International Football

Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke was a special guest at the Indian Super League encounter between reigning champions Chennaiyin FC and Delhi Dynamos FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday evening. Yorke along with another Red Devils stalwart Wes Brown whilst in the city also attended the …

PUMA Football and citizens captain Vincent Kompany have signed a long-term partnership, which will see the Belgian defender hang up his leather shoes and step into the PUMA Future for his next game. Having 87 caps for Belgium, Kompany has become a role model and unifying figure in his linguistically-divided …

The remaining and perhaps most-anticipated design of the eight stadiums proposed by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar was unveiled yesterday at a colourful gala event held at the Lusail Marina, 15km north from Doha. With its golden bowl structure …

The journey towards the coronation of best performers for the CAF Awards 2018 gathers momentum with the announcement of the shortlists for the various categories. The shortlisted nominees were decided by votes from the members of the CAF Technical and Development Committee. The final phase will involve votes from CAF …

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced yesterday a multi-year agreement naming SAVI the official referee uniform provider for all CONCACAF tournaments and properties. With this agreement, SAVI becomes CONCACAF’s official female and male referee uniform provider over the next four years, for a range …

LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight football competition, has appointed IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, as its exclusive commercial agency for global sponsorship agreements. The long-term deal will see IMG market packages to attract new global LaLiga partners. IMG and LaLiga will develop innovative sponsorship packages, taking advantage …

This week in Paris, FIFA is taking part in the Sporting Chance Forum 2018 to help drive progress towards a world of sport that fully respects human rights. During the two-day event at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, representatives of affected groups, governments, sports bodies, trade unions, sponsors, NGOs, broadcasters, …

Coinciding with the Polish Football Association’s 100th anniversary in 2019, the country is gearing up to host its first-ever FIFA tournament, the FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played from May 23 to June 15, 2019. With less than six months to go before the big kick-off, FIFA and the Local Organising …