FIFA cancels North Korea vs Japan world cup qualifier
BERLIN: Japan is expected to be declared winners of a 2026 World Cup qualifier in North Korea after the ruling body FIFA said on Saturday that the match originally scheduled to take place in Pyongyang would not be played, reported dpa news The news came after the Asian Confederation said that North Korea wanted to […]
Fifa unveils official World Cup 2030 slogan
LISBON: Fifa unveiled the official slogan for the 2030 Fifa World Cup football championship, set to take place in Morocco, Spain, and Portugal, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. This was revealed during an official ceremony hosted in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon on Tuesday. The slogan for the 2030 Fifa World Cup features the phrase “Yalla […]
2026 World Cup stadiums revealed
GENEVA: FIFA on Wednesday released its list of the 16 stadiums which will host matches during the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States, reported Xinhua. The 2026 tournament will be the first World Cup to take place across three countries, with the number of participating teams set to increase from the […]
World Cup 2026 teams to be based in clusters
LOS ANGELES: Teams at the expanded 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be based in regional clusters during the early rounds to ease travel, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said. Speaking in Los Angeles to unveil the official logo and branding for the tournament, Infantino said the move was prompted […]
Fifa announces draw for 2023 U20 World Cup
GENEVA: Football’s world governing body Fifa held Friday the draw for the 2023 Under-20 World Cup with the hosts Argentina kicking off the tournament against Uzbekistan on May 20, reported Xinhua. The ceremony was held at the Fifa headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and FIFA confirmed the match schedule and the host cities as well. Twenty-four […]
Real Madrid to lead Europe’s charge
RABAT (Morocco): One of the last Club World Cups in its current format begins today in Morocco, where Real Madrid will be favourites to continue Europe’s dominance of the much-maligned FIFA competition. FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on the sidelines of the World Cup in Qatar in December that an expanded Club World Cup is planned […]
It’s a crazy, weird World Cup!
Why can’t we? Why can’t our players dream? You have to dare to dream. You have to have that ambition. – Walid Regragui, Moroccan coach When a former secondary school classmate whose father, an expatriate Indian teacher teaching in Sibu in the early 60’s and 70’s, predicted that my perennial all-time favourites Brazil would bite […]
Lessons that we never learn from the past!
We’re sorry for this incident… this is a regrettable incident that injures our football at a time when supporters can watch football matches from the stadium. We will thoroughly evaluate the organisation of matches and the attendance of supporters. Will we return to banning supporters from attending the matches? That is what we will discuss. […]
3 female referees appointed first time to officiate World Cup matches
ANKARA: The FIFA Referees Committee announced Thursday that three female referees were selected for the first time as match officials at the men’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Stephanie Frappart from France, Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda as well as Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan were named to officiate the men’s edition, reported Anadolu Agency. Separately, Neuza […]
Clubs spent US$48.5 bln on transfer fees in 2011-2020
ANKARA: World football’s governing body, Fifa, said in its report on Monday that clubs have spent US$48.5 billion in transfer fees over the past decade. Fifa said in its report 10 Years of International Transfers that this sum was spent in 2011-2020 and that clubs mostly increased their transfer fee expenditures from the beginning of […]
