{"id":33197,"date":"2017-02-09T12:56:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33197"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:56:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:56:22","slug":"argentina-remain-on-top-in-fifa-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33197","title":{"rendered":"Argentina remain on top in FIFA rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33196\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" alt=\"messi arg\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Madrid: Argentina continued to lead the latest FIFA World rankings released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina retained their position at the top of the rankings with a total of 1,635 points, followed by Brazil in the second position, and world champion Germany, third, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>The only change among the top 10 was France, which climbed one place to sixth, replacing Colombia, now seventh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"football-news\/international\/44312-liverpool-legend-ian-rush-puts-weight-behind-out-of-favour-sturridge\">Liverpool legend Ian Rush puts weight behind out-of-favour Sturridge<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most significant changes in the rankings are a result of the African Cup of Nations and its champion Cameroon rocketing 29 places to 33rd, and runner-up Egypt securing their place in the top 25 at 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 list of the FIFA World rankings:<\/p>\n<p>1. Argentina<\/p>\n<p>2. Brazil<\/p>\n<p>3. Germany<\/p>\n<p>4. Chile<\/p>\n<p>5. Belgium<\/p>\n<p>6. France<\/p>\n<p>7. Colombia<\/p>\n<p>8. Portugal<\/p>\n<p>9. Uruguay<\/p>\n<p>10. Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33196\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" alt=\"messi arg\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/messi-arg-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Madrid: Argentina continued to lead the latest FIFA World rankings released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina retained their position at the top of the rankings with a total of 1,635 points, followed by Brazil in the second position, and world champion Germany, third, reports Efe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[21289,21288,12975,466],"class_list":["post-33197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-african-cup","tag-fifa-world-rankings","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Argentina remain on top in FIFA rankings - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33197\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Argentina remain on top in FIFA rankings - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Madrid: Argentina continued to lead the latest FIFA World rankings released on Thursday. 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