The finalists for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020, world football’s premium awards event, were announced today during an online media event with FIFA Legends Hope Powell, Christie Pearce Rampone, Gilberto Silva and Pablo Aimar. The shortlisted candidates for The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2020 are (in alphabetical order): The …

Holders Spain will meet fellow five-time winners Italy in the 2021 Under-21 EURO group stage after the final tournament draw was made in Nyon, Switzerland last night. The 2021 finals, co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia, have a unique format and schedule, with the group stage taking place from March 24-31 …

LaLiga and the K-League have carried out in Seoul the signing of the MOU that will unite both competitions until the end of 2023, which represents an important advance in the collaboration between both leagues and it will open up the current relationship to a deeper cooperation in matters such …

The new batch of Indian Arrows have got the 2020-21 season underway with the IFA Shield and the boys have already started to chart out their “learnings” from their “first experience” in senior football. The All India Football Federation’s developmental squad, which assembled in Bhubaneswar last month for a brief …

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) condoles the sad demise of the 1962 Asian Games gold medal-winning team member D Ethiraj, who breathed his last on Friday, December 11, 2020. He was 86 years old. The prolific centre forward was a member of the historic Chuni Goswami-led Blue Tigers side …

Football’s response to COVID-19, the international match calendar and future competitions were among the topics covered as FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke via video link to the 30th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress. “We have shown strength, unity and solidarity, and this was the only way to cope with COVID, …

CONCACAF has today announced the structure of a new senior women’s national teams football calendar which will begin in 2021 and include major centralized summer tournaments in 2022 and 2024. The CONCACAF Council today approved this structure of new competitions with the aim of transforming women’s national team football across …

The CAF Executive Committee met today, Thursday, December 10 in Cairo. The committee approved major reforms aimed at better ways of combating corruption and bad governance, protecting the integrity of the game, as well as several measures in response to the health crisis linked to the Coronavirus. At the opening …

Hyderabad FC are back in action when they face ATK Mohun Bagan FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda in the Indian Super League campaign. After consecutive draws in the last two games against Bengaluru FC and Jamshedpur FC, Hyderabad FC will now aim to capitalize on their chances …

European football mourns ‘Pablito’, whose famous hat-trick against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup launched Italy to a third triumph. A moment of silence will be held at the start of all UEFA matches on Thursday, December 10 in memory of the late, great Paolo Rossi, whose goalscoring heroics …