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International Football

Hansi Flick names Germany squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers!

Germany head coach Hansi Flick has named his 23-man squad for the two upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in October. Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona) and defender Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach) are both back involved for the games against Romania and North Macedonia – for the first time …

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Shanmugam Venkatesh: IM Vijayan was like a festival, you just needed to enjoy him on the field!

Apart from Sunil Chhetri, there’s someone else in the current Blue Tigers contingent who has won the SAFF Championship twice as a player. In fact, he has also been on the triumphant side as an Assistant Coach in 2015, besides making it to the final (also as an Assistant coach) …

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India Women’s Team set for first match with under Thomas Dennerby!

With around four months to go for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the Indian Women’s Team is hard at work, first in Jamshedpur, and now in Dubai, UAE, training under new head coach Thomas Dennerby, as they prepare for their upcoming friendly against the UAE Women’s Team on Saturday, October …

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Totti Soccer School & UMBRO launch 2021/22 season kits!

UMBRO have teamed up with Totti Soccer School to drop two jerseys for the 2021/22 season. Named after Italian icon Francesco Totti, the school provides training programmes and initiatives for over 500 young players of all ages across Italy. Earlier this year, the partnership was launched with #ThePromiseOfFootball, a special …

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Future of football: The most inclusive and thorough consultation process that football has ever seen!

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stated that FIFA is undertaking the “most inclusive and thorough consultation process that the world of football has ever seen on a global basis” during the first FIFA member associations online summit to address the need for reforms to the current international match calendars (IMC) …

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Referees benefit from Tonga courses!

Forty two referees gained new qualifications in Tonga last week after taking part in referee courses held on the islands of Vava’u and ‘Eua. Twenty two participants took part in the OFC Referees Level 1 course at Lolomana’ia Park, facilitated by TFA Referee Development Officers Kolinisiasi Vakatapu and Teiapa’a Tu’itavuki, …

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Only the sky will be the limit for African women’s football!

This is the culmination of hard work that began several years ago. CAF was committed to introducing new competitions to strengthen the clubs and leagues of the continent when it developed the 2020-2023 women’s football strategy. Promise kept, since women’s football clubs now have their Champions League. After a qualification …

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Five newcomers in Antonio Di Salvo’s first Germany U-21 squad!

Antonio Di Salvo has named his squad for his first matches as Germany U-21 national team head coach, two European Championship qualifiers against Israel in Paderborn (October 7, 18:15 CEST) and against Hungary in Szeged (October 12, 17:30 CEST). Vincent Müller (PSV Eindhoven), Luca Netz (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Jan Thielmann (1.FC …

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AFC agrees media rights deal with ESPN for Latin & Central America besides the Caribbean!

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced ESPN as their new media partner in Latin America, Central America and non-exclusively in the Caribbean to broadcast AFC competitions for the 2021 to 2024 rights cycle. The agreement includes all major AFC national team and club competitions, including but not limited …

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