Since 2010, UEFA has been supporting football-related academic research projects through its Research Grant Programme. Dr Paul Kitchin analyses efforts to involve disabled people in football. When striving for best practice, organisations require benchmarks to help them improve their performance. Many national associations and clubs offer football for all programmes …

Several of the most iconic names in Asian football are poised to grace the eagerly-anticipated AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Final Draw tonight, May 4 at Dubai’s Armani Hotel in the United Arab Emirates’ iconic Burj Khalifa at 7:30pm (UAE time). Iran’s Ali Daei, who was top scorer the last …

The Mohammedan Sporting Club U-13 boys were lucky to make it to the semifinals of the inaugural U-13 Youth League as Group B champions. The Young Panthers, who beat Dempo SC 2-0 on the opening day, only required a draw from their final group game against Shillong Lajong FC at …

The Chennaiyin FC Under-13 boys team concluded their U-13 Youth League final round campaign with a 0-6 defeat against SAI – Kolkata at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) Practice Ground in Kolkata today. The result brought to an end the CFC U-13 boys’ first experience at the national stage …

The group stage matches of the inaugural U-13 Youth League’s Final Round in Kolkata have been concluded on Thursday, May 3. A total of ten teams took to the field on Match Day 3 hoping to make it to the semifinals and the four teams who have managed to earn …

A new report by UEFA and its associated social responsibility partner World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) shows how sport can contribute to sustainability and tackle climate change at all levels, from the grassroots to the elite. The report, ‘Playing for Our Planet’, focuses on environmental initiatives taking place across …

The Future’s new heroes will be worshipped on the pitch in years to come but were made on the streets. PUMA’s FUTURE NEXT wraps the FUTURE 18.1 NETFIT in a graphic inspired by the journey a player takes from the local street pitches of their neighborhoods to the grass floored …

A professional footballer with an impressive profile: Yann Sommer, who has been crowned Swiss Superleague champion with FC Basel four times in a row and has since played for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, is now the new brand ambassador for IWC Schaffhausen. Sport has always been a high priority …

Goals from Sunil Chhetri (16′), Daniel Segovia (17′, 62′), Udanta Singh (30′) and Daniel Lalhlimpuia (89′) gave Albert Roca the reaction he wanted from his side as Bengaluru FC beat a hapless Aizawl FC 5-0 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, to keep their hopes of a place in the knockout …

Special Olympics International announced today that acclaimed football legend, Didier Drogba, will be named a Special Olympics Global Ambassador to support the social inclusion movement. The announcement event will take place on Saturday, May 5 at Raymond S. Kellis High School in Glendale, Arizona at 9am PST during the 2018 …