Tag Archives: School Football

The host nation of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup – Costa Rica has seized the moment to launch Football for Schools, the FIFA programme that uses football as a social development tool within the school curriculum of the countries that implement it. The official ceremony took place at …

Jamshedpur FC, in collaboration with Loyola School, Jamshedpur hosted its first Grassroots Football Festival after the pandemic. The event brings football back to the city after a two-year-long hiatus. This festival marks the commencement of several other Grassroots schools, which will resume in Jamshedpur. More than 1,000 children participated, 70 …

CAF president Dr Patrice Motsepe launched the CAF African Schools Football Programme in Maputo, Mozambique; in an event attended by members of the Mozambican Government, business and football leaders from Mozambique and the COSAFA region. Before the launch, the CAF President met with Mozambique President, His Excellency Filipe Nyusi, who …

CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe will be in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo for the launch and kick-off event of the CAF African Schools Programme on Tuesday, April 26. In the morning of Tuesday, April 26, president Dr. Motsepe together with Mozambique Football Association president Feizal Sidat and CAF general secretary Veron …

Role models was the theme of the day at the Football for Schools event in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as FIFA Foundation CEO Youri Djorkaeff teamed up with his father Jean, himself a former France international, to help run the workshop. The Djorkaeffs, who have Mongolian heritage, were joined by South Korea’s …

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the President of CAF, has lauded the successful weekend of the African Schools Cup in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr Motsepe, together with FIFA President, Mr Gianni Infantino attended the weekend festival in Kinshasa that included schools from six African countries. This was a culmination of …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended a stunning final day of the African School Champions Cup in Kinshasa, lauding “the beauty of football” and previewing a strong future for a tournament prioritising education and social development through football. Mr Infantino was joined at the Stade des Martyrs by several distinguished guests, …

A social development programme involving all participant teams has kicked off the activities at the Panafrican School Championship in Kinshasa, with FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura lending her encouragement during a visit to the sessions. In collaboration with streetfootballworld, TackleAfrica and the United Nations Agency UNWomen, teambuilding sessions were activated …

Hervé Renard, the only coach to win the CAF Africa Cup of Nations with two different teams, recognises that one of strong points of African football is that players hone their skills by playing barefoot on any piece of land they can find, building up their strength and natural skills. …