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Argentina father-son duo admits role in 2015 FIFA bribery case, agrees to pay $50 million

The 2015 FIFA corruption scandal was a massive international bribery crackdown led by the US FBI and DOJ. It rocked FIFA and football confederations in South and North America.

A FIFA boycott would punish women first

FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to spin off its commercial operations and deal with private investors has angered football’s regional governing bodies, writes Emily Nicolle for Bloomberg

‘Football fan’ Yogi’s FIFA World Cup take & a hot-mic moment in Karnataka

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

4 things India needs to do to qualify for the 2034 FIFA World Cup

A credible 2034 World Cup challenge must begin with being objective about where Indian football stands and being confident about what can be built.

FIFA is selling the grass from the World Cup final. Prices start at $450, go up to $3000

The pieces, encased in resin to preserve the grass, won't ship until after the final and can only be sent to buyers in the US, UK and Europe, according to a note on FIFA's sales page.

FIFA emerges stronger financially after controversy-hit World Cup

Despite the criticisms, FIFA is expected to earn about $9 billion from the 2026 World Cup, about $2 billion more than the 2022 edition.

Offence is the best defence

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

2026 FIFA World Cup LIVE UPDATES: Mbappe scores from the spot against Paraguay to book quarter finals berth

After stunning Germany on penalties, Paraguay now face 2022 runners-up France in a Round of 16 clash that could decide whether another World Cup fairytale lives on.

Argentina won the match, but Cabo Verde won hearts

Cabo Verde refused to be treated as minnows. They believed in themselves, and they believed in their fans who travelled thousands of kilometres just to back their nation.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.