The Algeria Football Federation has requested a replay of the Desert Foxes 2022 World Cup Playoffs return leg against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, citing referees’ errors in officiating. The Algerian Federation stressed that it will rely on all availabl

The International Football Association (FIFA) announced on Thursday the full line-up of assistants whom will participate in the final draw to reveal the groups for the 2022 edition of football’s global showpiece, as the event will be staged at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center and will get underway at 19:00 local time (18:00 CET). FIFA has already chosen Cafu and Lothar Matthäus among the assistants for Friday’s draw as they were chosen by FIFA. On Friday, 1 April, FIFA World Cup™️ champions Cafu (Brazil) and Lothar Matthäus (Germany) will team up with the Algerian legend Rabah Madjer, the German Lothar Matthews, the Nigerian Jay Jay Okocha, the Qatari Adel Ahmed Malallah, the Iranian Ali Daei, the Serbian Bora Milutinovic, the Australian Tim Cahill and the French Marcel Desaillier, to team-up in the World Cup draw ceremony, which will be held at the end of this year in Qatar.The six assistants for the final draw to reveal the groups for the 2022 edition of football’s global showpiece. The eight draw illustrious assistants will be supported by an action team consisting of Carli Lloyd, football analyst and former England player Jermaine Jenas, and British Jamaican sports presenter Samantha Johnson. “I am getting used to this, but it still gives me goosebumps,” said Cafu, who will be taking part in a final draw for the third time after also playing in three successive FIFA World Cup final matches in 1994, 1998 and 2002, winning the trophy twice. “It is a sign that the World Cup is getting nearer. It is nearly 20 years since I became the last South American player to lift the World Cup and it is a memory I will always cherish. Playing at the World Cup, when your whole country comes to a standstill to watch the game, is incomparable.”

The official site of the international governing body of football news revealed that Brazil’s Seleção have held onto their position at the top of the world football rankings, according to an update released by the international football federation FIFA on Thursday, ahead of Belgian counterpart, which dominated the first place in recent months. Brazil topped the FIFA rankings with 1832 points, ahead of the second-placed Belgium with 1827 points. The French team came in third place with 1789 points, then Argentina 1765 points, and the English team came in fifth place with 1761 points. The Italian team ranked sixth with 1723 points, then Spain with 1709 points, Portugal 1674 points, Mexico 1658.82 points, and the Netherlands team came in tenth place with 1658.66 points.

Canada provided a great service to Tunisia in the 2022 World Cup draw, missed out on a place in Pot 3 after losing 1-0 against its host Panama on early Thursday, in the 14th round of the qualifiers , thus Canada will instead be in Pot 4 World Cup finals draw. Canada finishes atop CONCACAF World Cup qualifying standings despite loss to Panama. Even

So far, 29 teams have secured their place at the tournament, including the hosts Qatar. Holders France, who won the 2018 tournament, is among those to have already qualified. 12 teams from Europe, as also 4 teams from South America and the same from Asia, 5 teams from Africa, 3 teams from North America and the Caribbean, in addition to the

USA men’s national team have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup following a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica in the final match of Concacaf qualifying Wednesday evening at Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday, in the 14th and final round of the North American and Caribbean qualifiers for the World Cup.

Mexico booked its place in the 2022 World Cup on Wednesday night, beating El Salvador 2-0 during a CONCACAF Octagonal match to secure a spot in Qatar. The Mexicans did so with Carlos O’Reill Antona scoring in the 17th minute, and in the 43rd minute striker Raul Jimenez doubled from the penalty spot. The two attacking players set the result of the game that sent Mexico to the World Cup from second place in the North American home and is one place away from entering the top 1 of the draw tomorrow. Mexico goals came in the first half of the encounter through Carlos Antona and Raul Jimenez, the Wolverhampton star, from a penalty kick in the 17th and 43rd minutes of the match.

Egypt legend national team general manager Wael Gomaa has announced his departure from the national team staff following his country’s defeat to Senegal, following the 3-1 defeat by Senegal on penalties. The Pharaohs failed to book a spot in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after losing to Senegal over two legs in the final round of the qualifiers.Just hours following the game, Egypt director Wael Gomaa released a statement announcing his departure from the national team backroom staff. “Today is the end of my journey with the Egyptian national team,” Gomaa wrote on his Twitter account.“I thank everyone who supported and encouraged us and I wish the national team all the best in the future. “I also thank members of the technical staff, led by a world-class coach [Carlos Querioz], who I think helped us greatly in a short period of time.I hope he remains with the national team for many years to come because we can benefit from his knowledge and experience,” he added.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is missing various football superstars, as it scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA World Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022, with 32 teams to compete in eight groups. The continental qualifiers witnessed many surprises, as a large number of stars failed to lead country to qualify for the World Cup finals, thus to be absent from the next edition.This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world. The most prominent of these absentees’ stars from the World Cup 2022 is Liverpool's Egypt star Mohamed Salah, who failed to lead his country to qualify, and lost the World Cup match against Senegal. Also absent from FIFA World Cup Qatar is Manchester City star and Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez, due to the bitter loss suffered by the “Desert Warriors” in Cameroon, in the last 10 seconds of the match. The majority of the world’s best teams have done their job and secured their spot at football’s most prestigious tournament with relative ease, but as with every World Cup, there are a few surprise omissions. The following are the most prominent stars absent from FIFA World Cup Qatar2022:- Mohamed Salah (Egypt - Liverpool) Riyad Mahrez (Algeria - Manchester City) Ismail Bennacer (Algeria - Milan) Victor Osimhen (Nigeria - Naples) Jorginho (Italy - Chelsea) Gian Luigi Donnarumma (Italy - Paris Saint-Germain) Marco Verratti (Italy - Paris Saint-Germain) Leonardo Bonucci (Italy - Juventus) Giorgio Chiellini (Italy - Juventus) Erling Haaland (Norway - Borussia Dortmund) Martin Odegaard (Norway - Arsenal) David Alaba (Austria - Real Madrid) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden - Milan) Jan Oblak (Slovenia - Atletico Madrid) James Rodriguez (Colombia - Al Rayyan) Luis Diaz (Colombia - Liverpool) On her part, the Sun ,the British tabloid newspaper published the ideal squad of missingplayers, which came as follows: Goalkeeper: Jan Oblak of Slovenia.