Panama lie third in the ‘Hexagonal’ with four points. Next match: at home to USA on Tuesday 28 March.  Defeats do not come much more painful than the one Panama suffered against USA in their final match of the CONCACAF qualifying campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. Los Canaleros were two minutes away from securing a ... Read More »

Panama host USA on the fourth matchday of CONCACAF’s final Hexagonal round of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ after each side had very different outcomes in the last matchday. Honduras, who were on the end of a humiliating 6-0 defeat by the Stars and Stripes in rainy San Jose, will look to bounce back against Costa Rica, ... Read More »

New Zealand heads to the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 with a rejuvenated squad and a coach debuting at a world tournament in English-born Anthony Hudson. New Zealand won last year’s OFC Nations Cup to secure a return to the Confederations Cup for the first time in nine years, where they will face Portugal, Mexico and hosts Russia. Hudson spoke ... Read More »

Italy veteran Gianluigi Buffon achieved the milestone of featuring in his 1,000th professional game, as he helped his national team to a 2-0 win over Albania in their pursuit of a spot at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. The clean sheet was a fitting tribute to one of the game’s all-time great goalkeepers, who also overtook Spain’s Iker Casillas’s ... Read More »

Paulinho had grudgingly accepted his Brazil career was over. He was not, however, at peace with how it had ended. A few years earlier, he’d heard a recent Corinthians team-mate wax lyrical about his Seleção swan song. Ronaldo’s last dance compromised grown men in tears, heart-melting speeches, and Fred celebrating the only goal against Romania with O Fenômeno’s patented ... Read More »

·         Almuwashar’s goal against Thailand was his first for the Saudi national team ·         He was handed his full international debut by Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard ·         He began his pro career with Al-Hilal, but played just twice for the club Saudi Arabia’s emphatic triumph over Thailand in their third round Group B qualifier for the 2018 FIFA World Cup ... Read More »

The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking has a new leader for the first time since March 2015, with Germany back at the summit. The European champions dethroned USA, who now sit second in a table shaped by an eventful three months of friendly matches and invitational tournaments. Shock results at the recent SheBelieves Cup did most to end the Stars & ... Read More »

THE DAY REPLAYED – Matchday 13 of the South American qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ saw Brazil pull further clear at the top and the six teams below them bunch even closer together. Only five points now separates second-placed Uruguay and seventh-placed Paraguay, as the battle for the four direct berths and the play-off spot intensifies. ... Read More »

2016 was a breakthrough year for football in Papua New Guinea. The largest nation in Oceania hosted their first FIFA tournament – the U-20 Women’s World Cup – and the PNG men’s national team won through to their first-ever OFC Nations Cup final. Indeed, only a penalty shoot-out stood before them and improbable qualification for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. ... Read More »

Marc Wilmots has been appointed the new coach of Côte d’Ivoire. The former Belgium coach takes charge of the Elephants after signing a two-year deal with the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) on Tuesday. He succeeds Frenchman Michel Dussuyer, who resigned from the role following Côte d’Ivoire’s exit at the group stage of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017. ... Read More »