An incredibly motivated group of over 16,000 volunteers, joined by thousands who followed online from around the world, gathered at the Lusail Stadium for the official orientation event – a festive ceremony featuring football legends and 2022 FIFA World Cup top brass. The largest of the host venues for the …
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Football fans across the world are counting the days until the FIFA World Cup 2022 begins. 32 nations are gearing to chase down the coveted prize in international football. Sure, only one team will prevail but the tournament promises incredible thrills and spills along the way. The tournament doesn’t just …
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The 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022, postponed earlier due COVID-19 challenges, has now been rescheduled for March 2 to 6, 2023 in Doha, Qatar. With the theme “Football and sports medicine – celebrating diversity,” interested participants can now sign-up for the highly engaging conference here. The Conference will welcome …
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Ozuna and Gims have teamed up with FIFA for the release of Arhbo, the upbeat new single from the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar Official Soundtrack. Following global hit Hayya Hayya (Better Together), the second single from the soundtrack will be available on streaming services on Friday, August 26. …
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With less than 100 days to go until the start of the greatest show on Earth, a total of 2.45 million tickets have now been sold. The first FIFA World Cup to be held in the Middle East and Arab world will kick off on November 20, bringing fans from …
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Between May 31 and June 22, FIFA held three seminars to thoroughly prepare the 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video match officials from all six confederations chosen to officiate at the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar. The three-day seminars enabled officials from each confederation to come …
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off with an even greater celebration for local and international fans as host country Qatar will now play Ecuador on Sunday, November 20 at 19:00 local time as part of a stand-alone event. The opening match and ceremony of this year’s tournament at …
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More than half a million people have now signed up on FIFA’s global volunteer platform. The FIFA volunteer programme, revamped in December 2020, is the largest of its kind in sport, allowing everyone who signs up on the registration portal to apply to take part in any future FIFA tournament. …
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All 32 teams to be based at same top-class facilities throughout competition; 24 teams to stay within 10km radius of each other; Selection process started in October 2019, with 162 inspection visits organised The 31 teams travelling to Qatar will have a Team Base Camp (TBC) to call home at …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received Expressions of Interest (EoI) from four AFC Member Associations (MAs) to host the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final competition. Following the AFC’s invitation to all MAs to express their interest in hosting the flagship men’s national team tournament on May 31, 2022, the …
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