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Rising star Lassina Traore plays for Ajax and Burkina Faso Scored a quintuple for his club last October, a first since Marco van Basten “We’ve got what it takes to achieve big things.” Lassina Traore had a very big hand in Ajax Amsterdam’s 13-0 thrashing of VVV-Venlo on 24 October last year, scoring five goals […]

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Al Ahly recently won their first CAF Champions League title since 2013 They overcame arch-rivals Zamalek to snatch a FIFA Club World Cup ticket FIFA.com reviews their ninth conquest Over the past three years, Al Ahly experienced disappointments that may have sunk lesser clubs. The Egyptian giants saw the CAF Champions League title elude them […]

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Boca, Palmeiras, River and Santos have 14 Libertadores crowns between them Three of the four have reached the semi-finals within the last two seasons The final will take place at the Maracana on 30 January South American giants Boca Juniors, Santos, River Plate and Palmeiras have made it to the Copa Libertadores 2020 semi-finals, and […]

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Barbra Banda is one of Africa’s hottest prospects The 20-year-old inspired Zambia to Olympic qualification She finished as top scorer in the Chinese Women’s Super League 2020 2020 may have been a challenging year, but in footballing terms, Barbra Banda will remember it fondly. She ended a successful spell in the Spanish top flight on […]

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Lithuania captain Justinas Zagurskas speaks ahead of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Zagurskas tells how he came to futsal as well as his expectations for the finals He explains the advantages and drawbacks of the tournament’s postponement The FIFA Futsal World Cup™ will kick off in Lithuania on 12 September 2021. The tournament was originally […]

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FIFA interviewed Pele and fellow legends for his 80th birthday Others: Calvert-Lewin, Firmino, Neymar, Oblak, Rakitic & Richarlison Former players: Baresi, Cafu, Matthaus, Milla, Taffarel & Xavi “Pele revolutionised football. Pele stopped a war. Pele united countries, united families. There was no race problem, language problem. I was born in 1970. In 2002, I became […]

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A touching tribute, record-extending champions, trophy returns to Egypt Top-scorer exits at the quarter-finals, two wonderful goals in the decider A champion with four coaches, Mosimane emulates El Gohary’s feat The 2019/2020 CAF Champions League was unique. After the Covid-19 pandemic halted football not only in Africa but the world over, the competition was suspended […]

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The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today taken several important decisions concerning upcoming FIFA competitions. Following the amazing success of the 2019 edition, the decision was taken last year to expand the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to 32 teams and thus continue to foster the growth of women’s football. FIFA has since worked closely […]

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Tigres beat LAFC in the CCL final The Mexican side had previously lost in three finals Andre-Pierre Gignac made his mark on the tournament Tigres won the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time on Tuesday, defeating Los Angeles FC in the 2020 final. In doing so, Los Felinos ended a run of three losses […]

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Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador have made impressive starts in South America Syria are flying in Asia as several heavyweights struggle Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire are in Africa’s group of death The qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ was hit by a number of organisational challenges in 2020. But with the action now […]

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