Tag: Fifa

Pele, football's first icon (Part 1) Pele signs autographs for some young fans during the 1966 FIFA World Cup Pele wears a sombrero a few seconds after winning his third FIFA World Cup, on 21 June 1970 at the Azteca Stadium Pele lifts the Jules Rimet trophy in the Champs Elysees in April 1971 Pele plays in goal during a… Read More

Today is Pele’s 80th birthday ‘The King’ left an incomparable legacy in football We pay tribute to him with tales, trivia and stats The names Dondinho and Celeste named their first son Edson after Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors in history. His family nicknamed him ‘Dico’, but he received the moniker ‘Pele’ in school due to his mispronunciation… Read More

Preliminary draw to be held in Zurich at 18:00 CET on 7 December Road to Qatar 2022 to be mapped out for 55 European member associations Ceremony to be live-streamed on FIFA.com With FIFA World Cup 2022™ preliminary-competition action already under way in Africa, Asia and South America, UEFA’s 55 member associations are eagerly looking ahead to the start of… Read More

Niger in the same FIFA World Cup™ qualifying group as Algeria Cavalli previously coached Algeria and some of the country’s leading clubs The French coach discusses new mission and prospect of facing The Greens In March this year, Jean-Michel Cavalli was en route to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport to fly to the Niger capital Niamey to sign a contract… Read More

The FIFA World Cup 2022™ First Sustainability Progress Report provides an update on the progress made by FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC in 2019 regarding their five sustainability commitments, including human rights, diversity and environmental protection. “We are very glad to provide our stakeholders and the public with… Read More

12 candidate cities in Australia and New Zealand to take part in virtual workshops from 20 October to 4 November Following the decision in June to award Australia and New Zealand the right to host the next FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in 2023, the process to select the Host Cities for the tournament took its first steps today with confirmation… Read More

Mabil and Sisto lived in refugee camps as children Their families emigrated to Australia and Denmark Mabil plays for the Socceroos and Sisto the Danes, with both eying Qatar 2022 ‘Out of adversity comes opportunity.’ This famous saying certainly applies to Pione Sisto and Awer Mabil. Hailing from South Sudan, the pair suffered the horrors of a civil war that… Read More

Africa has consistently produced great goalkeepers Round 2 of CAF qualifiers for Qatar 2022 is just months away FIFA.com turns the spotlight on five of Africa’s top keepers From Badou Zaki to Thomas Nkono, and Bruce Grobbelaar to Essam El Hadary and Joseph-Antoine Bell, Africa has consistently produced great goalkeepers. Their heroics in the last line of defence have not… Read More

Starting today, 15 October 2020, FIFA invites tenderers to submit proposals for the FIFA Public Food & Beverage Concessions operations in all stadiums for the following events: FIFA World Cup 2022™ Test Event in 2021 FIFA’s objectives in relation to the programme for these two events include, but are not limited to, the following: To provide a world class food… Read More

South American qualifiers for Qatar 2022 began last week Some famous names fired their teams to success Neymar, Alexis Sanchez, Luis Suarez and Radamel Falcao all starred Every FIFA World Cup™ qualifying competition throws up new names, reveals the players who represent the future of their respective national teams, and shows if the young guns starring at club level can… Read More