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July 15, 2020

FIFA World Cup™ match schedule confirmed: hosts Qatar to kick off 2022 tournament at Al Bayt Stadium 

Final confirmed to take place at 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium at 18:00 on 18 December Four matches a day throughout the group stage…

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July 14, 2020

The ten-sport scorer of Brazil’s first World Cup goal

Preguinho scored Brazil’s first World Cup goals 90 years ago today Football was one of ten sports in which he won trophies…

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Colo-Colo rewarded for talent production line

FIFA launched Women’s World Cup Club Solidarity Fund in 2019 Colo-Colo were one of the first clubs to have benefited We hear…

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Romania’s football-crazy king

Romania played in the inaugural FIFA World Cup Their first match, a 3-1 win over Peru, took place on this day Here’s…

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July 13, 2020

Romario rises to the occasion

Romario scored the semi-final winner against Sweden on this day in 1994 The little striker was the smallest man on the pitch…

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Lucien Laurent, the first World Cup goalscorer 

To mark the 90th anniversary of the first goal ever scored at the FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com recalls the career of the…

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Rimet’s World Cup vision realised

The first FIFA World Cup kicked off in Uruguay 90 years ago today Then FIFA President Jules Rimet battled stiff opposition to…

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FC Makunishi’s pride in star product Sugasawa rewarded

FC Makunishi one of 800+ clubs globally rewarded via FIFA Women’s World Cup Club Solidarity Fund Fund designed to recompense clubs who…

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July 12, 2020

The breakthrough Bleus in numbers

Sixty-eight years – that’s what it took France to win a tournament they had been the architects of. Two headers – that’s…

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Zidane heads France to the heavens

“He’s bigger than the Pope. This World Cup will be all about Ronaldo just as ‘70 was about Pele and ‘86 was…

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