Current Affairs - Sports - Discussion

The Indian men's football ended the year at 105th spot in the FIFA rankings. India began the year at 129th spot and in July, broke into top 100 by occupying 96th - the second best ever after the 94th of February 1996. Iran (32) are the highest ranked Asian team and are followed by Australia and Japan. Among Asian countries, the Indian team is in the 15th spot. World champions Germany ended on top to be FIFA's 'Team of the Year', followed by Brazil, Portugal, Argentina.