Category: Sports

Santi Cazorla was part of Spain’s golden generation The ex-Arsenal and Villarreal midfielder joined Al Sadd earlier this year He talks about Qatar’s World Cup preparations and being coached by Xavi Santi Cazorla wrote his name large in Spain’s football history. He was a member of a golden generation that dominated world football for years, earning La Roja one FIFA… Read More

Gustavo Alfaro speaks exclusively to FIFA.com Argentinian discusses his career and how he came to coach Ecuador Also analyses opening games of South American qualifiers and the challenges ahead Following his appointment as Ecuador coach, Gustavo Alfaro had less than two months to prepare the team for the start of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2022™ and instil in… Read More

Somalia won their first FIFA World Cup qualifying match in September 2019 That victory over Zimbabwe was not sufficient to reach the next round It did, however, have a huge impact, according to defender Mohamud Ali “Don’t quit, suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion,” said boxing legend Muhammad Ali. One of Somali’s defenders, who… Read More

Nigeria won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 and 2015 We look at what some triumphant Golden Eaglets have gone on to achieve One has become the most expensive African footballer in history They were the back-to-back tournaments that catapulted Nigeria above Brazil and into the throne as the record five-time FIFA U-17 World Cup™ winners. At UAE 2013,… Read More

Djibouti have improved tremendously under Julien Mette Team’s French coach discusses his philosophy Captain Waiss talks about his coach and Qatar 2022 qualifiers “Discipline, beautiful football, intelligence, aesthetics, pride, unity, hard work and commitment.” Those are the eight words used by Djibouti captain Daoud Waiss to describing his coach Julien Mette, who has been doing stellar work since taking charge… Read More

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the Premier League’s joint-top goalscorer He discusses his aerial ability & desire to be England’s main man DCL hails James, Richarlison, Rashford and Lewandowski Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s reputation has, in a few months, skyrocketed proportionately to his torso whenever James Rodriguez or Lucas Digne have swung back their arrows and aimed at the blue bullseye, AKA his head.… Read More

Tang Jiali scored four times in 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic qualifying She will be a key player for China PR in their play-off against Korea Republic Forward tells FIFA.com about her development and Olympic hopes China PR’s Olympic hopes hinge on February’s crunch AFC qualifying play-off against Korea Republic. With the stakes high and no margin for error in their… Read More

Musa Al-Taamari is a pillar of Jordan’s national team He believes Al-Nashama can progress to the decisive round of Qatar 2022 qualifiers The player is now starring in Belgium after making his mark in Cyprus Keen to continue achieving his long list of ambitious goals, Musa Al-Taamari has had a promising start to his football journey as he hurries to… Read More

UEFA play-offs to decide continent’s last two World Cup places Serbia face Finland while Croatia take on Czech Republic Spain, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Russia and hosts Lithuania already assured berths Europe’s final two places at the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021 will be determined between 6 and 10 November 2020 in a play-off series featuring the four second-placed sides from… Read More

Kodjo Laba was just a teen when Togo appeared at the 2006 World Cup Al Ain forward is inspired by compatriot Mohamed Kader Coubadja Player celebrates his goals by performing traditional Togolese dance By any standard 13 June 2006 was a historic day for Togolese football. That was when Emmanuel Adebayor and Co played the country’s first FIFA World Cup™… Read More