Tag: Football News

Announcement of host cities and venues build excitement Down Under Australian and New Zealand reactions to 2023 Women’s World Cup milestone Nine host cities and ten stadiums across the two nations will feature The first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to be held in the southern hemisphere feels a step closer following the announcement of the Host City and Stadiums that… Read More

There were some spectacular results in qualifying for Qatar 2022 Some surprise standouts emerged in on either side of the Atlantic Read on for insight and analysis from the past week The big boys can be beaten Although several favourites still recorded comfortable wins, most notably Japan’s 14-0 triumph in Mongolia, several matches threw up surprising results. Few would have… Read More

Arrigo Sacchi celebrates his 75th birthday today As AC Milan coach, he shaped the development of modern football He also led Italy to runners-up spot at USA 1994 He is a former shoe salesman who became a household name after being given the reins of AC Milan in 1987. Outspoken and no stranger to unconventional ideas, he argued against the… Read More

Fans of the beautiful game now have the chance to collect little pieces of football history after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Philatelic Programme launched with the promise of delivering commemorative postage stamps to a worldwide audience. The stamps will celebrate the first-class features of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, including the state-of-the-art stadiums and the stunning capital… Read More

9 Host Cities and 10 stadiums across Australia and New Zealand to welcome the world’s best players and football fans in 2023 Opening Match to take place in Auckland and Sydney to host Final Australia and New Zealand to host one semi-final each The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ took an important and exciting step today with the announcement of… Read More

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Men’s Olympic Football Tournament (FIFA.com) 31 Mar 2021 © Getty Images Mexico win Concacaf Olympic qualifying competition for third consecutive time El Tri will look to replicate London 2012 triumph in Tokyo Men’s Olympic Football Tournament to take place from 22 July to 7 August For the third consecutive time Honduras and Mexico will represent the North, Central America and… Read More

All the live scores, results and news from Tuesday’s Qatar 2022 qualifiers Big wins for Belgium and the Netherlands as Slovakia shock Russia Japan and Saudi Arabia dazzle; Concacaf matches bookend the matchday Results Guyana 4-0 Bahamas Guyana won their first World Cup qualifier since November 2011 and they did so decisively. Terence Vancooten opened the scoring after eight minutes,… Read More

FIFA has opened two invitations to tender (ITT) simultaneously in Poland for the media rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ and the FIFA World Cup 2026™, FIFA’s flagship women’s and men’s competitions. The first ITT is for the media rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand. The second… Read More

In recent weeks, the headlines in the Swedish press have been all about the return of Zlatan Ibrahimovic for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualifying, five years after he announced his international retirement in the wake of the UEFA EURO. Sebastian Larsson was one Zlatan’s team-mates at France 2016, where the Blagult failed to make the knockout phase after finishing… Read More