Spain Tops World Football Rankings; Egypt 10th
ZURICH: Spain Tops World Football Rankings; Egypt 10th, Spain has kept the top spot in FIFA’s world rankings list, and Africa Cup of Nations winner Egypt surged into the top 10.
European champion Spain is followed by Brazil and Netherlands in standings published Wednesday.
The top nine was unchanged after only No. 8 Argentina played in the past month.
Egypt’s third straight continental title Sunday lifted it 14 places to No. 10. Its previous high was No. 15 in Jan. 2009.
African Cup of Nations semifinalist Nigeria rose seven places to No. 15 and runner-up Ghana climbed seven to No. 27.
Cameroon fell nine places to No. 20, and Ivory Coast dropped six to No. 22. The United States was unchanged at No. 14 and Mexico is still No. 17.
Australia is the top Asian nation at No. 23.
Spain Tops World Football Rankings; Egypt 10th was first posted on February 3, 2010 at 10:26 pm.
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