Soccer and the NBA
Megastars galore from both basketball and football feature as FIFA spotlights the spellbinding links between the two sports.
Bumper crowd as Australia beat China PR in Olympic send-off
Real Madrid's Hayley Raso and Everton's Clare Wheeler hit the target as Australia beat AFC Women's Asian Cup™ champions China PR 2-0 in front of 76,798 fans on Monday at their final home match before the Olympics.
Clinical Klose’s medal milestone
Every Monday, FIFA spotlights a World Cup record. This looks at the prolific German striker's extraordinary sustained success.
Brazil and Argentina friendlies up for Fives predictions
Win points in the FIFA Play Zone by correctly guessing results from this week's international friendly fixtures.
The Wunderteam and its Paper Man
Austria, with Matthias Sindelar unstoppable, handed out a series of thrashings before Italy 1934. This is the story of ‘The Wunderteam’.
The state of play in Africa’s World Cup qualifiers
After a six-month break in play, CAF qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26™ is set to resume next month. Matchdays 3 and 4 get under way on 5 June, with everything still to play for across the nine groups. Current Group F leaders Côte d’Ivoire memorably won their third CAF Africa Cup of Nations […]
Claudio Ranieri: A fond farewell to one of The Best
“Dilly ding, dilly dong!” Those are the words that inevitably come to mind when the football world thinks of Claudio Ranieri. The man they call ‘Sir Claudio’ was the toast of the global game when he steered unglamorous Leicester City to a miraculous English Premier League title in 2016, earning a place for himself and […]
Venancio Lopez: Uzbekistan is a highly patriotic country
With the dazzling spectacle of the official draw in Samarkand’s Registan Square still fresh in the mind, preparations for this year’s FIFA Futsal World Cup™ are continuing apace. Given that expectations are high in the host nation, the pressure is on coach Jose Venancio Lopez. Alongside assistants Bakhodir Akhmedov, Arkaitz Sisniega, David Garcia and Rustam […]
Lind: Representing Finland in the World Cup would be the ultimate
Sandra Lind reveals she didn't love futsal at first, describes her style of play and discusses Finland’s bid to reach Philippines 2025.
Pablito paints over futebol-arte
Italy 3-2 Brazil Spain 1982 | Second group stage Sarria Stadium, Barcelona Attendance: 44,000 Goals: Rossi (5, 25, 74), Socrates (12), Falcao (68) Italy Dino Zoff; Gaetano Scirea, Claudio Gentile, Fulvio Collovati, Antonio Cabrini; Bruno Conti, Marco Tardelli, Giancarlo Antognoni, Gabriele Oriali; Paolo Rossi, Francesco Graziani. Substitutions: Giuseppe Bergomi for Collovati (34), Gianpiero Marini for […]
Monday, 21 July , 2025