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Spain won the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 after beating England 1-0 in the final on Sunday, becoming the fifth team to be crowned champions in the 9th edition of the quadrennial event. Spanish captain Olga Carmona scored in the 29th minute set up by Mariona Caldentey in a counter-attack, drilling in from the left. …
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Co-hosts Australia on Monday qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals over a 2-0 win against Denmark. In the 29th minute Australian midfielder Caitlin Foord scored the opener in a Round of 16 match in Sydney. The Matildas waited for at least an hour to double the gap as Hayley Raso added a…
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Nigeria will not play in the quarter-final at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. This comes after the Super Falcons lost to England via penalty shoot-out in the Round of 16 on Monday. Nigeria had played a 0-0 draw with England after 120 minutes. Desire Oparanozie and Michelle Alozie missed…
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They’ve seen the American agony. The German gloom. And Brazilians broken-hearted. Upsets have opened up a clearer route to World Cup glory for England – but have shown how the heavyweights are marks to be taken down. “I think everyone who plays against us wants to beat us,” England manager Sarina Wiegman said. “What we…
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UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw ceremony was held Monday in the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw pitted the winner of the Galatasaray – Zalgiris match against either Bulgaria’s Ludogorets or Slovenia’s Olimpija Ljubljana in the next stage. To qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, teams must first…
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The United States will host FIFA’s new, expanded Club World Cup in 2025, football’s global governing body has announced. FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed the 32-team tournament on the eve of the 2022 World Cup final. It is set to feature 12 European clubs, including the last three Champions League winners Chelsea, Real Madrid and…
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FIFA have officially unveiled the logo and branding for the 2026 World Cup that will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The event took place on Wednesday in Los Angeles at the Griffith Observatory, with the slogan “We are 26,” and kicked off the beginning of the journey that will lead to the 2026 World Cup,…
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GIANNI INFANTINO (FIFA PRESIDENT) “We are convinced of the power of our game.” A short phrase by Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, from his closing press conference at this winter’s World Cup. Compared with his opening speech some four weeks previously, a wild-eyed address that went viral in a manner unusual for sports administrators, it appears harmless…
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Gianni Infantino has secured backing from the FIFA Council to potentially extend his presidency until 2031 – beyond the 12-year limit envisaged in reforms of the scandal-plagued football body he helped to draw up. The job running world football pays around $3m (£2.46m) annually and he is unopposed to be re-elected in March. The FIFA…
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Citing human rights abuses, campaigns to stop Germany, Denmark and Norway from participating in the contest are gaining steam. But is Qatar being unfairly singled out? Campaigners are pressuring Germany, Denmark and Norway to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup in protest against human rights conditions in the host country, Qatar. They amount to the…
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A physical alien among Adonises trundled, panting, into his new club’s dressing room one morning in 1958. A light session of fitness drills, in which he had only semi-partaken, had caused the sweat-saturated jersey of the man described by former England manager Ron Greenwood as ‘a roly-poly little fellow who looked as if he did…
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A combination of 40 FIFA Legends and current professional footballers, each sporting a black jersey, have taken their message of #StopRacism, #StopViolence and #StopDiscrimination to social media during the past week, a spontaneous plea that has to date reached over 44 million fans worldwide. “It’s reassuring to see that every day a growing number of FIFA Legends…
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The forthcoming changes to football have been well discussed, from the transfer market right through to changes in the structure of training sessions, yet even more differences to the game are coming, with FIFA set to agree to a move which will permit five substitutions per match. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed football, perhaps forever, and…
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FIFA has joined forces with the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in supporting the #BeActive campaign launched on the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to encourage people to be #HealthyAtHome as the world comes together in the fight against COVID-19, today and every day. WHO recommends all…
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino has praised Qatar’s infrastructure progress and described the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ as a unique opportunity for football fans to experience a new culture and region during a whistle-stop tour of the country. Infantino visited the 40,000-capacity Al Wakrah Stadium before taking a helicopter ride to view the other seven proposed…
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FIFA’s disciplinary committee has punished Manchester City for international transfers of underage players, but the English side have escaped being hit with a transfer ban. The sanction is a financial one, with City fined 370,000 Swiss Francs – around 339,000 euros. “The FIFA disciplinary committee has sanctioned English club Manchester Cityfor breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of…
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