Chile book historic ticket to round out Tokyo 2020 field

Chile edge Cameroon 2-1 on aggregate La Roja are headed to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time All 12 teams confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Chile clinched the final ticket on offer for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 by edging Cameroon 2-1 on aggregate in their two-legged intercontinental play-off. The victory […]

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Heskey: Coaching helps you look at football differently

Emile Heskey represented England at four major tournaments The former Liverpool striker is now coaching Leicester City’s women He tells FIFA.com about that job and gives his take on England’s Class of 2021 Emile Heskey is one of Leicester’s favourite football sons. A local lad made good, he lifted two League Cups for his hometown […]

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Ambition fuelling Jesus Vidal return for Venezuela

Venezuelan injured in qualifiers for Lithuania 2021 Pandemic allowed him to recover for World Cup Player talks about that experience, as well as team preparations and goals It was 6 February 2020, with Venezuela contesting the biggest game in their futsal history, when Alfredo de Jesus Vidal felt something was not right. Instinctively, he looked […]

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The shooting stars hoping to light up a home World Cup

Australia and New Zealand’s squads have been largely settled in recent years Several fresh faces lit up the recent W-League season FIFA.com looks at newer names hoping to feature at a home Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand are set to welcome the world at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™, and, as always, […]

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Caparros: Armenia must have faith in the work being done

FIFA.com speaks exclusively with Armenia coach Joaquin Caparros His side have begun Qatar 2022 qualifying with three straight wins “We’ve started well, but we’re keeping our feet on the ground,” he says When Joaquin Caparros was appointed Sevilla coach back in 2000, he could never have guessed where he would be coaching 21 years later. […]

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FIFA World Cup 2022™ media rights awarded in Italy

Following the tender process for the Italian media rights to the FIFA World Cup 2022™, FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the competition to Rai, the Italian national public service broadcaster. Rai has been awarded multi-platform rights across television, digital and radio, and will provide an extremely strong broadcast platform for the tournament. In […]

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Vidal: Spain’s goal is to reach the final and win it

Spain coach Fede Vidal talks to FIFA.com He discusses La Roja’s preparation for the Futsal World Cup and EURO Major tournaments increasingly competitive, he says Futsal is one of the disciplines in which Spain has had greatest success over the years. However, maintaining that dominant position in the game is getting harder all the time. […]

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Tender processes launched in Australia and New Zealand for media rights to FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™

FIFA has opened two invitations to tender (ITT) for the media rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ in the host markets of Australia and New Zealand. The tender processes will allow FIFA to select the media companies that are best placed to achieve FIFA’s objectives of providing maximum exposure for the tournament and […]

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