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South America’s Olympic qualifying tournament starts this week Ten teams will compete for two qualifying berths for Tokyo 2020 Colombia The focus of South American football will shift to Colombia this weekend, when the country begins hosting the U-23 Olympic Qualifying Tournament that will decide the region’s two representatives at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020. What you need… Read More

Kumagai is the reigning AFC Women’s Player of the Year Famous for scoring the title-winning penalty at Germany 2011 Japan captain out to win maiden Olympic gold Saki Kumagai is a player familiar with collecting trophies. As a 20-year-old she helped Japan win their first FIFA Women’s World Cup title at Germany 2011 before finishing as the runners-up four years… Read More

Education City Stadium has become the first Qatar 2022 tournament venue to receive a five-star rating from the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS). The prestigious award, considered a mark of excellence in sustainability, design and construction, was presented by the Founding Chairman of the Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Dr Yousef Al Horr, to Jassim Telefat, Executive Director… Read More

For some of Europe’s up and coming names, 2020 could be a year to remember. The unique experience of an Olympic Football Tournament glistens in July, with a trip to Tokyo 2020 awaiting the likes of France, Germany, Romania and Spain. Players who turn 23 this year will be eligible – outside of the three older players per squad allowed.… Read More

Due to a misconduct of the tournament rules, the played games of Round 5 of the FIFA eClub World Cup Online Qualification in the Middle East & Africa Region of ‘The Royal’ (Power eSports) and ‘Nez4r x’ (AlRAED S.FC) have been invalidated. All games played by the aforementioned players result in an automatic 3-0 win in favor of their opponents.… Read More

FIFA and Electronic Arts (EA) today announced the location of the FIFA eClub World Cup™, confirming that the world’s best 24 teams – who secured their berths after five rounds of exciting online qualification matches – will battle it out for the world title in Milan, Italy on 7-9 February. The first champions of the new decade to be crowned… Read More

Generation Amazing teamed up with partner club KAS Eupen to host a football for development session for local schoolchildren during the team’s winter training camp in Doha. The session was attended by 40 children aged 8-12 and was delivered by Generation Amazing master coach Hamad Mohamed. The Eupen players encouraged the children to take part in the training, which was… Read More

Jordi Cruyff, son of the legendary Johan, takes charge of El Tri The Dutchman charged with leading Ecuardor to the 2022 World Cup Becomes only second European after Dusan Draskovic to coach the team The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has announced the appointment of Jordi Cruyff as the country’s new national coach. The son of legendary former Barcelona coach Johan… Read More

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™ celebrated its tenth edition in 2019, when Paraguay had the honour of hosting the tournament. The landlocked South American nation made history by becoming the first country without a coastline to stage the sport’s flagship event. In what was a milestone edition of the tournament, Portugal claimed a second world title to provide a… Read More

The Official Draw for the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship took place in Guadalajara, Mexico where the eight participating teams learned their groups for the Tokyo 2020 qualifiers. Concacaf Secretary General Philippe Moggio and Governor of Jalisco Enrique Alfaro Ramirez gave opening remarks before the draw ceremony took place. Oribe Peralta, who won the gold medal at the Men’s… Read More