biggest.

The 35-year-old picked up the Golden Ball for the best player of the World Cup, finishing one goal behind Kylian Mbappe in the race for the Golden Boot.

All over Buenos Aires and the rest of Argentina, obsessive football fans are sticking to their unique rituals.

The Morocco coach says there is a lot for his team to proudly reflect on after they became the first African semi-finalists in World Cup history.

While there was to be no fairytale continuation of their unprecedented run to the last four, Morocco exited with their heads held high.

For Croatia, it proved one match too many as their uncharacteristically poor defending put paid to any hopes they had of returning to the final for the second successive World Cup.

Searches were carried out at the homes of MEPs and their associates in Belgium and around a million euros in cash has been recovered after allegations that Qatar has been seeking to burnish its image.