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FIFA panel agrees planned limits on agent fees, loan deals

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp arrives to attend the Best FIFA soccer awards, in Milan's La Scala theater, northern Italy, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk is up against five-time winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the FIFA best player award and United States forward Megan Rapinoe is the favorite for the women's award. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The Latest: Rapinoe wins FIFA player of the year award

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 5, 2019 file photo FIFA President Gianni Infantino delivers his speech during the 69th FIFA congress in Paris. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 soccer's governing body has been &quot;assured&quot; that Iran will lift its 40-year ban and allow women to attend a World Cup qualifying game next month.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Infantino: Iran has assured that women can attend qualifier

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2018 file photo, Iranian women cheer as they wave their country's flag after authorities in a rare move allowed a select group of women into Azadi stadium to watch a friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia, in Tehran, Iran. Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium where women are banned, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The 30-year-old was known as the &quot;Blue Girl&quot; on social media for the colors of her favorite Iranian soccer team, Esteghlal. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

FIFA sees no obstacles for women to attend games in Iran

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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2018 file photo, Iranian women cheer as they wave their country's flag after authorities in a rare move allowed a select group of women into Azadi stadium to watch a friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia, in Tehran, Iran. Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium where women are banned, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The 30-year-old was known as the &quot;Blue Girl&quot; on social media for the colors of her favorite Iranian soccer team, Esteghlal. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

FIFA boss hopeful Iran will lift ban on women soccer fans

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 file photo Britain's former Prime Minister David Cameron gestures as he delivers a public lecture &quot;Ukraine's Place in a changing world&quot; at the Institute of International Relations of the National University in Kiev, Ukraine. David Cameron said in an interview published Saturday that he thinks about the consequences of the Brexit referendum “every single day” and worries “desperately” about what will happen next. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky,file)

Prince William told British PM to imagine FIFA voter naked

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, June 18, 2016 file photo, Alexander Shprygin holds a Russian flag while speaking to the media as a group of soccer fans deported from France arrived in Moscow. Russian fans’ organizer Shprygin has been banned from soccer for two years by FIFA for posting far-right content online. FIFA says on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 its ethics committee judges found Shprygin, a former member of the Russian soccer federation’s executive committee, guilty of discrimination. Shprygin achieved notoriety at the 2016 European Championship in France, and was deported twice after Russia games. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FIFA bans Russian fans organizer for social media posts

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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, supporters of Iranian soccer team Esteghlal, hold flags of their favorite team, at the Azadi (Freedom) stadium, in Tehran, Iran. Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium where women are banned, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The 30-year-old was known as the &quot;Blue Girl&quot; on social media for the colors of her favorite Iranian soccer team, Esteghlal. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iranian female soccer fan dies after setting herself on fire

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FIFA hires former Champions League exec as commercial chief

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World Cup qualifying intensifies in Asia with new FIFA rules

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 23, 2011 file photo, Conmebol President Nicolas Leoz attends a Copa America third-place soccer match in La Plata, Argentina. Leoz, president of Conmebol between 1986 and 2013, died on Wednesday night, Aug. 28, 2019. He was 90 years old. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Longtime FIFA official Leoz, indicted in US, dies at 90

By PEDRO SERVÍN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 1, 2017 file photo, Iraq, in green, in action against Jordan, in red, during their friendly football match in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. FIFA says on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 the southern Iraqi city of Basra can host the national team’s return to playing World Cup qualifying games at home. Security concerns since the 1980s have forced Iraq to host most qualifiers in neutral countries. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani, file)

FIFA clears Iraq to host World Cup qualifying games in Basra

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, Nigeria's head coach Samson Siasia directs his players during a men's semifinal soccer match against Belgium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Shanghai. Siasia, the coach who led Nigeria to bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has been banned for life by FIFA on Friday Aug. 16, 2019, for receiving bribes to fix soccer matches.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)

FIFA bans two-medal Olympic coach in fixing bribes case

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FIFA bans ex-member of audit committee for life for bribery

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FILE - In this Friday, June 16, 2017 file photo, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura talks to media at the St. Petersburg Stadium in Russia. In a letter sent Monday Aug. 12, 2019, to national soccer associations, Samoura, was supposed to delegate her functions to avoid conflict of interests while she conducted a six-month role as FIFA General Delegate for Africa, but she is now seeking approval from African soccer nations for FIFA to take control of the sale of television rights for Africa’s World Cup qualifiers. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

2 jobs put FIFA’s Samoura in conflict on African TV rights

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, center, celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Manchester City at London stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Man City avoids transfer ban for signing young players

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Swiss indict 4 over payment linked to German 2006 World Cup

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In this July 7, 2019, file photo, U.S. players hold the trophy as they celebrate their victory in the Women's World Cup soccer final in Decines, outside Lyon, France. FIFA's Council has unanimously approved expanding the Women's World Cup from 24 teams to 32 for 2023 and has reopened bidding to host the tournament but made no mention of changing prize money. FIFA said Wednesday, July 31, 2019, the decision was made remotely. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File) **FILE**

FIFA expands Women’s World Cup from 24 teams to 32 for 2023

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FILE - This July 7, 2019 file photo shows Megan Rapinoe celebrating her team's victory after the Women's World Cup final soccer match between U.S. and The Netherlands outside Lyon, France. Penguin Press announced Thursday, July 25, that Rapinoe’s book, currently untitled, will come out in Fall 2020. Penguin is calling the book a “perfect vehicle” for an “honest, thoughtful, unapologetic” take on everything from soccer to nationalism to gay rights. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)

FIFA seeks quick expansion of Women’s World Cup to 32 teams

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA bans African official for bribes linked to match-fixing

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