Dhaka: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reaffirmed his organisation’s commitment to eliminate racism, saying it has no place in football. “We need to send strong messages, that if there are racists that abuse the soccer players we have to stop the game… We cannot let the racists win,” Efe news quoted Infantino as saying in […]
Apr 24, 2021
Bhubaneswar: An eight member delegation of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) inspected infrastructure and other facilities for the upcoming U-17 Women’s World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. The FIFA delegation, led by project head Oliver Vogt, visited the Kalinga Stadium to evaluate the progress and preparations for the football tournament. “We […]
Apr 22, 2021
Geneva: Belgium have been crowned FIFA ‘Team of the Year’ for the second successive time after a record-breaking year for the global ladder. The team, known as the Red Devils, had held on to top spot in a December table barely impacted by just 19 friendlies toward the end of a year in which 1,082 […]
Apr 22, 2021
Zurich: World football governing body FIFA on Thursday proposed postponing all the upcoming 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup Cup qualifiers, including India’s home game against Qatar, due to the rising coronavirus threat. FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) met at the apex body’s headquarters here to discuss football activities in Asia. Also […]
Apr 19, 2021
New Delhi: The FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup to be held in India in November was on Saturday postponed by football’s governing body due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. The women’s age group showpiece was to be held at five venues in the country –Kolkata, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad and Navi Mumbai — […]
Apr 18, 2021
New Delhi: Fifatrol as an immunity-boosting ayurvedic drug has found a mention among around 200 technologies and research activities evaluated by experts in a recently released compendium for combating coronavirus. Compiled by the state-run National Research Development Corporation, the ‘Compendium of Indian Technologies for Combating COVID-19 (Tracing, Testing &Treating)’ provides the status of 200 indigenously […]
Apr 17, 2021
Bhubaneswar: The capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, will host a total of eight matches of the upcoming FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup which is scheduled to take place from February 17 to March 7, next year. The All India Football Federation today released the updated match schedule for the tournament which said that six group-stage […]
Apr 15, 2021
Sydney: Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, football’s global governing body FIFA announced on Thursday. FIFA said that the joint bid submitted by Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football received 22 of the 35 valid votes cast by the FIFA Council members in the first ballot, with the […]
Apr 15, 2021
Zurich: FIFA’s ruling council has unanimously approved the COVID-19 Relief Plan giving a total of $1.5 billion to help the global football community to weather the Coronavirus pandemic. FIFA said that each of the 211 member associations will get a one million dollars payment, part of which will be granted in July this year, while […]
Apr 15, 2021
New Delhi: The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will be held behind closed doors only in the worst-case scenario, All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das said on Monday amid a continued rise in the country’s COVID-19 case count. Already postponed once, the tournament is to be held from February 17 to March 7 […]
Apr 15, 2021
New Delhi: The wait for the return of international football continues with the rescheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers by FIFA and AFC. However, the announcement has not dampened the spirits of Indian national team players. Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has sounded out the mood for the […]
Apr 13, 2021
Lausanne: Football’s world governing body FIFA on Wednesday suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with immediate effect due to third-party interference. It also banned the Chadian Football Association (FTFA) due…
Apr 07, 2021
Geneva: The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played in packed stadiums next year, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Monday. “I am very, very confident (it) will be incredible, will have the same magic, uniting the world,” Infantino said in a virtual press conference in Geneva. “We will be back to where we […]
Apr 05, 2021
Belgrade: Serbia drew with Portugal 2-2 in the second qualifier for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup here. Portugal gained the early lead in the 11th minute on Saturday when Diogo Jota caught a long pass and sent it behind the keeper with a header, Xinhua news reports. Jota repeated the almost same action with […]
Apr 01, 2021
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