Tag: Football News

From real pitches to virtual ones Investors, team owners and FIFA eSports players A round-up of the football stars involved in FIFA eSports With leagues around the world suspended due to the COVID-19 virus, many footballers have turned to their consoles to keep playing without any risk of infection. For some time now, a growing number of professionals have been… Read More

South Africa and Uganda reverse first-leg deficits in U17WWC qualifiers Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria cruise through in style Three India 2020 spots to be decided between 1 and 17 May Africa’s traditional giants flexed their muscles over the weekend as five of the six spots in the final round of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in the continent were… Read More

Myanmar pulled off two qualifying victories after three opening losses Captain Zaw attributed the turnaround to newly returned coach Antoine Hey Defender sets out World Cup and Asian Cup goals When Myanmar suffered three straight opening losses in Asia’s second qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, few gave them any hopes of a comeback. Under newly returned… Read More

EA is suspending all EA SPORTS FIFA 20 Global Series events until further notice due the continued impact of COVID-19 around the world. This includes EA-operated events, as well as third-party events run under license from EA and encompasses all live and online events, including the associated qualifiers. Our decision is driven to ensure the safety of our competitors, staff… Read More

Following consultation with CONMEBOL, FIFA has decided to postpone the upcoming South American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as follows:  Matches originally scheduled to take place during the international window of 23-31 March 2020 are postponed to later dates Details of the postponed matches will be discussed and announced soon FIFA will continue to assess the situation… Read More

Africa in the midst of the second of three stages of India 2020 qualifying Ghana and Nigeria, the continent’s most successful teams, on a collision course Cameroon, Morocco and Zambia among other nations making their mark Africa’s long road to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 reaches another key point this weekend as the second of three stages… Read More

No African nation has ever won the FIFA World Cup However, two teams have won gold at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament FIFA.com looks back at the successes of Nigeria (1996) and Cameroon (2000) While Africa is waiting for the continent’s first FIFA World Cup™ triumph, it is worth remembering a series of historic successes that put the continent on… Read More

Australia qualify for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Sam Kerr stars in a thumping AFC play-off win over Vietnam Kerr is now outright second in the team’s all-time scorers list Australia have qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020, winning 2-1 in Vietnam to complete a resounding 7-1 aggregate triumph in the AFC play-off. The Matildas merely needed… Read More

Zambia upset odds to qualify for Women’s Olympic Tournament for first time Cameroon to face Chile in play-off for Tokyo 2020 Regional heavyweights Nigeria and South Africa missed out Despite not being considered serious contenders for Africa’s sole direct qualifying place at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020, Zambia sprung a major surprise by earning the right to represent… Read More

Zambia drew 4-4 with Cameroon and went through on away goals to book Tokyo 2020 ticket The Copper Queens are headed to their first-ever Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Cameroon will still have a chance to qualify via an intercontinental play-off with Chile Zambia will be representing Africa at the Women’s Olympic Football Tokyo 2020 for the first time after drawing… Read More