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His dream was to be a footballer and at 20 he played at Russia 2018 “With it being our first World Cup, it was a unique experience for the whole country” His goals are to reach Qatar 2022 with Panama and excel in Spain From a very young age, Jose Luis Rodriguez was clear about his ambition to become a… Read More

FIFA has today launched an invitation to tender (ITT) in Greece for the media rights to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, FIFA’s flagship men’s competition.  The FIFA World Cup 2022™ will be the 22nd edition of the competition and a unique event, as the first FIFA World Cup™ in the Middle East and the first to take place in… Read More

We highlight ten players, aged 28-plus, who the World Cup needs to see Alaba, Bale, Oblak and Van Dijk are among the Europeans Two huge African talents have never played in the finals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Gabon31 years old65 caps26 goals Group F (Africa)Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Angola. Other key playersMario Lemina (Fulham), Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne) AubameyangAubameyang could have chosen to represent… Read More

Cayman Islands head coach Ben Pugh speaks with FIFA.com The former Ipswich Town academy coach talks about his journey He previews his team’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers with Suriname and Canada The Cayman Islands have never won a FIFA World Cup™ qualifying match in their entire history. But that could finally be changing in the near future thanks to a… Read More

11 OFC qualification has not yet begun. It will involve the region’s 11 national teams: Fiji, the Cook Islands, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu. The best team in the region’s qualifying competition will progress to the intercontinental play-off round. Sourced from FIFA Read More

The Home of FIFA in Zurich will host the draws for the Olympic Football Tournaments on 21 April at 10:00 CET. The countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is on again. The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced the postponement of the Games until 2021, but enthusiasm and excitement for the iconic event remain undimmed. In less than a month’s… Read More

? Jonatan Dutra/Ferroviária Luciana saved three penalties to snatch Ferroviaria a Libertadores final place She discusses the dramatic night and upcoming opponents America Luciana recalls almost quitting football in 2015 Euclid of Alexandria wrote a book about mathematical exceptions. Luciana of Araraquara is penning its sequel. Indeed, while arithmeticians say around 75 per cent of penalties are successfully converted, Luciana… Read More

Italy and the Netherlands failed to reach Russia 2018 Both have bounced back impressively in the years since We look at what’s changed ahead of their Qatar 2022 campaigns La Gazzetta dello Sport described it as “the apocalypse” and, in football terms, it wasn’t far short. Italy, four-time champions, had failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.… Read More

“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