IT was a glitzy night with football’s biggest stars – and I was one of the lucky few invited to attend. More than 500 bottles ...

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The Socceroos bid to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup reaches a crucial juncture over the next week. Watch selected NRL, ...

FIFA's focus on developing women's football continues to bear fruit with four new nations taking part in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Kenya and Poland are making ...

That is the case in Portugal, where FIFA has officially started accepting bids for media ... The 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand had far lower viewership figures than the ...

FIFA previously announced all 16 host cities and their stadiums for the 2026 World Cup over two years ago. The governing body of the sport then revealed exactly how many matches each area will get ...

Those groups previously had seats on a committee of stakeholders that FIFA shut down in 2021. The new panel's scope will include "operational, medical, regulatory and legal perspectives," FIFA ...

New Zealand U-17 women's national team captain Alyssha Eglinton spoke to FIFA about her team's U-17 Women's World Cup dreams. New Zealand and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™ are two things that ...

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami has been selected to play in FIFA Club World Cup 2025 held in ... following a 6-2 win over the New England Revolution. Inter Miami will occupy the host bid, which ...

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup features more teams than ever before in a new expanded format. For the first time, 32 clubs from across the globe will get the chance to take home the FIFA Club World ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced Saturday that Inter Miami will receive a spot in the 2025 Club World Cup, a 32-team, first-of-its-kind tournament set to take place in the United States ...