Following the partnership announced at the end of last year between UEFA and Groupe Amaury, owner of the media companies France Football and L’Équipe, to co-organise the renowned Ballon d’Or from 2024, the date and venue for this season’s event have been revealed. The 68th prestigious awards ceremony will take …
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India’s hopes for qualifying for the third round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027 Preliminary Joint Qualification took a hit as they were held 0-0 by Kuwait in their penultimate Group A game at the Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday, June 6, 2024. In what …
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The draw for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia has set the stage for an intriguing challenge for the four African representatives – Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria. Nigeria, the most successful African nation in the tournament’s history with two runners-up finishes, will face a daunting task …
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In April, FC Salzburg became the twelfth and final European team to secure a place at the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA (June 15 to July 13, 2025), giving them a chance for previously unheard of global exposure. The Austrians qualified for the inaugural 32-team FIFA Club World …
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After celebrating the recent win of the Bulgarian Cup, the fourth in its history, Macron and PFK Botev Plovdiv announce the renewal of their partnership, which sees them together from 2022. PFK Botev Plovdiv plays in the First League, Bulgaria’s top football league, and is the oldest club in the …
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Ten international senior and Under-21 teams will be sporting new kits over the next two years thanks to the UEFA kit assistance scheme, run in cooperation with Italian kit suppliers Erreà Sport. The kit assistance scheme, launched in 2007, provides match and training kit for smaller national associations’ men’s and …
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Candid Football Conversations returns with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, giving my thoughts on Sunil Chhetri set to play the last time for the Indian national football team against Kuwait on June 6 in Kolkata. #CandidFootballConversations returns with with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, giving my thoughts on #SunilChhetri set to play the last …
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The draw for the 11th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was made in Bogotá on Wednesday, June 5 with Hall 74 Centro de Eventos in the Colombian capital providing a fitting stage as the participating nations discovered the group-stage matchups and subsequent pathways at the tournament. For …
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Watch the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier pre-match press conference featuring India head coach Igor Stimac and captain Sunil Chhetri.
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As XtraTime reports, Kuwait trained a final time in Kolkata last night ahead of facing the Indian national team tonight.
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