☕️🥐FC Breakfast: EA FC 26 cover leaked, new FIFA rankings revealed
Thursday's results
9:00 PM: Finland 1-1 Switzerland
9:00 PM: Norway 4-3 Iceland
Today's schedule
9:00 PM: Portugal - Belgium
9:00 PM: Italy - Spain
FIFA Ranking: the latest update 📊
On Thursday, FIFA updated the ranking of national men's teams. Status quo in the top 5: the French team remains stuck in third place on the podium. Morocco remains the first African nation, just ahead of Senegal.
Big leak on the EA FC 26 cover 🎮
Insider FUT Scoreboard, one of the most reliable independent sources on EA SPORTS FC news, announces that Jamal Musiala and Jude Bellingham will be the cover stars of FC 26. Confirmation on July 16?
This is a good excuse to look back at the history of FIFA/EA FC covers. Wayne Rooney was a fixture between 2008 (FIFA 09) and 2011 (FIFA 12).
OM's big announcement on X 🍿
Olympique de Marseille will relive the ups and downs of its 2024-25 season through a six-episode documentary series. A trailer that sets the tone!
The must-haves of the day 🔍
- The big announcements on the Ligue 1 channel
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- Ligue 1+ channel, how much it costs French football
- Club World Cup: the team of the semifinals, with 6 PSG players
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