Friday , April 26 2024

International Football

Oceania Match Officials appointed for 2024 Paris Olympic Football Tournaments!

Three Oceania Football Confederation match officials have been appointed to officiate at the 2024 Paris Olympic Football Tournaments. New Zealander Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh has been announced as one of the referees for Paris, while his compatriot Isaac Trevis and Solomon Islands Bernard Mutukera will be assistant referees. The FIFA Referees Committee …

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Multiple job-holding report provides insights to help improve elite women’s football!

FIFA has released a report which examines the circumstances of elite female players who, apart from football, hold other jobs, or have care or study commitments, in various countries around the world. While women’s football at the top level has seen a remarkable trajectory towards professionalisation in the past twenty …

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Exciting second leg anticipated in CAF Champions League Quarterfinals!

Eights clubs are bracing themselves for what promises to be exhilarating second-leg matches of the quarterfinals of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League this weekend with title holders Al Ahly confident of their chances of progress. With the stage set for the second leg matches, anticipation runs high as teams vie …

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Castore sign multi-season partnership with FC Zurich!

Castore are thrilled to announce a new multi-year partnership with FC Zurich. The multi-season collaboration sees Castore becoming the club’s ‘Official Kit Partner’ for the 2024-2025 season and onwards. The partnership with FC Zurich signifies an ongoing commitment to worldwide football, continuing Castore’s upwards trajectory with further expansion throughout Europe. …

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Breaking Down Barriers – Meet FIFA Legend Jaiyah Saelua!

American Samoa footballer Jaiyah Saelua has been a trailblazer for inclusivity in football. The first openly non-binary and trans woman to compete in a Football World Cup qualifier, is in Auckland, New Zealand this week as an ambassador for the Rainbow Games. Rainbow Games | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ 2024 …

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Vancouver FC unveil 2024 alternate cherry blossom kit by Macron!

Vancouver FC have released its new Cherry Blossom Kit, which will serve as the club’s alternate strip for the 2024 Canadian Premier League season. The Cherry Blossom Kit design is inspired by a phenomenon that is characteristic of spring in Vancouver: the blossoming of the approximately 40,000 cherry trees found …

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CAF Safeguarding gains momentum with awareness initiatives during AFCON 2023!

As the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) continues driving towards CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe’s bold vision of making African football globally competitive and self-sustaining, CAF’s various divisions continue to make significant progress to this effect. As part of creating a safe and secure environment for African football to thrive …

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Gianni Infantino says FIFA & Member FAs must fight match-fixing together!

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has told the first FIFA Integrity Summit that the threat of match manipulation has not gone away and can only be tackled if FIFA and its Member Associations (MAs) join forces and fight it together. The two-day event, which is taking place in Singapore in collaboration …

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Elisa Senss returns for Germany Women’s after Sara Däbritz injury!

Sara Däbritz has withdrawn from the Germany squad for the April internationals with an adductor injury. Elisa Senß, who was left out of the original squad due to an illness, has been called up to replace her, having recovered sufficiently for Friday’s European Championship qualifier against Austria in Linz (20:30 …

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Japanese youth players visit VfB Stuttgart!

As part of its decades-long twinning arrangement with Ogaki, Stuttgart is once again taking part in a youth sports exchange programme with the Japanese city this year – and VfB are involved too. The exchange programme between Stuttgart’s Youth Sports Association and the Ogaki Amateur Sports Federation, which is part …

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