Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup: Team profile and history
Ecuador are set to appear at their fifth FIFA World Cup™ and their second in a row, having featured at Qatar 2022™. Led by a host of young stars, the Ecuadorians finished in second place in the South American qualifiers, just behind world champions and table-toppers Argentina. Their performances in the South American preliminaries were enough […]
USA icon Press calls time on career
It’s time to stop the Presses. USA icon Christen Press, who won back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cup™ titles in 2015 and 2019, has announced she will retire at the end of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. The Angel City forward, 36, made 155 international appearances and scored 64 goals, which is the […]
African qualifying in stats
527,000 Cabo Verde, with a population of around 527,000, became the second-smallest nation to qualify for the World Cup. Iceland had a population of 340,000 when they reached Russia 2018. Togo, with roughly 5.9 million inhabitants in 2005, was the previous smallest African country to secure a global-finals ticket. Cabo Verde were 74th on the […]
Wlodarczyk: I’ll be proud and excited to walk Poland out
TICKETS It’s hardly an unusual scene in Mediterranean Europe hotels. What was atypical about this group of giggling girls throwing one another into a swimming pool was that they weren’t in Magaluf on Majorca, Paradise Beach on Mykonos or Playa d’en Bossa on Ibiza. The 20-somethings were going wild in Besancon, a snug garrison city […]
Watch the U-17 Women’s World Cup on FIFA+
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025™ gets underway on Friday, 17 October, and you can catch all the action on FIFA+. Stars like Kadidiatou Diani, Dzsenifer Marozsan and Vicky Lopez have taken their first steps on the global stage at this tournament, with this year’s crop hoping to follow in their footsteps. Every […]
Everything you need to know about the African play-offs
The first round of CAF qualifying for FIFA World Cup 26™ came to a thrilling conclusion on Tuesday 14 October. Nine African teams have now qualified directly for the World Cup, which will take place in Canada, Mexico and the United States in 2026. One final African team will have the chance to compete in […]
Hosts Morocco face off against Brazil
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025™ is set to kick off: Hosts Morocco face Brazil on Friday, before the first matchday’s other games follow on Saturday and Sunday. Fixture Friday, 17 October Morocco – Brazil How to watch You can purchase tickets to watch the stars of tomorrow play live here. You can […]
Top performers from October Concacaf qualifying
The October matches in the third round of Concacaf qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26™ provided another showcase for some of the top talent in the region. Many of the teams put themselves in position to achieve qualification in next month’s final slate of encounters thanks in large part to the efforts of some […]
Paulo Henrique: I’m really, really proud
Waldemar was on his deathbed. He’d been unable to speak for weeks, but the 68-year-old had a last request and nothing was going to stop him getting it out. He summoned his four daughters to the hospital. Waldemar begged Edina, Eliane, Clevesmari and Jaqueline to help their 16-year-old brother Paulo Henrique, whose attempt to become […]
Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and South Africa punch tickets
Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and South Africa returned to the FIFA World Cup™ on a dramatic final day of CAF qualifying. In Group C, South Africa took advantage of Benin’s loss to Nigeria to leapfrog into first, with the Super Eagles soaring into second. Côte d’Ivoire left no doubt in downing Kenya to clinch Group F, […]