Tag: Football News

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

The board of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC (Q22) met today, just three days before the inauguration of another FIFA World Cup™ stadium, the Al Rayyan venue, which will host the Amir Cup final on Qatar National Day.  The meeting, which was held via video call due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reviewed key achievements while looking forward… Read More

Concacaf Champions League (FIFA.com) 14 Dec 2020 © Getty Images Concacaf Champions League 2020 resumes on 15 December Mini-tournament hosted in one location in Orlando, Florida Champion will represent the region at the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021 Before the world brings in a new year, there is still meaningful football to look forward to. The Concacaf Champions… Read More

Mohamed Aboutrika is one of Africa’s best-ever players He is an ambassador for Qatar 2022’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy The Egypt legend believes the tournament will wow the world Mohamed Aboutrika – widely recognised as one of Africa’s greatest-ever players – has hailed the significance of the first FIFA World Cup™ to be held in the Middle East… Read More

Paolo Rossi passed away on 9 December Gianni Infantino, Marco Tardelli and Dino Zoff hail Pablito FIFA pays tribute to Rossi with videos, quotes, trivia and stats Gianni hails Pablito “Ciao Pablito, symbol of joy, of revenge, of generosity, of sympathy, of success and, personally, symbol of pride for all Italians. A human hero and a world legend.” Read FIFA… Read More

Diego Maradona passed away, aged 60, on 25 November 2020 Lionel Messi, Pele and Gianni Infantino hailed the Argentina legend FIFA pays tribute to Diego with videos, quotes, trivia and stats Gianni hails Diego “I always said it and I can just repeat it now, more convinced than ever: What Diego has done for football, for making all of us… Read More