FIFA’s inaugural Safeguarding Summit was held at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland at the end of last month, with OFC’s Head of Social Responsibility and OFC’s Legacy Manager joining alongside 200 attendees. Safeguarding Officers from across FIFA’s Member Associations and Confederations, experts and representatives were present at the …
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Fatma Samoura honoured in recognition of her achievements as Secretary General; Progress in women’s football and development schemes central themes of speech; Vows to continue work against discrimination after stepping down at the end of the year. Fatma Samoura has received the Choiseul Grand Prix award at a ceremony in …
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FIFA Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger will visit India from November 19 to 23 to discuss the implementation of FIFA’s talent development initiatives with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and other football organisations. Mr Wenger will begin his trip in Delhi, where he will meet with the …
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The long-awaited aspiration of the All India Football Federation to set up a world-class academy will finally become a reality in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on November 21, 2023. The AIFF-FIFA academy, to be launched under the FIFA Talent Development Scheme, will be inaugurated by Arsene Wenger, the Chief of Global Football …
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Africa’s qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup 26™ kick off on Wednesday, November 15 and you’ll be able to watch them all live on FIFA+. Nine African teams are guaranteed to compete at the FIFA World Cup. Another will participate in the FIFA Play-off Tournament as the global showpiece …
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The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the winners of the 2023 AWIEF Awards during a glamorous awards ceremony that took place on Friday night in Kigali, Rwanda. Many inspirational and outstanding African women entrepreneurs excelled this year in creating opportunities and positively impacting lives and communities, …
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Asia’s national teams will take another step towards the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 when the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 kicks off next Thursday. The dream remains alive for the 10 teams that made it through the first round of the Asian …
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FIFA and CAF can confirm that the Eritrean National Football Federation has withdrawn from the FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminary competition. Following Eritrea’s withdrawal, group E of the CAF qualifiers will be contested by the five remaining teams: Morocco, Zambia, Congo, Tanzania and Niger. All of Eritrea’s matches have been …
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FIFA+ will stream all matches from the U-17 World Cup; Tournament takes place between November 10 to December 2 in Indonesia; Find out how you can follow the action live! The FIFA U-17 World Cup kicks off in Indonesia on Friday, November 10 – and the tournament is being streamed …
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The All India Football Federation’s Executive Committee met at the Football House in New Delhi, on Thursday, November 9, 2023. President Kalyan Chaubey chaired the meeting, which was attended by Vice President NA Haris, Treasurer Kipa Ajay, Acting Secretary General M Satyanarayan, along with members Valanka Alemao, Menla Ethenpa, Avijit …
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