Tag: Football News

Togo qualified for their first FIFA World Cup in 2006, pipping Senegal to the post The two teams have been drawn in the same Qatar 2022 qualifying group Togo coach Claude Le Roy discusses his team’s opponents and objectives In 2006, the Togolese national team made history by qualifying for the FIFA World Cup™ for the very first time. However,… Read More

Jonathan David is one of the most promising young forwards in world football The Brooklyn-born Canadian international has set records left and right FIFA.com chats exclusively with the deadly Gent-based striker Whenever a young player generates hype, there’s always a degree of doubt as to whether it is founded or whether we’re all getting a little ahead of ourselves. In… Read More

Ramadan Agab scored hat-trick against Chad Sudan have reached group stage of Qatar 2022 qualifiers Falcons of Jediane star hopes team can meet fans’ expectations Sudan boast a long and proud history in African football. Indeed, the Falcons of Jediane participated in the inaugural CAF Africa Cup of Nations in 1957, when they finished in third, and were runners-up in… Read More

Fans choose four more #WorldCupAtHome matches to be re-broadcast World Cup games: Argentina v England (1998), Germany v Brazil (2002) and Germany v Italy (2006) Women’s World Cup game: Germany v Brazil (2007) With the #WorldCupAtHome moving past 7.5 million views so far on FIFA’s YouTube Channel, over 150,000 votes were cast this week to decide the next round of… Read More

Michael Olunga is the first Kenyan to play in the J.League His time at Kashiwa Reysol has been nothing but a resounding success He speaks about Qatar 2022 hopes & that record-breaking eight-goal game Records seem to follow Michael Olunga wherever he goes. During his brief spell with Girona in La Liga, he became not only the club’s first player… Read More

Enderson Suarez helped Venezuela reach their first FIFA Futsal World Cup The pivot has been making a name for himself in Finland He discuses life in Europe and his nickname “I’m a little bit worried but not even Coronavirus can take away what we’ve achieved,” said a smiling Enderson Suarez, and rightly so. He and his team-mates had to work… Read More

Enderson Suarez helped Venezuela reach their first FIFA Futsal World Cup The pivot has been making a name for himself in Finland He discuses life in Europe and his nickname “I’m a little bit worried but not even Coronavirus can take away what we’ve achieved,” said a smiling Enderson Suarez, and rightly so. He and his team-mates had to work… Read More

A quarter-final for the ages concludes another #WorldCupAtHome week Brilliant Marta pushed USA to the brink Watch this Monday 20 April on YouTube at 20:00 CEST Heavyweights USA entered the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011™ knockout stage with their eyes fixed on a third title. Standing in their way was Marta, Brazil’s inimitable No10 who was named The Best… Read More

#WorldCupAtHome series continues with Brazil’s 2011 showdown with USA A quarter-final that went the distance and had it all Stunning display by Marta before Wambach soars to head in late equaliser The Stars and Stripes were taken all the way by a Brazil side inspired by the incomparable Marta. Despite having a player sent off and being a goal down… Read More

As a boy Zhao Junzhe stated a dream of playing at a World Cup He featured as China made their lone World Cup appearance in 2002 Zhao has high hopes for Team Dragon under new coach Li Tie The story of former China PR international Zhao Junzhe realising his childhood dream is indeed an inspirational one. In 1992, a 12-year-old… Read More