Category: Sports

“If you can just make heavy eye contact with Beckham for about 20 seconds, your football knowledge grows exponentially. Sometimes I just FaceTime him and I’m just like, ‘Don’t speak. Just stare at me.’”Ryan Reynolds, the Hollywood actor and new owner of Wrexham “Animal. Lovely bloke as well. He was the first one in every single day.… Read More

Rodrygo discusses his dream to represent Brazil at Qatar 2022 The 20-year-old hails Neymar, Casemiro and Karim Benzema He believes Real Madrid will conquer Spain and Europe this year As a 27-year-old right-back was preparing to tackle the indecipherable puzzle that was Neymar in 2012, he got a tap on the shoulder, spun round, and received some words of advice.… Read More

Serbia begin their Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign on 24 March Eagles captain Dusan Tadic gives an exclusive interview The attacking midfielder talks about Ajax, Russia 2018 and his childhood heroes Serbia begin their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualification bid next week, taking on their two biggest rivals in Group A in Belgrade: Republic of Ireland on 24 March, followed… Read More

Men’s Olympic Football Tournament (FIFA.com) 17 Mar 2021 © Getty Images Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifiers run from 18 to 30 March Two tickets to Tokyo 2020 up for grabs FIFA.com previews the eight-team tournament The 15th edition of the Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament is guaranteed to be ultra competitive. Eight nations will compete for the two remaining qualification spots… Read More

Randall Leal hoping for Olympic return for Costa Rica Experience in Europe and USA a big help “It’d be nice to qualify after so long” Until the age of 12, football was pure fun for Costa Rica’s Randall Leal. His days revolved around about playing in his Moravian neighbourhood, receiving compliments from his friends on his impressive standard, then heading… Read More

Leal hoping for Olympic return for Costa Rica Experience in Europe and USA a big help “It’d be nice to qualify after so long” Until the age of 12, football was pure fun for Costa Rica’s Randall Leal. His days revolved around about playing in his Moravian neighbourhood, receiving compliments from his friends on his impressive standard, then heading home… Read More

FIFA Forward Programme aiding futsal in Lithuania ahead of FIFA Futsal World Cup Women’s and U-19 national teams created Training possible despite COVID-19 restrictions The FIFA Forward Programme is supporting the Lithuania national team as the country prepares to host the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021™, and is also helping to develop the sport across the nation. To that end,… Read More

Guinea have never graced the FIFA World Cup Syli Nationale are in a qualifying group with Morocco, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau Coach Didier Six assesses their chances of making history Guinea’s youth teams have competed on the world stage on multiple occasions, participating at the FIFA U-20 World Cup twice (Japan 1979 and Korea Republic 2017) and no fewer than four… Read More

Martin Stocklasa has made history FIFA.com speaks with Liechtenstein’s new head coach World Cup qualification begins later this month against teams including Germany On 3 December 2020, the Liechtenstein Football Association made history not on the pitch but off it, as Martin Stocklasa became the first Liechtensteiner to coach the national team. “Getting the opportunity to coach a national side… Read More

Jean-Pierre Nsame named Swiss championship Player of the Year for last two seasons The constantly improving Cameroonian has scored 33 goals in 38 matches in 2020 He hopes to be judged on his performances and finally get his chance with the Indomitable Lions Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku and Ciro Immobile are the only players in the world to… Read More