When football’s brightest young talents meet for the 79th Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup in a few weeks time, they will be following in the footsteps of giants. Global stars including Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Klaus Augenthaler, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Josep Guardiola all had their first experiences of international club competition in Zurich. FIFA.com hears from several Blue ... Read More »

With 12 goals, Mexico’s Ramon Maldonado was the top goalscorer in the CONCACAF qualifiers for Bahamas 2017 “The main things we have going for us are that we’re a tight-knit group and we keep our feet on the ground.” “To me, Ramon is an example to young people of what can be achieved in beach soccer,” Mexico coach ... Read More »

2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 qualifiers run from 3-12 April Winners of groups qualify for AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Matches take place in Korea DPR, Palestine, Tajikistan and Vietnam Asian teams begin their long journey to the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ on Monday as 18 sides, plus Jordan, battle it out in ... Read More »

Mexico the latest stop on a pre-Russia 2017 trophy tour Argentina icon’s Confederations Cup win & World Cup penalty heroics discussed Tour set to continue in Chile Argentina legend Sergio Goycochea today finished a two-day visit to Mexico, where he stopped by the headquarters of the Mexican Football Association in Toluca and enjoyed a get-together with ... Read More »

Workers’ Cup features teams of employees from around Qatar This year’s the biggest yet, featuring 32 sides Final to be the last match played at Al Thumama site, which will host a 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ stadium The final of the Workers’ Cup’s fifth edition is set to feature two sides involved in Supreme Committee for ... Read More »

Saudi Arabian gamer Khalid “xX ThE RoYaL Xx” Aloufi won FIFA Ultimate Team Regional Final in Sydney Aloufi beat compatriot and FIFA Interactive World Cup 2015 champion Abdulaziz “A8drAfwz” Alshehri in the final Both gamers advance to the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Final on 20-21 May, the last stop before the FIWC 2017 Grand Final Khalid’s ... Read More »

Now 36th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for March 2017 – the highest position in their history Climbed to third at the 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations Qualified for the third round of the African qualifiers for Russia 2018 If one were to put together a list of the top teams in Africa, the names ... Read More »

Semi-finalists’ show of support for a demoralised Goran Ivanisevic World Cup and Wimbledon made 1998 a golden year for Croatia Zvonimir Boban discusses that gesture and his friendship with tennis star The Croatian players in this image were about to play the biggest game of their lives. In their first FIFA World Cup™ as an independent ... Read More »

Tahiti’s Heimanu Taiarui won the adidas Golden Ball at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015. In 2016, while still playing for Tahiti, Taiarui was appointed national beach soccer team coach for the Bahamas, which will shortly be hosting the 2017 Beach Soccer World Cup. The talented Taiarui is one of the few players in Polynesia to achieve ... Read More »

While qualifying matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ were keeping fans on the edge of their seats across the globe, teams in the African zone were excused from competitive action, as they await the next round of qualifiers in August. This hiatus did not prevent African nations from playing a series of preparatory friendly matches, the details of ... Read More »