ZURICH (Reuters) - Global soccer governing body FIFA said on Tuesday its ethics watchdog had opened proceedings against high-ranking Qatari soccer official Saoud Al-Mohannadi.

GENEVA (Reuters) - European clubs are anticipating another windfall after changes to the Champions League and say the new system will be fairer as well as making them richer.

TIRANA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Albania celebrated a dramatic 2-1 win over Macedonia 15 hours after their World Cup Group G qualifier began in Shkoder.

GENEVA (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino is not yet certain that the 2026 World Cup finals would feature 40 teams even though he personally favors an expanded tournament, he said on Tuesday.

Sept 6 (Reuters) - El Salvador players claim they have been offered financial inducements to win, draw or avoid a heavy defeat in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Canada.

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BELGRADE, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A spirited Ireland held Serbia to a 2-2 draw in a pulsating World Cup Group D qualifier after taking an early lead and coming from behind on a slick surface on Monday.

BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer underwent open heart bypass surgery on Saturday in an operation scheduled long before Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him last week, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Monday.

Sept 5 (Reuters) - American women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe knelt during the U.S. national anthem at a Sunday match, calling it a deliberate move to support NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who stoked controversy by flouting the tradition of standing during the song.