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People watch the inauguration ceremony, Thursday, May 16, 2019, of the Al Wakrah stadium, which is the first stadium has been built from the scratch for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

FIFA scraps expansion for 2022 World Cup

by Rob Harris Associated PressMay 22, 2019

Manchester City's Vincent Kompany lifts the English Premier League trophy after the match between Brighton and Manchester City at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton, England, Sunday.

Man City retains Premier League title on final day of season

by Rob Harris Associated PressMay 12, 2019

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 file photo, men work on the construction site of the Ras Abu Aboud stadium, backdropped by the city skyline in Doha, Qatar. A FIFA feasibility study concluded the 2022 World Cup can expand to 48 teams by using at least one of Qatar's neighbors as an additional host, and found there is a low legal risk to changing the format and an additional 400 million in revenue could be generated The Associated Press obtained a copy of the 81-page report on Monday, March 11, 2019 that assesses the political, logistical and legal issues surrounding adding 16 teams _ a significant change to the format more than eight years after Qatar won the hosting rights. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FIFA: Nations must restore ties with Qatar to host WC games

by Rob Harris Associated PressMarch 12, 2019

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

FIFA’s robust cash reserves soar to $2.7B

by Rob Harris Associated PressMarch 6, 2019

FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds the official ball of the upcoming Women's Soccer World Championship as he poses for photographers during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

AP Source: FIFA explores Kuwait, Oman as 2022 WCup co-hosts

by Rob Harris Associated PressMarch 6, 2019

Brazilian soccer legend Pele, right, presents former England goalkeeper Gordon Banks with a photograph showing Banks saving a header from Pele in the 1970 World Cup, at a March 4, 2004 press conference in London, to mark FIFA's 100 year anniversary. English soccer club Stoke said Tuesday that the World Cup-winning England goalkeeper has died at 81.

World Cup-winning England goalkeeper Gordon Banks dies at 81

by Rob Harris Associated PressFebruary 12, 2019

In this his picture taken on Jan. 14, 2018, Argentine soccer player, Emiliano Sala, of the FC Nantes club, western France, gives a thumbs up during a soccer match against PSG in Nantes, France. The French civil aviation authority says Emiliano Sala was aboard a small passenger plane that went missing off the coast of the island of Guernsey. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Search ends for plane, angering soccer player Sala’s family

by Rob Harris Associated PressJanuary 24, 2019

England's Fabian Delph, right, and England's Dele Ali, left, and Unites States Christian Pulisic, center, vie for the ball during the international friendly soccer match between England and the United States at Wembley stadium, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Pulisic back as US loses 3-0 at England; no goal for Rooney

by Rob Harris Associated PressNovember 15, 2018

United States national soccer team player Christian Pulisic takes part in their national soccer squad training session at the training facilities of Brentford Football Club in west London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. The United States play England in an international friendly soccer match at Wembley stadium in London on Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Pulisic assumes leadership role on return to American team

by Rob Harris Associated PressNovember 14, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron reacts during the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 15, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

No refuge from politics but France victory a fitting climax

by Rob Harris Associated PressJuly 17, 2018