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CAS confirmed Ecuador’s participation in the World Cup, which was penalized -3 in the next qualifiers
Ecuador’s participation in the World Cup in Qatar was confirmed by CAS, despite appeals from Chile and Peru over Byron Castillo’s illegal participation in qualifiers.
Normally, and with the CAS stamp, Ecuador will take part in the World Cup in Qatar, with the Arbitration Court for Sport announcing its decision in the Byron Castillo case.
FIFA had dismissed the objections of the national team of Chile and the national team of Peru, who called for Ecuador’s exclusion from the 2022 World Cup, on the grounds that they had used Castillo, who was ineligible for the qualifying tournament. However, the case was referred to the Arbitration Court of Sport.
The CAS finally decided on Ecuador’s participation in Qatar and shared its rationale. In particular, the sports court recognized that the player had given false information on the place and date of birth in the passport (it is alleged that he was born in Colombia).
However, he also concedes that he had the right to compete in the national team jersey as he held a genuine Ecuadorian passport. Therefore, the Ecuadorian FA was penalized with a fine and -3 from the next qualifiers.
Source: sport 24
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INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:
“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”
FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”
Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:
“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”
Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.
Source: Sport UA
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VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets
The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.
This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.
Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.
This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.
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Former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos He talked about his interaction with Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior and other representatives of Brazil within the scope of the “royal club”.
“The Brazilians aroused my sympathy even as a child. While playing for Real Madrid, I developed excellent relationships with Vinicius, Casemiro and Militao.
It is very easy to find a common language with these guys: they know how to enjoy life, and their mentality is significantly different from that of the Germans.
Casemiro and Vinicius and I understood each other perfectly on the field and developed a unique football bond with Vini.
We communicated warmly in daily life. I believe that if there is no contact between players off the field, it is extremely difficult to achieve harmony in the game.
I used Vini’s high-speed bursts effectively and he masterfully directed my passes,” AS Kroos reports.
Let’s remember that Kroos defended the jersey of Real Madrid from 2014 to 2024. During this decade the German midfielder won the Champions League five times.
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