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Khalid Salman took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 Qatari reminisces about event two years out from Qatar 2022 final Salman: “If it weren’t for the rain, we would’ve won the title” The countdown to the first FIFA World Cup ™ to be staged in the Middle East continues. Today, Friday 18 December 2020, marks exactly two… Read More

The Final of Qatar 2022 will take place in exactly two years’ time FIFA.com looks back on the competition’s most memorable showpiece matches The Maracanazo, the Miracle of Berne, Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick and the magic of Pele all remembered With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to grip the world, it is hard to plan even a few days ahead, let alone… Read More

Spain legend Xavi talks Qatar 2022, South Africa 2010 memories and more Xavi has lived, coached and played in Qatar for several years “Football culture is growing at a tremendous speed in Qatar” Xavi sits among the pantheon of great football technicians in the modern era. The midfield maestro was an integral figure as Spain won an unprecedented treble crowned… Read More

Inaugural FIFAe Continental Champion to be crowned on 20 December FIFAe Continental Cup group stage concluded Best eight teams in EA SPORTS FIFA Online 4 to compete in knockout stage Sixteen teams started out on the journey towards the ultimate title in EA SPORTS Online 4 but only the best eight now remain after a fiercely contested group stage that… Read More

The Best FIFA Football Awards 17 Dec 2020 © Believe is out now on Sugar / Decca Records Opera legend Andrea Bocelli opines on the world’s best player He reminisces about Italy’s triumphs at Spain 1982 and Germany 2006 Bocelli discusses singing at Leicester City and You’ll never walk alone A Tuscan kid grew up idolising men who could play… Read More

List of participants finalised after pre-qualifying and available on FIFA.gg Unheralded newcomers rubbing shoulders with the world’s best FIFAe clubs Qualifying begins on 17 December With pre-qualifying completed on 11 December, the next step is the qualifying round for the hotly-contested spots at the FIFAe Club World Cup 2021, with this year’s format recompensing the best teams from six different… Read More

Bashar Resan has helped Persepolis reach the AFC Champions League final He discusses opponents Ulsan and a potential game against Bayern Munich The Iraqi also has an eye on Qatar 2022 When Iraq midfielder Bashar Resan arrived in Tehran in the summer of 2017, he can scarcely have imagined he would contest two AFC Champions League finals with Persepolis in… Read More

The Best FIFA Football Awards 15 Dec 2020 © Getty Images FIFA giving Goalkeeper of the Year award for fourth time Slovenian Jan Oblak one of the nominees for 2020 “I’m a keeper because I copied my father as a kid.” In any discussion about the world’s best goalkeepers, the name Jan Oblak invariably comes up. The Slovenian, now in… Read More

World champion Daniele De Rossi talks about The Best 2020 Robert Lewandowski and Hansi Flick are his favourites “Messi is always the best player” Italy’s Daniele De Rossi can look back on a remarkable career. He won the FIFA World Cup™ with Gli Azzurri in 2006, competed at two other World Cup finals in 2010 and 2014 and won a… Read More

Tigres back in action in the Concacaf Champions League this Wednesday Rodriguez aiming to make it to Qatar in 2021 and 2022 “Every game’s a final from here on” Life is going pretty well for Luis Rodriguez these days. He is about to appear in the quarter-finals of the Concacaf Champions League with Tigres, he has earned a place in… Read More