FIFA will conduct a “feasibility study” to determine whether it can hold the men’s and women’s World Cup every two years instead of the usual four, the organization said Friday.

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation tabled the proposal during the 71st FIFA Congress, with 166 member associations voting in favor of the motion and 22 voting against it.

The men’s World Cup has been staged every four years since 1930 and the women’s since 1991.

Calls for a biennial World Cup are nothing new. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter pushed a similar proposal in 1999 amid fierce backlash. UEFA argued the European Championships, which run two years after each World Cup, would lose value, while clubs expressed fears over the additional burden on players.

FIFA has already expanded the 2026 World Cup to 48 teams, with a total of 80 games. It also has plans to launch an annual 24-team Club World Cup. The changes are the brainchild of current president Gianni Infantino, who succeeded Blatter in 2016.

On Friday, Infantino swatted away concerns that a biennial World Cup would become repetitive.

“Every year in England you have 380 games where the same teams are participating year by year, and it’s very exciting and everyone is very happy with the Premier League,” Infantino told reporters. “So I don’t think the repetitive element would be (harmful) because (the World Cup) is even more successful.”

The 51-year-old has also been accused of backing the European Super League. The breakaway project – which drew widespread condemnation from fans, players, and politicians – collapsed within 48 hours of its announcement in April.

Infantino denied colluding with clubs but admitted he consulted “some” teams about the unpopular proposal.

“To listen to some clubs and speak with some clubs, it doesn’t certainly mean that in any way FIFA was behind, was colluding, or was plotting for any Super League project. No,” the Swiss-Italian added.

The personal doctor of Diego Maradona and six other medical professionals have been charged with “simple homicide with eventual intent” in the death of the Argentine football legend.

Leopoldo Luque, the doctor who treated Maradona after he underwent surgery for a brain blood clot weeks before dying last year, and the others face eight to 25 years in prison if found guilty.

Maradona died of heart failure on Nov. 25, 2020, at the age of 60.

Luque denied any wrongdoing and insisted he treated Maradona to the best of his abilities.

However, recordings leaked to Argentine media of conversations between medical professionals and those close to Maradona indicate that care for the World Cup winner was inadequate.

Earlier this month, a medical panel concluded that Maradona received “deficient and reckless” care prior to dying.

The panel was appointed by prosecutors to look into allegations that the medical team didn’t offer adequate treatment.

It was also suspected Maradona wasn’t being properly monitored on the day of his death, and that he was seriously unwell 12 hours before dying.

Court proceedings are set to begin on May 31.

Maradona, who won the World Cup in 1986, enjoyed successful domestic spells at Barcelona, ??Napoli, Sevilla, Boca Juniors, and Argentinos Juniors.

Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane has told the club he wants to leave in the summer, The Telegraph’s Matt Law reports.

The 27-year-old would reportedly prefer to stay in the Premier League, with Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United considered the most likely destinations. City and United appear to see Kane as an alternative to Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland.

It’s unclear if Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will let Kane go, especially to a rival in the same league. Levy apparently values him at around £150 million.

However, Spurs insist the striker isn’t for sale, according to The Athletic’s Jack Pitt-Brooke.

The Athletic also reported in April that Kane would demand a transfer if Tottenham failed to make the Champions League. Though they’re not mathematically eliminated, Spurs remain a distant five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea with just two matches remaining.

Kane has made it clear he wants to win trophies, and that desire is intensifying as he enters his prime. He’s yet to win a title in seven years with the club, a drought that continued with last month’s defeat to Manchester City in the League Cup final.

“Individual awards are great. They’re fantastic achievements. At the end of my career, these are things I will go over and take in a little bit more. But the goal right now as a player is to win team trophies,” Kane said last month. “As much as this is great, I want to be winning the biggest prizes there is to offer as a team, and we’re not quite doing that.”

Interim manager Ryan Mason later suggested Kane’s future doesn’t depend on Champions League qualification.

“Harry Kane loves this football club. That’s been proven over the last seven or eight years. He’s one of the best strikers in the world,” Mason said. “Everyone knows that, we know that, and I’d like to think Harry knows that as well.”