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ZURICH - The Serbia men's national football team has retained the 32nd position in the latest FIFA world rankings, released on Thursday.

Serbia have 1,514.28 points.

Argentina remain in the top spot with 1,867.25 points and are followed by France (1,859.78 points) and Spain (1,853.27 points).

For the first time in football history, a World Cup will be hosted by three countries: the 2026 tournament.

It will take place from June 11 to July 19 across the stadiums of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The USA last hosted a World Cup in 1994, where Greece participated for the first time. Meanwhile, Mexico has hosted the World Cups of 1970 and 1986.

The European qualification draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, took place today at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Bulgaria's national football team was drawn into Group E, alongside either Spain or the Netherlands, Turkey, and Georgia.

ZURICH - The Serbia men's national football team was on Friday drawn to face England, Albania, Latvia and Andorra in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying group K.

The draw ceremony was held in Zurich.

Greece has been drawn against Scotland in the Nations League play-offs as it aims to earn promotion to the tournament's top tier.

Under the management of Ivan Jovanovic, Greece finished second in Group B2, narrowly missing out on first place to England on goal difference. The team earned an impressive 15 points from six matches, including a notable 2-1 victory at Wembley.

Having missed out on a return to the second tier of the UEFA Nations League last time - losing out to Georgia - Bulgaria will be looking to do one better this edition. The Lions are currently in the third group of Nations League C with Belarus, Luxembourg, and Northern Ireland, with promotion via the automatic spot or playoff position the target.

In their letter, the athletes cite human rights violations as grounds to terminate the agreement and call on FIFA to establish a review committee for evaluating future sponsors.

In this file photo dated Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, Paris-Saint-Germain player Lassana Diarra during a French League One soccer mat

An EU court said on Friday some international football rules regulating player transfers are contrary to the bloc's laws, in a landmark decision that could shake up the system.

Georgian coach Temur Ketsbaia lost his job with the Cyprus national team, the national federation said Friday, days after a 4-0 home loss against Kosovo in the UEFA Nations League.

The former Newcastle, Wolverhampton and AEK Athens player was in his third year with the Cyprus team now ranked No. 127 by FIFA, a drop of 20 places while he was in charge.

The heavy hand of FIFA fell on the Canadian women’s team, which was at the center of an unbelievable espionage scandal just before the start of the Olympic Games.

Last Monday, the New Zealand Olympic Committee filed an official complaint with the IOC and FIFA, alleging that a drone was flying over their training center and recording their training session.