World Cup winners Iker Casillas and Kaka arrived in Dubai with the FIFA World Cup trophy as part of the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola on a world tour ahead of the tournament's launch at the end of the year. "Coca-Cola is delighted to present the Championship trophy to global fans who are ready to cheer on their teams," said Brad Ross, Vice President of Marketing and Global Partnerships for Sports and Leisure, Coca-Cola. "The real magic of the FIFA World Cup is that all fans believe in their teams and show their passion for the game," he added. The trophy will be on a global journey that will include all the 31 remaining qualifying countries for the first time ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be staged in Qatar in November.

The Argentine football star and the French club Paris Saint-Germain topped the annual list, issued by Forbes magazine, for the highest-paid athletes, as Messi surpassed LeBron Raymone James, the American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United striker. Messi's income amounted to 130 million dollars, including 55 million dollars in bonuses, during the 12-month period ending on May 1, 2022, to top the list after he came in second place in 2021 behind the Irish player Conor McGregor, the Irish professional mixed martial artist. James, the player of the Los Angeles Lakers, ranked second, with an income of 121 million dollars, breaking his previous record for a player in the NBA, which amounted to 96.5 million dollars, while the income of Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal, reached 115 million dollars. Neymar, the Brazilian national team player, and PSG star came in fourth place ($95 million) and was behind Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors NBA player, ($92.8 million).Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant earned $92 million to finish sixth, ahead of Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, who earned $90.7 million despite participating in only five tournaments in 2021 before his season ended due to knee surgery. Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez ranked eighth ($90 million), followed by American football player Tom Brady ($83.9 million) and Greek Yannis Antetokumbu of Milwaukee Bucks ($80.9 million). Forbes said revenue from athletes' contracts included all prize money, salaries, and bonuses earned over a 12-month period, while off-court earnings were an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fees, and licensing income.

Egypt’s Al-Ahly club announced on Wednesday that it had sent a letter to the Egyptian Football Association requesting it to raise the issue of Morocco’s hosting of the African Champions League final to the International Federation of the game “FIFA”.  Al-Ahly in a statement on its official website on Wednesday confirmed that it had sent a request to the Egyptian Football Association, requesting the escalation of the crisis of the Champions League final stadium to the International Football Association "FIFA". Al-Ahly, the defending champion, had called on the African Union in an official letter on Sunday to move the final match of the African Champions League to a neutral stadium, pointing to the application of the principle of equal opportunities, after the Moroccan Wydad Casablanca approached qualifying for the final match.

In one of the most interesting Italian football matches this year, Inter won their 8th Coppa Italia title after defeating Juventus 4-2 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Inter Milan has won the Coppa Italia, and has added it to the Super Coppa Italia they claimed at the start of this year. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, before the two teams went to extra time, during which Inter scored two goals, ending the match with a 4-2 victory for the Nebrazzori and crowned with the absent title 11 years ago. Nicolo Barilla scores early for Inter in the 6th minute, where the first half ended with this result, but Juve responded with a quick 2 goals in the second half, via Alex Sandro in the 50th minute and Dusan Vlahovic in the 52nd minute. A controversial penalty brought Inter back into the game in the 80th minute, as Hakan Calhanoglu found the net after Lautaro Martinez was fouled. This goal takes the two rivals for additional runs. The Croatian Ivan Perisic scored a double-kick in the 99th and 102nd minutes, to lead Inter to a 4-2 victory and decide the Italian Cup after a marathon match

Manchester City inched closer to the Premier League title with a 5-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday powered by four goals by Kevin De Bruyne., at Molyneux Stadium, which was postponed from the 33rd round of the English Premier League competition The city owes this great victory to its first star, Kevin De Bruyne, who scored a super hat-trick in the 7th, 16th, 24th, and 60th minutes. Raheem Sterling then put an exclamation point on the proceedings with an 84th-minute goal created by substitute Jack Grealish. Punctuating the performance was a first-half hat-trick that put the match out of

  Real Madrid has looked to reward star striker Karim Benzema with a new contract until 2024, after the amazing levels presented by the player during the current season according to reports in Spain. The 34-year-old, Benzema’s contract with the Royal Club will expire before the summer of 2023. According to El Confidencial Spain's leading online newspaper, Real Madrid officials have entered into advanced negotiations with the French star in order to extend his contract until 2024, as a reward for the player’s outstanding performance . Benzema led Real Madrid to reach the final of the Champions League, in addition to winning the two Spanish League titles and the Spanish Super Cup. The French star appeared in 43 games with Real Madrid this season in the various competitions, scoring 43 goals and providing 14assistst. Karim Benzema's move from Lyon to Real Madrid cost 35 million euros back in 2009, in addition to a private jet round trip from Madrid to Lyon.

The Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome, will host this evening, Wednesday, an awaited confrontation between Juventus and Inter Milan, in the final match of the Italian Cup for the current season 2021-2022.The Stadio Olimpico in Rome will be at full capacity on Wednesday night for the highly-anticipated clash between Inter Milan and Juventus, who are facing off in the final of Coppa Italia, Italy’s flagship domestic cup. Juventus qualified for the Italian Cup final after overcoming Fiorentina in the semi-finals, 3-0 in the first and second leg matches. With the same result, Inter Milan beat its neighbor Milan in the aggregate of the two matches. The old lady's club managed to beat the Nerazzurri with 309 goals, compared to 252 goals for Inter Milan. Juventus holds the record for winning the most titles (14), the highest number of consecutive cups (4), and having played in the most finals (20). The latest was last season, while Inter Milan won the title 7 times, most recently the 2010-2011 season.

French press reports revealed the scenes of the trip of France and PSG striker Kylian Mbappé to the Spanish capital, Madrid, which raised many questions in light of the player's association with joining Real Madrid next summer. L'Equipe newspaper indicated that Kylian traveled to Madrid at the invitation of his Moroccan colleague Ashraf Hakimi, and the delegation accompanying the player confirmed that it was a private visit and not linked to Real Madrid, as the latter's officials were not even aware of Mbappe's arrival in Madrid. The future destination of the Parisian star still occupies all the front pages, especially in Spain and France, as PSG is trying to persuade Kylian to renew his contract, while in return Real Madrid wants to obtain Mbappe’s services in a free deal. Mbappe's contract with Paris expires at the end of next June, although he has not agreed to renew his contract so far, despite the many mouth-watering offers he received from Paris Saint-Germain officials.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced today, Wednesday, that the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Nigeria has been chosen to host the CAF confederation cup final slated to hold 20th of May, 2022. The CAF statement added that the date for the start of the match will be determined at the appropriate time. The city of Cotonou, in Benin, hosted the final match of the last edition of the tournament, which was won by Moroccan Raja at the expense of Algeria's JS Kabylie, 2-1. 4 clubs are competing during the current season in order to reach the final match, where the semi-final first leg matches were held at the beginning of this week, where the Congolese TP Mazembe won against its guest the Moroccan Berkane Renaissance 1-0, and Orlando Pirates of South Africa returned with a precious victory from Libya over its host Al-Ahly Tripoli 2-0. The return matches of the semi-finals will be held on Sunday, May 15th. CAF had chosen Morocco to host the final match of the current edition of the African Champions League on May 30th.