Tag: Fifa

Kochi: Brazil defeated Spain 2-1 in a Group D match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup football tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here on Saturday. Spain had taken the lead in the 5th minute through an own goal by Brazil’s Wesley. The South American champions however, recovered to strike back through Lincoln (25th) […]

New Delhi: India goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh on Tuesday said it’s a challenge to be playing with the top teams in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, adding he is ready for it. “It is a challenge that I am prepared for,” Dheeraj told www.the-aiff.com. India take on the United States in a Group A tie on Friday […]

Kolkata:  A host of officials of the world football’s governing body FIFA will be landing the city on Thursday for the Under-17 World Cup which gets underway in the country from October 6. Kolkata’s refurbished Salt Lake Stadium will host 10 matches alongwith the final on October 28. The first match that will be played […]

Amsterdam: Star forwards Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi led the 55-man list of FIFA World XI nominations announced by FIFPro here on Wednesday. A total of 25,000 professional footballers took part in a poll to nominate the best players. The footballers who received most votes in their line are on the list of 55. Ronaldo (4) […]

Kolkata: East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting, the city’s three legacy clubs, met FIFA and AFC officials on Thursday hoping that when the roadmap of Indian football is chalked out on the lines of having one league, they are not left out. “FIFA and AFC officials had good meetings with three clubs of the […]

Kolkata: World football’s governing body FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials will visit the city on September 13 and 14 to meet the state association and East Bengal and Mohun Bagan officials to discuss the way forward as to how there can be one league in the country from 2018. “FIFA officials will hold […]

Shillong: The credit for the Indian national team’s recent upswing in FIFA ranking to 96 from the 170s not too long ago should mainly go to Indian Super League (ISL) coaches, as the players greatly benefited from them, feels former Indian-origin English Premier League forward Michael Chopra. The 33-year-old former Newcastle star however cautioned against […]

Mumbai: Ahead of India’s football friendly against Nepal on June 6 here, Stephen Constantine’s men retained their 100th spot in the June FIFA rankings. India take on Kyrgyzstan after the Nepal tie in a a crucial 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier. Besides India, Nicaragua and Kazakhstan are also placed 100th. There was no change in their […]

Rio de Janeiro: Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to win the Best FIFA footballer of the year award in 2017, despite the fine performances of his rival Lionel Messi, according to Brazilian legend Ronaldo. “This year I would choose Cristiano Ronaldo to win it,” Ronaldo, a three-time recipient of football’s highest individual honour, was quoted as saying […]

Kolkata: Come September, Colombia soccer legend Carlos Valderrama may be seen in action with Argentine great Diego Maradona in Kolkata to kick-off a football carnival less than a month before the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Having already confirmed Maradona’s visit to the city on September 19-20, the organisers on Friday said they were now trying […]

Zurich: World football’s governing body FIFA on Friday lifted its four match international suspension of Barcelona star Lionel Messi after an appeal by the Argentine Football Association. Messi, who has already served one match of that suspension, was banned for insulting an assistant referee during Argentina’s World Cup qualifying match with Chile on March 23. […]

Kolkata: Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Friday said all remaining renovation work for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup should be completed by May 30 along with Kochi which he said is lagging behind. On an inspection tour of centres which will host the youth football showpiece for the first time from October 6-28, […]

Berlin: The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is looking to revolutionise penalty shootouts to make them fairer. Instead of alternating the spot kicks all the way through, the new system will be similar to a tie-break in tennis. The new mode is called “ABBA” whereby team A takes the first penalty followed by team […]

Kolkata: The Indian football team has made it into the top 100 of the FIFA world rankings for the first time in 21 years. As per the updated rankings, released on Thursday, the Stephen Constantine-coached side has climbed a rung and is now placed at the 100th spot along with Nicaragua, Lithuania and Estonia. The […]

Santiago: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) will have 6.5 spots in the 2026 World Cup. “The best football is played here in South America, and we hope that in 2018, a country from this continent wins the World Cup in Russia,” said Infantino to the 67th Conmebol […]