FIFA

Neymar has been recalled to the Brazil squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after head coach Carlo Ancelotti announced his final 26-man selection in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The 34-year-old forward, currently playing for Santos, returns to…

africa/">africa/">South Africa are preparing for their fourth FIFA World Cup appearance after successfully qualifying for the 2026 tournament, set to be hosted across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Bafana Bafana secured…

The 1970 FIFA World Cup was held in Mexico. It was the first World Cup to be televised in colour, staged outside of Europe or South America, and allowed for in-match substitutions. Red and yellow cards were introduced for the first time in…

The 1966 FIFA World Cup was held in England, the birthplace of modern football. The Beatles were preparing for the release of Revolver, the Vietnam War was ongoing, and Martin Luther King was leading rallies in Chicago. England were a…

FIFA have no plans to replace Iran with Italy at this summer’s World Cup. Sources confirm the governing body remains committed to the original line-up. This follows a bold suggestion from US special envoy Paolo Zampolli. He proposed that…

The magical day on which Cape Verde achieved their first FIFA World Cup qualification will be remembered for a really long time.   Cape Verde had been under Portuguese rule up until 1975. Its football team played the first ever match…

Most football fans have one or a few iconic stadiums that come to their minds when asked what ground they would wish to experience a football match at. Some say Anfield, while many votes go to the Signal Iduna Park, and others suggest…

Former Japanese international Keisuke Honda has revealed the collapse of a major American advertising deal following his public support for the Iranian national team. The 39-year-old playmaker, a hero of three World Cup campaigns, saw a…

Amritha Mohan, a research scholar from Kannur, has been awarded the prestigious FIFA Research Scholarship for her pioneering research project on women’s football in Kerala. The scholarship, which supports academic research on football from…

In the hallowed halls of FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, where the dreams of footballers from Soweto to São Paulo are supposedly nurtured with equal reverence, a profound silence echoes through corridors lined with rhetoric about unity,…