FIFA World Cup

The United Nations labor agency ended a potential investigation of Qatar on Nov. 8 after the 2022 World Cup host pledged to protect the rights of migrant workers.

Sweden versus Italy is the big derby of the playoffs for the World Cup in 2018.

The eight best second teams from the European qualification groups will face each other to determine the last four teams to play at the 2018 World Cup.

Here are the matches:

Northern Ireland - Switzerland
Croatia - Greece
Denmark - Eire
Sweden - Italy

ISIS propaganda chiefs have released a chilling threat to attack the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The terrorist group have published an image of a rifle-carrying ISIS fighter and a bomb baring the regime’s infamous black flag in front of a football stadium.

Serbia's national football team is back on the world scene, after qualifying late on Monday in Belgrade for the FIFA World Cup 2018.

The team beat Georgia 1-0 to end the qualifying stage of the competition in Group D's top spot.

The Serbian national football team will enjoy huge support when it plays the last and decisive game of World Cup 2018 qualifiers in Belgrade tonight.

The match against Georgia will start at 20:45 hours CET on Monday, with at least 30,000 fans in attendance at the Rajko Mitic Stadium.

Bulgaria's national football team has climbed 14 places in FIFA's monthly ranking and is now 38th, according to BGNews.

The Netherlands made a 3:1 victory over Bulgaria and destroyed all dreams of World Cup 2018. Reports iNews. 

The ''tulips'' were not the strong team from previous years, but they sill managed to win. The Bulgaria defense seemed inadequate at least a dozen times and only the insecurity of the hosts saved us from even more tragic defeat.

National volleyball team lost the 1/4-final match against Serbia with the 0:3 (-21, -22, -26) and ended their participation in the European Championship in Poland. Plamen Konstantinov's selection ranks 6th in the final standings, just behind the Italian team.

The selection process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments has been mired in allegations of widespread corruption and bribery, Politico reported.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a criminal investigation in his country over allegations he accepted bribes to support Qatar's bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Telegraph reported Thursday.

Romelu Lukaku is now a Manchester United footballer and the club officially confirms that they have already signed a five-year contract with the Belgian national. This happened two days after the news that the "red devils" had agreed with Everton about the transfer price, which is about 75 million pounds.