10 days to go: Messi announces himself to the world
The FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025™ is now just 10 days away! 10 Despite starting Argentina’s FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands 2005 opener against USA on the bench, it didn’t take long for Lionel Messi to prove that he belonged on the pitch. Though he had yet to explode on to the scene, the […]
Mini Messi lands in Barcelona
Horacio Gaggioli wondered if he’d been catfished. He’d heard stories of the soccer swindler Carlos Kaiser using mobile-phone deception, fake articles and a fistfight with a fan to forge a long career, of Zivko Lukic hoodwinking Paris Saint-Germain, and of Ali Dia duping Southampton manager Graeme Souness into thinking he was George Weah’s cousin. Had […]
Atlanta hits high notes with its Official FIFA World Cup 26 Sonic ID
The FIFA World Cup 26™ is expected to hit the highest of notes, from the sounds of jubilant fans in stadiums and sublime skills of the greatest players in the world to the historic first half-time show at the final in New York New Jersey Stadium. And the diversity and creativity of the global showpiece […]
Win Play Zone points by predicting clash of Premier League titans with fives
Fans looking to add even more excitement to their weekly football fix need look no further than the Play Zone, a collection of challenges, teasers and games that will test your knowledge, memory and more. If you think you’ve got what it takes to predict five of the biggest games from around the world each […]
Canada at the FIFA World Cup: Team profile and history
Canada will feature at the FIFA World Cup 26™ as co-hosts, alongside Mexico and the USA, with the nation set to grace FIFA’s flagship tournament for a third time. Les Rouges’ previous two World Cup campaigns came in Mexico in 1986 and at Qatar 2022™. Under the tutelage of American coach Jesse Marsch and buoyed by the backing […]
Umtiti calls time on decorated career
Sometimes it’s by doing something unexpected that a player goes down in history and plays his way into people’s hearts – a striker dashing back to make a tackle in his own box, a goalkeeper pushing up to the halfway line and slipping in a decisive pass, or a defender scoring a goal in one […]
When a 19-year-old Xavi set the tone for Spain
It was there, in the way he bestrode the playing field, that everything began. With those short bursts, often heralding the imminent approach of a marker, and neat passing when simplicity was called for, the first seeds were sown. It was also the uncomplicated way he invariably picked out team-mates and would rather go backwards […]
Pyramids stars on Auckland victory and Al Ahli test
Reigning CAF Champions League holders Pyramids FC cruised to the next round of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025™ after defeating Auckland City 3-0 in the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup Play-off. Walid El Karti scored the opener, with Marwan Hamdy and Mostafa Ziko following up to secure their side’s place in the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup. The Egyptian […]
Mykhaylenko: Ukraine can go all the way
Ukraine headed to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019™ having fallen at the Round of 16 in each of their three previous visits. A side coached by Oleksandr Petrakov and featuring Andriy Lunin defied the odds to go all the way and clinch the nation’s first FIFA title with a 3-1 final win over Korea […]
Richards on USA hopes, FA Cup title and the Argentina effect
When it comes to sports and the state of Alabama, American football is king. The University of Alabama is the most decorated team in the land, with an astounding 18 national titles to its name. Nearly every young boy growing up in the state plays the sport in hopes of becoming the next great star […]