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Harimau Malaya climbed three spots in the latest FIFA rankings, now placed 135th in the world.

In Southeast Asia, Thailand maintains the highest FIFA ranking, leading ahead of Vietnam, M'sia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore.

World champions Argentina firmly held onto their world No 1 position at the end of 2023, as FIFA announced the year-ending men's world rankings on Thursday, reported Xinhua.

The last time Malaysia reached the same position on the ranking list was in 2011.

According to the FIFA's official website www.fifa.com, the Harimau Malaya squad's fall was due to a three-rung climb by Mauritius to 157th place.

The current ranking has placed Malaysia on par with developing countries like Aruba Islands (160), Macedonia (162) and Maldova (165).

Malaysia's football fortunes suffered another blow when the December FIFA ranking list saw the country's position drop by another five spots.

Germany have moved up to second behind Argentina as Belgium dropped out of the top three in the latest FIFA world rankings released today.

The lack of competitions or class A international friendly matches saw Malaysia remain in 167th position for the second consecutive month.

The results do not auger well for the Football Association of Malaysia's (FAM) hopes of improving the country's status in the FIFA ranking.

The absence of class A international friendly matches for the Harimau Malaya lately saw Malaysia dropping two rungs in the latest FIFA ranking.

Italy coach Antonio Conte hopes playing Spain in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup will help his team improve and rise up the FIFA rankings.

At the Asian level, Malaysia however, went up one position to be 28th of 46 nations.

Among the factors attributing to the ranking slump is the 1-4 defeat of Harimau Malaya (national squad) to Tajikistan last Friday.

Based on the latest FIFA ranking released, the national squad under coach Datuk K. Rajagobal moved up two spots to 161 from the 163rd spot it occupied last month.

Malaysia's men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia has withdrawn from next week's Swiss Open due to a recurring right ankle injury.

A 47-year-old Malaysian man is being investigated for allegedly uploading fake content that touches on the 3R (religion, race and royalty) on social media.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has urged the public to be the eyes and ears of the ministry and report shortages of bottled cooking oil in their areas.

The International Court of Justice will hold hearings next month on Israel's obligations towards Palestinians, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Sapura Energy Bhd's (SEB) former major shareholders are no longer involved in the company's management as part of its restructuring efforts.

Intel Corporation (INTC.O) has appointed semiconductor Malaysian-born industry veteran and former board member Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO.

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