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Monday’s news release, which announced punishments for more than a dozen football associations following November’s World Cup qualifiers and international friendlies, noted the fines were prompted by “homophobic chants in some instances.” READ MORE: FIFA fines England over poppy display Mexico has been fined multiple times because of a gay slur chanted by fans during opposing goal kicks. Guillermo Cantu, the secretary general of the Mexican Football Federation, argued in October that “the chant in Mexico is not as FIFA has interpreted it....

That’s what made the FIFA 17 rubber-banding accusation such a popular news story this year in the first place - while it was obviously frustrating for players who considered themselves competitive during online play, there were a number of pro players whose livelihoods were threatened as well. Essentially, FIFA 17 employs something called “adaptive difficulty”, which calculates momentum and supposedly adjusts the game to be easier for players doing badly and harder for those who are thriving....

FIFA Technical Director Marco Van Basten has floated a radical, innovative, blueprint for football’s future in which he has mooted a number of changes, including the abolition of offside and the introduction of sin-bins in place of yellow cards. “We must keep looking for ways to improve the game,” Van Basten said in an interview with the German newspaper Sport Bild. “To make it more honest, more dynamic, more interesting, so that what we offer is attractive enough....

Yesterday was a great day for fans in Goa as they witnessed eight goals in the two games played with Costa Rica drawing 2-2 with Guinea and Germany falling to a shock 4-0 defeat to Iran. According to a source present at the stadium yesterday, we have reason to believe that either one of the party, that is the Arsenal scouts or the Manchester City scouts were reportedly ready to make a bid for one of the players with part of the fee being paid up front while the rest to be paid after the player joined their club....

The tournament will be held in November and December for the first time, as temperatures can top 45 degrees Celsius during a Qatari summer. Eight stadiums across five cites in the country, its capital Doha as well as Lusail, Al Khor, Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah will host the games. Here is who is playing, how they qualified, and who they will meet in the FIFA World Cup 2022....

The so-called “Mexican filter” has been a staple in American movies and television, so it’s no wonder sports fans are familiar with its tired usage on countless occasions, including absolute masterpieces like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, where it’s often implemented to set the tone in scenes south of the border. Of course, the oversaturated yellow filter is also common for stories set in the Middle East, and any Arab, Muslim, or Southeast Asian country, for that matter....

So what next? Obviously, wait. How long? Do the math. Next week U.N. inspectors will almost surely be given extra time. Washington insiders are already talking a month–and possibly two. Depending on what the inspectors find, there’s then the prospect of a U.N. debate over a second resolution. The first took two months. The next probably won’t be easier. Add it all up, and the date for military action is late March, at the earliest, and could be June....

Now it’s poised to. A privately funded Lao movie, the first in 33 years, is scheduled to hit the big screen in Thailand and Laos in April. Codirected by Laotian moviemaker Anousone Sirisackda and Thailand’s Sakchai Deenan, “Good Morning Luang Prabang” is a romantic road movie about a young journalist who grows up in Australia and falls in love with a beautiful Lao girl during a visit to his father’s hometown, Luang Prabang....

Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin is heard addressing the meeting briefly, telling his fellow House members about the “beauty” of the “mahogany boxes” that will carry the electoral votes signed in each state from the Senate to its chamber for certification. The speaker then closes out the call, telling House members that “this it is,” and says the chamber needs to be ready to tally the votes “in a timely fashion....

The Level 90 Summoner Rotation in Endwalker Bahamut Phase The beginning of any default speed Endwalker level-capped Summoner’s DPS rotation will be demi- Bahamut or any demi-summon that is not in cooldown. Now that Bahamut is out, Dreadwyrm Trance will take over, transforming some of the player’s buttons to more powerful versions of those spells. Now players have about 15 seconds while Bahamut or the demi summon will attack to cast the off-global Enkindle Bahamut 20 second cooldown; this will add greatly to the Summoner’s overall DPS....

Last year, Final Fantasy 14 announced the Oceania data center, with a planned release in February 2022 after several delays. In spite of the previous delays, the Oceania data center, called ‘Materia’, is opening on January 25th–two weeks earlier than its original release date. RELATED: Final Fantasy 14 Hosting Halloween Event in January Materia opens simultaneously with the resuming of sales of Final Fantasy 14. To incentivize players to join the new data center, and to migrate from existing ones, the critically-acclaimed MMORPG is offering special rewards and boosts for those who do....

While the concept of a VR spin-off of Final Fantasy 15 is sure to excite fans of the Square Enix franchise, it’s important to point out that this experience is built off a small piece of the main game’s gameplay: the fishing mini-game. Monster of the Deep allows players to head out on a fishing trip with Noctis and the rest of the gang, scouring some of the lush locations from Final Fantasy 15 for beastly underwater creatures....

In a new interview with Polygon, Tabata states that he and rest of the development team are finding the Switch “fascinating” because of its console/handheld design, especially since he’s worked on a number of handheld and console titles over the years. However, the director also says that while he would be interested in coming up with ideas to “capitalize” on the Switch’s technology, he admits that he’s not quite there yet before revealing that he currently doesn’t have any handheld projects in the works, possibly alluding to a Final Fantasy 15 port....

FIFA 18 is bound to have at least a fourth of its game stocked with youngsters below the age of 21 and some of these players have made a big impression on the biggest stages in football. With the game releasing soon, FIFA 18 is bound to include the top under-21 footballers and Prime Time Sport’s list of most expensive players in this category could go a long way in revealing which players come with a stiff price tag on them....

Our source said, ”I don’t know whether you have noticed the pattern, but FIFA 15 was released on September 23, 2014, which was a Tuesday, FIFA 16 on September 26, which was again a Tuesday and then FIFA 17 on September 27, again a Tuesday. So we most probably will not deviate from that, but there is a lot of work which is left to develop ‘The Journey’ second edition....

As the football world prepares to turn its attention to Russia and the world’s biggest sporting event, EA Sports have too as it takes FIFA 18 to the World Cup. Having previously released standalone games for the tournament, EA have opted to treat fans to a free experience this time around and haven’t skimmed on any of the detail. Not only does the update introduce a new feel to the game that often comes with each new annual release, it also provides a genuinely authentic and satisfying World Cup experience....

Every year the game updates its player ratings based on the player performance, both on the club level and the international level. Personal achievements like winning the league, winning awards like the Ballon d’Or, PFA Player of the year also make a contribution to the ratings. Obviously, we find that in FIFA 19, the top three spots in the ratings have been given to Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar respectively. I mean they are currently the best three players in the world right now, so who’s gonna argue with that....

In the Premier League, there are a lot of talented stars who are just waiting to make it big in the game. Here are 5 players with silver cards who could finally get gold cards in FIFA 20: #5 – Callum Hudson-Odoi Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi is just 18 years old but he has had an amazing season. The youngster made his debut for Chelsea and also earned his first cap for England....