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Reinaldo Rueda hoping to take Chile back to the FIFA World Cup™ after 2018 failure The 63-year-old took Honduras to the world finals in 2010 and Ecuador in 2014 Chile placed fourth in his first major tournament with La Roja “It was a big blow for all of us.” Chile’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ […]
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By Samuel Eto’o, Qatar 2022 SC Global Ambassador So far, 2020 has been a year like no other in our lifetime. As COVID-19 sweeps through continents, countries and communities in every corner of the world, it is fair to say that our generation has never faced anything like this before. So, before I begin this […]
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It’s 50 years since Israel made their FIFA World Cup™ debut They came close to shock upsets against Sweden and Italy “The national team for Mexico 1970 was and is Israel’s best ever.” Along with fellow debutants El Salvador and Morocco, Israel were just making up the numbers in the eyes of many onlookers at […]
Bader Al-Mutawa regarded as one of Kuwait’s finest goalscorers He participated in all five of his side’s Qatar 2022 qualifying games The captain discusses his squad’s desire to return to a position of regional prominence Kuwaiti people remain proud that their national team led the way in putting Arabic football on the map in Asia, […]
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The Azteca is one of the world’s most revered football stadiums It has hosted a record 19 FIFA World Cup matches and two Finals It wowed Pele and Pope John Paul II ‘The Game of the Century’ ‘The Goal of the Century’ The canonisation of ‘The Beautiful Team’ The most deafening roar in football history […]
Diminutive Teruhito Nakagawa was the J.League’s player of the season He scored fifteen times to fire Yokohama to a drought-breaking title win “It is one of my goals to play at the World Cup” Fifteen goals plus ten assists last season. The J.League’s 2019 Most Valuable Player, as well as joint-leading marksman. The raw statistics […]
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Opening of FIFA video archive allowed fans to enjoy 35 premieres across nine weeks 32 full games re-broadcast, three Official FIFA Films aired on YouTube for free 750,000 votes cast on Twitter by fans to choose which matches were shown During unprecedented times of global isolation, FIFA’s digital archive was opened up with the #WorldCupAtHome […]
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Argentina legend Daniel Passarella turns 67 today He captained La Albiceleste to World Cup glory on home soil Passarella: “When you’re handed the cup, you feel numb” This is how it feels to lift the FIFA World Cup™. An image of sheer bliss, its subject – Argentina’s conquering captain, Daniel Passarella – was able to […]
Pat Bonner turns 60 today He is still stunned by the impact of his penalty save against Romania He believes Republic of Ireland’s Italy 1990 campaign brought the nation together Throughout the world, there are footballers destined to be forever remembered for one solitary moment. For the unlucky ones, that can mean an otherwise glittering […]
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The Brazil 1950 draw unfolded 70 years ago today A few teams dropped out for different reasons Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay were the four seeds In the centre of Rio de Janeiro, the then capital of Brazil, the Conference Hall of Itamaraty Palace was the venue chosen for the delegations from 14 countries to […]