Ukraine has criticized FIFA for an "unacceptable error" after a map displayed during the 2026 World Cup draw appeared to exclude Crimea from the country's territory. The map, used to show nations that ...

FIFA has issued a brief and general comment regarding the map displayed during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw broadcast. The comment is very short and general and does not contain a hint of ...

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FIFA has sparked anger after the soccer organization showed a map during a qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that showed Ukraine without Crimea as a part of it. The map was shown during a ...

ZURICH — FIFA apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that excluded Russia-occupied Crimea from the country’s territory. “We fully ...

With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment ...

FIFA, soccer's world governing body, is facing backlash over a map it showed of Ukraine. The map appeared to show Ukraine without Crimea as part of it. A spokesperson for Ukraine's Foreign Ministry ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ZURICH (AP) — FIFA apologized to the ...