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The FIFA world cup is the highest level of the game of football. It has been held every 4 years since its inception in 1930 (expect 1942 & 1946 due to the second World War). The tournament has seen an expansion from 13 teams to the current version which has 32 and is expected to have that number increased to 48 in the 2026 version.  Current Format As per Wikipedia, "The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month."   2022 World Cup The 2022 version of the competition is due to be held in Qatar from 21 November. The final will be played on 18 December in the Iconic Lusail Stadium . The competition will follow the same format as being followed from the last several decades with 32 teams and maybe the...

The FIFA world cup is the highest level of the game of football. It has been held every 4 years since its inception in 1930 (expect 1942 & 1946 due to the second World War). The tournament has seen an expansion from 13 teams to the current version which has 32 and is expected to have that number increased to 48 in the 2026 version.  Current Format As per Wikipedia, "The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month."   2022 World Cup The 2022 version of the competition is due to be held in Qatar from 21 November. The final will be played on 18 December in the Iconic Lusail Stadium . The competition will follow the same format as being followed from the last several decades with 32 teams and maybe the...

Next season Barça can buy Neymar for €170M, PSG may or may not wanna sell, it's due to FIFA regulations, if a player has completed 3 seasons, and hasn't renewed his contract, he can change club if the club pays a certain amount of money. This money is calculated based on  The amount player was signed for Player's salary with current club Age, club he was signed from, etc.                                According to all these regulations, Barça can sign Neymar Jr next season from PSG for a figure that comes out to be around €170M. Given the fact that Barça were willing to negotiate such a figure this summer itself, next summer is a done deal given the fact Neymar still has 4-5 years at absolute top level and is a great buy for any team. Barça can however, still sign Neymar cometh January, but that's unlikely to h...

Due to the impact of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA have decided to not allow the Russian federation or any of the teams in the club football representing the territory of Russia to participate in any of the FIFA or UEFA competitions until further notice. The sanction has come out as a result of the cruel measures being taken for the war by the Russian federation an is a message from the World's and Europe's governing bodies that Football is United! Current Format As per FIFA, "Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice. "              FIFA Media Release Effects on the  2022 World Cup The 2022 versio...