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East Zone action in the AFC Champions League resumes on Wednesday Sixteen sides will compete to face Persepolis in the final Cedric Bakambu, Andres Iniesta and Renato Augusto are players to watch Persepolis will represent the west in the AFC Champions League 2020. The question now is: which one of the remaining 16 teams from […]

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First-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup match took place 29 years ago today China PR legend Sun Wen shares her memories of the occasion “I feel it was the most unforgettable experience of my life” When it comes to selecting a career highlight, Sun Wen is spoiled for choice. One of the female game’s all-time greats, […]

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Indigenous Football Week was created to help open up pathways Six indigenous Australians have represented the Matildas Shadeene Evans and Jada Whyman chasing Green and Gold dream for 2023 Indigenous Australians’ passion for sport is long and deep-rooted. Several sources refer to ball games being played by indigenous inhabitants of the land prior to the […]

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Switzerland won the FIFA U-17 World Cup on 15 November 2009 Where are those champions now? FIFA.com talks with coach Dany Ryser and defender Charyl Chapuis ‘They came, they conquered, they never returned.’ This modified version of the well-known saying is rather fitting for Switzerland, who won the country’s first-ever global title at their historic […]

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FIFA.com has the build-up to Colombia-Uruguay, Chile-Peru & Brazil-Venezuela See quotes, stats, trivia & photos Live updates posted throughout the games Yesterday’s results Bolivia 2-3 Ecuador Argentina 1-1 Paraguay Colombia-Uruguay Did you know? Colombia and Uruguay both have a centre forward called ‘Luis Suarez’ in their squad. The former called up theirs – an uncapped […]

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Chile-Peru in Santiago the standout fixture Argentina and Brazil aim to maintain perfect starts We preview third round of games in South American qualifiers Although it is still early days, the stakes are already high for a raft of South America sides as they gear up for the third round of qualifying games for the […]

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After debuting at Russia 2018, Peru want more of the same in Qatar Contenders for one of South America’s four direct qualifying berths Key midfielder Renato Tapia talks to FIFA.com before double header When Peru upset the odds in 2017 to reach their first FIFA World Cup™ for 36 years, Renato Tapia was among a […]

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Rolf Feltscher insists that, despite a slow start, Venezuela can reach Qatar 2022 The right-back assesses upcoming opponents Brazil and Chile He also discusses Zlatan, Michael Jackson and MMA With their first two fixtures against Colombia away and Paraguay at home, Venezuela fans knew they were in for a tough start to FIFA World Cup […]

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Rolf Feltscher insists that, despite a slow start, Venezuela can reach Qatar 2022 The right-back assesses upcoming opponents Brazil and Chile He also discusses Zlatan, Michael Jackson and MMA With their first two fixtures against Colombia away and Paraguay at home, Venezuela fans knew they were in for a tough start to FIFA World Cup […]

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The UEFA Play-offs decide the last two World Cup tickets for Europe Czech Republic became the 14th team to qualify for the World Cup in Lithuania Finland and Serbia will play for the continent’s last ticket on offer Czech Republic beat Croatia on penalties in the second leg of the UEFA play-offs to become the […]

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