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Fourth referee Salima Mukansanga shows the extra time during a World Cup group D soccer match between Tunisia and France at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The 10-plus minutes of stoppage time that were a regular feature of World Cup games in Qatar are back on soccer’s agenda. FIFA’s rule-making panel known as IFAB put additional time on the agenda published Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 for its annual meeting next month in London. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

FIFA rules panel stresses need for more added time in games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi receives the Best FIFA Men's player award from FIFA president Gianni Infantino during the ceremony of the Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris, France, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Lionel Messi, Alexis Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again

Associated Press

Former ESPN president John Skipper leaves federal court after testifying in a corruption case, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in New York. The trial in New York City is the latest development in a tangled corruption scandal that dates back nearly a decade and has ensnared more than three dozen executives and associates in the world's most popular sport. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

ESPN’s ex-top exec describes how soccer’s World Cup was lost

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, talks with South African mining businessman Patrice Motsepe, right, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from Jan. 16 until Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FIFA reserves at $4BN after World Cup; more to come in 2026

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Al Hilal's Salem Aldawsari celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the FIFA Club World Cup semi final match between Flamengo and Al Hilal at the Ibn-Batouta stadium in Tangier, Morocco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

FIFA rules panel to debate more stoppage time in games

Associated Press

Assistant US Attorney Victor Zapana gives his opening statement while pointing to Hernan Lopez far left in red tie, in Brooklyn federal court, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Ex-Fox execs go on trial in soccer TV rights bribery case

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi goes for the ball next to France's Kylian Mbappe during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Ronaldo left off FIFA award list headed by Messi, Mbappe

Associated Press

People pose for pictures next to a replica of the World Cup Trophy, right, with the Stadium 974 in the background before the Qatar Fashion United event in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

World Cup champions to get $42 million in prize money

Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the media at the FIFA World Cup closing press conference in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Spanish league attacks FIFA’s plan for bigger Club World Cup

Associated Press

Female Morocco fans arrive at the stadium before the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) **FILE**

At World Cup, women fans shrug off worries over dress codes

By Helena Alves and Lujain Jo - Associated Press

Moroccan fans cheer during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Morocco picked by FIFA to host Club World Cup in February

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

The World Cup trophy replica is shown during the opening ceremony in the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Croatia and Brazil, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

FIFA targets $11BN revenue through U.S.-led 2026 World Cup

Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar reacts after the penalty shootout at the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Croatia and Brazil, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Klinsmann opines on World Cup exits of Brazil and England

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Netherlands alternate players confront Argentina's Nahuel Molina, center,during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

FIFA charges Argentina for disorders at World Cup match

Associated Press

Referee Slavko Vincic of Slovenia, centre, show a yellow card to Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais during the World Cup group C soccer match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Croatia, Serbia fined for Balkan statements at World Cup

Associated Press

Morocco's head coach Walid Regragui is thrown in the air at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

The next World Cup will jump to 48 teams. Is bigger better?

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Uruguay's Jose Gimenez argues with the referee at the end of a World Cup group H soccer match against Ghana at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Uruguay players charged for confronting World Cup referee

Associated Press

Serbia's Nikola Milenkovic, left, pushes Switzerland's Granit Xhaka during the World Cup group G soccer match between Serbia and Switzerland, in Doha, Qatar, Friday Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Serbia charged by FIFA for team, fans conduct at World Cup

Associated Press

Former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger stands on the tribune before the World Cup group G soccer match between Serbia and Switzerland, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

FIFA official Wenger knocks teams protesting at World Cup

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Poland's head coach Czeslaw Michniewicz arrives for a press conference in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, on the eve of the World Cup soccer match between France and Poland. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

New 48-team World Cup format fails to impress Poland coach

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press