International Football

Bayer 04 Leverkusen supports the social commitment of Werkself players as a matter of course and that includes the current campaign by Nadiem Amiri for World Vision. The 26-year-old is acting in the name of the international aid organisation for people in need in Afghanistan, his parents native country. In …

Polish referee Szymon Marciniak has been appointed to take charge of the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between France and Argentina at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Sunday. The 41-year-old official from Plock, who has been an international referee since 2011, will be accompanied by assistant referees and compatriots Paweł …

Cape Verde will host the inaugural WAFU-A Zonal qualifiers of the African Schools Football Championship from Monday, December 19 to Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The three exciting days football jamboree will take place in the Cape Verdean Island of Santiago. The participating schools will be competing for a ticket to …

The SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship 2023 is schedule to kick off from February 3-9, 2023 next year. The tournament will be played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. India are slated to play Bhutan (February 3), Bangladesh (February 5), and Nepal (February 7) in a round-robin format, before the top two sides face …

After 63 matches and a month of thrilling action on the pitch, Argentina and France will meet this Sunday, December 18 for the ultimate prize of the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup. While the game kicks off at 18.00 (local time), fans should plan to take their seats …

Today, adidas unveils the next step in its global partnership with Common Goal – aimed at driving gender equality in football by supporting grassroots initiatives that increase access to the sport for women and girls, on and off the pitch. adidas’ commitment will see 1% of net sales of the …

Siniša Mihajlović, who played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Yugoslavia, has passed away this December 16, 2022 at the age of 53. He was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia in 2019. FIFA President Gianni Infantino expressed his sadness at the news. “I am deeply saddened to …

The FIFA Council met today in advance of the FIFA World Cup final in Doha, Qatar, which FIFA President Gianni Infantino hailed as the “best ever”, following nearly a month during which “football reinforced its unique cohesive power by uniting the world in a spirit of peace and friendship”, and …

FIFA Legends and FIFA World Cup winners Kaka, Francesco Totti and Alessandro del Piero have visited the pediatric unit at the Sidra Medicine facility in Doha where they chatted to the patients and their families, and gave them bags of football gifts. Kaka told FIFA.com that the visit brought some …