The Latest Breaking News from Fifa

A full round-up of the latest World Cup headlines from Wales and beyond

In his poem Die Lorelei, Heinrich Heine touched on the stillness of the Rhine in his portrait of the legendary mermaid who lured sailors to their doom on the rocks along the river. Just shy of 200 years after Heine's masterpiece, no siren songs have been required to attract footballers…

“The air con in the cabin barely works," one worker told The Times.

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale is vying with Everton's Jordan Pickford and Newcastle's Nick Pope for the England gloves for the World Cup opener against Iran on Monday

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) board -- chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon -- on Friday approved a request by the SAT to borrow 1.4 billion baht from the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) to fund the national broadcasting rights of the World Cup, a source has said.

One of the World Cup sponsors prides itself on being “one of the world’s most inclusive brands”

Calendar concerns and human rights criteria for future tournaments are in the FA’s thinking.

Qatar’s late U-turn on selling beer could affect the £63m Budweiser contract, while another major sponsor said partners feel ‘let down by Fifa’

Millions of local football fans are sighing with relief as it appears that the private sector will chip in 800 million baht to co-finance the broadcasting of the Fifa World Cup 2022.