ZURICH: Egypt is the best African nation in football’s latest world rankings released Wednesday at No. 14.
Spain retained top spot in FIFA’s monthly rankings table, while Portugal and England both improved their positions in the top 10.
European champion Spain leads second-place Brazil and the third-place Netherlands, while Portugal is fourth after climbing two places.
World champion Italy dropped to fifth, Germany is sixth and England rises one spot to No. 7, trading places with France which lost 2-0 against Spain in a March 3 friendly.
The United States climbs two places to No. 16, one ahead of neighboring rival Mexico.
Australia is the top-ranked Asian side, up four spots to No. 19 after beating Indonesia in an Asian Cup qualifier.
Most team slides in the rankings came about because points earned from World Cup qualifiers played in March 2009 lost their value.
