The organization displayed a map during a qualifying draw that showed Ukraine without including Crimea as part of the country ...

FIFA has apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long vowed to end Russia's occupation of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

Crimea has been under Russian occupation since 2014 and just a handful of countries recognise the peninsula as Russian ...

Ukraine has criticized FIFA for an "unacceptable error" after a map displayed during the 2026 World Cup draw appeared to ...

Fifa has apologised to the Ukrainian Association of Football for displaying a map of the country during its World Cup ...

FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory, which Kyiv had criticised as an "unacceptable error".

Ukraine has lashed out at FIFA after the governing body of world football showed a map that seemingly omitted Crimea as part of the country. The incident took place last week when FIFA held a ...

A map shown during the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup has been criticised by Ukraine as an "unacceptable error" after it appeared to exclude Crimea as part of the country. The graphic - showing ...