Felicite Rwemarika, a leading figure in Rwandan football, visited the Home of FIFA on 8 November just a day after winning a prestigious award from the International Olympic Committee. The inspirational figure, who has been central to creating an environment where young women can play football in the east African country, met with FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura sporting a ... Read More »

Ahead of last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA.com polled fans on the tournament’s greatest-ever goal. It was not long before a clear winner emerged. Abby Wambach’s effort was not, in truth, the most skilfully executed or aesthetically pleasing of the 15 shortlisted strikes. But its significance, the context in which it was scored and the impact it had ... Read More »

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 Fan Zone was officially opened in Port Moresby on Saturday. Situated in front of the Vision City Mega Mall, it is a place where football fans will be able to come together and share their passion for the game throughout the competition. Fans without tickets for the games will be ... Read More »

For 15 years, Mexico’s matches in Columbus only ended one way – with the bitter taste of 2-0 defeat. It all started back in the final six-team ‘Hexagonal’ round of qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™, when USA opted for the capital of Ohio state as the ideal ‘fortress’ to tackle El Tri – thus picking a location ... Read More »

Joachim Low continues to write his own impressive history, and just how high the man from the Black Forest can set the bar remains to be seen. “I’ve been around a long time and I hope there are a few more [successful years] to come,” he said after his latest milestone: presiding over more wins than any other coach in ... Read More »

‘Kumul Susa’, by popular PNG artists Mereani Masani and Dadiigii, is the Official Song of this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea. Mereani Masani and Dadiigii performed the song for the first time at the Opening Ceremony of the Fan Zone on Saturday 12th November. Written by Dadiigii, ‘Kumul Susa’ features over 16 different local indigenous ... Read More »

Jose Fonte has stated that he will never retire from Portugal duty. The Southampton centre-back, who turns 33 next month, is the third-oldest member of the squad Fernando Santos selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ qualifier at home to Latvia on Sunday, after Bruno Alves and Ricardo Quaresma. “I believe that you should never quit the national ... Read More »

Laurent Koscielny has revealed he prefers playing Scrabble to video games, and admits his France team-mates “must think I’m like a granddad”. The 31-year-old is one of the oldest members of the Bleu squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ qualifier at home to Sweden on Friday. It also includes Ousmane Dembele, Kingsley Coman, Adrien Rabiot and ... Read More »

Former Colombia playmaker Giovanni Hernandez has recalled Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal as youngsters, and championed the latter as being on a par with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Hernandez was part of a successful Colo-Colo side alongside Sanchez and Vidal before the former joined Udinese and the latter went to Bayer Leverkusen. “Vidal is on the level of Cristiano ... Read More »

The Official Draw for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 will feature a very special guest, whose footballing career is intertwined with the tournament. Julio Baptista will be on stage in Kazan on 26 November; the Brazilian midfielder will be reunited with the trophy that he won at back-to-back tournaments, in 2005 and 2009. “Some of the brightest moments in ... Read More »