Tag: Fifa

Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (FIFA.com) 04 Jan 2021 © Others Barbra Banda is one of Africa’s hottest prospects The 20-year-old inspired Zambia to Olympic qualification She finished as top scorer in the Chinese Women’s Super League 2020 2020 may have been a challenging year, but in footballing terms, Barbra Banda will remember it fondly. She ended a successful spell in… Read More

Lithuania captain Justinas Zagurskas speaks ahead of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Zagurskas tells how he came to futsal as well as his expectations for the finals He explains the advantages and drawbacks of the tournament’s postponement The FIFA Futsal World Cup™ will kick off in Lithuania on 12 September 2021. The tournament was originally due to be held exactly… Read More

FIFA interviewed Pele and fellow legends for his 80th birthday Others: Calvert-Lewin, Firmino, Neymar, Oblak, Rakitic & Richarlison Former players: Baresi, Cafu, Matthaus, Milla, Taffarel & Xavi “Pele revolutionised football. Pele stopped a war. Pele united countries, united families. There was no race problem, language problem. I was born in 1970. In 2002, I became a world champion. I was… Read More

A touching tribute, record-extending champions, trophy returns to Egypt Top-scorer exits at the quarter-finals, two wonderful goals in the decider A champion with four coaches, Mosimane emulates El Gohary’s feat The 2019/2020 CAF Champions League was unique. After the Covid-19 pandemic halted football not only in Africa but the world over, the competition was suspended from March to October. The… Read More

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today taken several important decisions concerning upcoming FIFA competitions. Following the amazing success of the 2019 edition, the decision was taken last year to expand the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to 32 teams and thus continue to foster the growth of women’s football. FIFA has since worked closely with the confederations to formulate… Read More

Tigres beat LAFC in the CCL final The Mexican side had previously lost in three finals Andre-Pierre Gignac made his mark on the tournament Tigres won the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time on Tuesday, defeating Los Angeles FC in the 2020 final. In doing so, Los Felinos ended a run of three losses in the final of the… Read More

Opening match to take place at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium and final at Education City Stadium All three venues are due to host FIFA World Cup™ fixtures in 2022 Education City, Ahmad Bin Ali and Khalifa International stadiums will host the FIFA Club World Cup 2020™ matches taking place in Qatar from 1 to 11 February 2021. The Ahmad Bin… Read More

Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador have made impressive starts in South America Syria are flying in Asia as several heavyweights struggle Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire are in Africa’s group of death The qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ was hit by a number of organisational challenges in 2020. But with the action now under way in South America,… Read More

Tigres crowned 2020 Concacaf Champions League winners The Monterrey club will represent Concacaf at the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020™ Andre-Pierre Gignac scored the winning goal It was fourth time’s the charm for Tigres as they came from behind to beat Los Angeles FC 2-1 in the 2020 Concacaf Champions League final in Orlando, Florida. The Mexican giants had… Read More

Entrants battling for a spot in FIFAe Club World Cup qualifying Favourites hit the ground running, newcomers catch the eye First week of qualifying in review Zones 3, 4 and 5 of FIFAe Club World Cup™ qualifying played their opening matchday on 17 and 18 December, and it was not only the top teams who impressed, with plenty of unheralded… Read More