Winger Arjen Robben has announced his international retirement moments after leading his Netherlands team to a 2-0 win against Sweden in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday, October 10 evening. The 33 year old star winger scored both goals in the win against Sweden, but the Dutch failed …
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With the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia approaching their end and more and more teams securing their places at next year’s finals, the first ticket sales period for FIFA’s flagship tournament is soon to conclude. The Random Selection Draw sales period closes on October 12, so …
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In addition to host country Russia; Brazil, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Belgium, South Korea and Saudi Arabia have so far secured their spots at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. As of September 14, 2017 at 12:00 (Moscow time), fans all over the world will also be able to book …
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Following another round of thrilling matches as we enter the final straight in qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, FIFA today announced that the European play-off draw will take place in Zurich on Tuesday, October 17 at 14:00h CET. The draw will be streamed live on FIFA.com and YouTube. …
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Germany coach Joachim Löw earlier today named his 24 player Germany squad for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic (September 1, Prague) and Norway (September 4, Stuttgart). After the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup triumph, Löw welcomes back 2014 FIFA World Cup winners Mats Hummels and …
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FIFA has opened an invitation to tender (“ITT”) in Greece for the media rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. These media rights will cover TV, internet, mobile and radio transmissions. This tender process will allow FIFA to select the media companies that are best placed to operationally secure …
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World football governing body FIFA has been forced to release the ‘Garcia Report’ from 2014 about the 2018 & 2022 FIFA World Cup biddings after a media leak. FIFA in a statement wrote, “The new chairpersons of the independent Ethics Committee, Maria Claudia Rojas of the investigatory chamber and Vassilios …
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FIFA and Russian company Megalicense Entertainment have signed an agreement for Megalicense to manage the retail and licensing programme of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The programme includes the production of official licensed products and the opening of official fan shops in the host …
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Hisense, one of China’s largest consumer electronics companies, has become an Official Sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The company has been number one in Chinese TV market shares for the last 13 years, and its success in China has helped to support the rapid expansion of its …
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I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons of the Day it is all about the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the Road to Russia 2018 as qualification matches were played around the world.
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