Category: Sports

Korea Republic led 3-2 on aggregate Wang Shuang won China PR an extra-time thriller The Steel Roses secured a ticket to the Olympics Wang Shuang turned China PR’s saviour to snatch them a ticket to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 at the expense of Korea Republic. The Steel Roses were 3-2 behind on aggregate, with little over 20… Read More

Emile Heskey represented England at four major tournaments The former Liverpool striker is now coaching Leicester City’s women He tells FIFA.com about that job and gives his take on England’s Class of 2021 Emile Heskey is one of Leicester’s favourite football sons. A local lad made good, he lifted two League Cups for his hometown team before becoming a treble-winner… Read More

Venezuelan injured in qualifiers for Lithuania 2021 Pandemic allowed him to recover for World Cup Player talks about that experience, as well as team preparations and goals It was 6 February 2020, with Venezuela contesting the biggest game in their futsal history, when Alfredo de Jesus Vidal felt something was not right. Instinctively, he looked to the bench and signalled… Read More

Australia and New Zealand’s squads have been largely settled in recent years Several fresh faces lit up the recent W-League season FIFA.com looks at newer names hoping to feature at a home Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand are set to welcome the world at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and, as always, much interest will focus on… Read More

Multiple FIFA World Cup records were set on this day 20 years ago American Samoa faced numerous hurdles in the lead-up FIFA.com chronicles the back-story to a unique match Twenty years ago today a world record international score was set. Australia 31-0 American Samoa It is a mark that will surely never be surpassed. This is the back-story of how… Read More

FIFA.com speaks exclusively with Armenia coach Joaquin Caparros His side have begun Qatar 2022 qualifying with three straight wins “We’ve started well, but we’re keeping our feet on the ground,” he says When Joaquin Caparros was appointed Sevilla coach back in 2000, he could never have guessed where he would be coaching 21 years later. From then until 2005, he… Read More

Following the tender process for the Italian media rights to the FIFA World Cup 2022™, FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the competition to Rai, the Italian national public service broadcaster. Rai has been awarded multi-platform rights across television, digital and radio, and will provide an extremely strong broadcast platform for the tournament. In addition to making all 64… Read More

Spain coach Fede Vidal talks to FIFA.com He discusses La Roja’s preparation for the Futsal World Cup and EURO Major tournaments increasingly competitive, he says Futsal is one of the disciplines in which Spain has had greatest success over the years. However, maintaining that dominant position in the game is getting harder all the time. While the national team continue… Read More

Welcome to the third episode of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Magazine Show, coming to YouTube every month. This month, we look back on the 2021 Qatar Cup final, which saw Sabri Lamouchi’s Al Duhail come up against Xavi’s Al Saad. We also discover the golf course just a stone’s throw from a Qatar 2022 stadium, reflect on the… Read More