ZURICH: Lionel Messi’s beaten Copa America finalists Argentina end the year top of FIFA’s world rankings while France, defeated in the Euro 2016 finals, were named ‘mover of the year’.

Argentina finish 2016 out in front of arch rivals Brazil to inherit the “team of the year” title from Belgium, displaced from the FIFA summit by the Edgardo Bauza-coached Albiceleste in April.

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