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Allan Okello plays in Algeria but dreams of a move to Europe He believes Uganda can reach the next FIFA World Cup They have been grouped with Mali, Kenya and Rwanda Allan Okello wasted no time in making a name for himself in the Ugandan Premier League with Kampala Capital City Authority. After joining the club’s training academy at 15, he made his professional debut while still 16 and went on to compete in the CAF Confederation Cup 2016/17. In three years with KCCA, Okello racked up 39 goals in…

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FIFA launched for the first time a Futsal referees preparation project for a World Cup 76 potential candidates started their preparation Final appointments for the FIFA Futsal World Cup™ to be made in August 2021 The Road to Lithuania 2021 has become a reality thanks to the vision, and commitment of FIFA Referee Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina and FIFA Director of Refereeing Massimo Busacca. Their leadership has empowered a group of Futsal refereeing specialists (one from each Confederation) to develop a strategic plan to develop, train, and prepare the top…

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FIFA launched for the first time a Futsal referees preparation project for a World Cup 76 potential candidates started their preparation Final appointments for the FIFA Futsal World Cup™ to be made in August 2021 The Road to Lithuania 2021 has become a reality thanks to the vision, and commitment of FIFA Referee Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina and FIFA Director of Refereeing Massimo Busacca. Their leadership has empowered a group of Futsal refereeing specialists (one from each Confederation) to develop a strategic plan to develop, train, and prepare the top…

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The latest edition of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Magazine Show, our monthly look at some of the top stories in the build-up to next year’s world finals, is out now and fans can watch the full episode here on FIFA.com. This week, we turn our attention to the recently-completed FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020™ and the myriad of stories from it that made it so successful and unique, including a special visit to Qatar by FIFA Fan Award 2019 winners and lifelong Palmeiras fans Silvia Grecco her…

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Tite discusses taking one year off to study coaching He hails Neymar, Kevin De Bruyne and Roberto Mancini’s Italy He explains why facing Argentina is much more than a World Cup qualifier “Surviving for long in a country that has 200 million Seleção coaches is impossible,” summarised Luiz Felipe Scolari of what many deem the most demanding job in football. Surviving under the scorching scrutiny of the gluttonous Brazil fans is, indeed, akin to surviving in the Lut Desert. Winning, to Brazilians, simply isn’t enough. You need to win with…

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Thrilling final day of competition sees Blue United eFC, Mkers and back-to-back winner Complexity Gaming claim victories The zone winners join Dire Wolves, 25eSports and ELS Torneios Online, who conquered the throne in their region yesterday Attention now turns to the eagerly awaited FIFAe World Cup™ and the FIFAe Nations Cup™ which will take place later this year A historic final day at the FIFAe Club World Cup™ saw the world’s best EA SPORTS FIFA 21 clubs from around the world crowned with Blue United eFC, Mkers and Complexity Gaming…

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Mouth-watering penultimate day of FIFAe Club World Cup finals now complete with Zone 1, 3 and 5 winners named Three competitive fixtures saw the best two teams from Oceania, Africa & Middle East and South America face-off Three more winners to be crowned tomorrow as final day of competition heats up An explosive day of FIFAe Club World Cup™ action has seen the first three zone winners being crowned, with Dire Wolves, 25eSports and ELS Torneios Online securing victory and ensuring they walk away with a share of the $350,000…

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After three days of elite competition so far, just 12 teams remain in the event to fight it out for the six zone competition crowns Teams including Astralis, Blue United and Complexity Gaming are among those hoping to be crowned zone winners Six finals to take place over two days of competition on 27 February and 28 February The final two teams in each of the six regions of the FIFAe Club World Cup™ have now been confirmed after a fierce competition over the first three days. The world’s most…

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FIFA has been working with all Concacaf member associations, with the support of the confederation, to provide guidance ahead of the upcoming qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. The match schedule for Qualification Round 1 in the Concacaf region includes 30 member associations who are each scheduled to play two matches between 24 and 31 March. FIFA has in recent weeks held virtual workshops with all member associations to ensure that they are aware of the regulations relating to COVID-19, in particular regarding player release and the possibility…

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Women’s Olympic Football Tournament 25 Feb 2021 © Getty Images USA retained SheBelieves Cup with a perfect record Several new players given an opportunity during six-day tournament USA, along with Brazil and Canada, are preparing for Tokyo Olympics For the fourth time in six iterations of the SheBelieves Cup, USA ended at the summit of the four-nation tournament on Wednesday. And for the third time, the hosts of this annual event did so with a perfect record. Not that the world champions had it all their own way, having been…

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