Mexico stun the champs in Moscow
Germany 0-1 Mexico Russia 2018 | Group stage Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Mexico goal: Hirving Lozano (35) Teams Coach: Joachim Low Starting XI: Manuel Neuer; Marvin Plattenhardt, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng, Joshua Kimmich; Sami Khedira, Julian Draxler, Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Müller; Timo Werner. Substitutions: Marco Reus (60), Mario Gomez (79), Julian Brandt […]
European teams under starter’s orders for Brazil 2027 dream
The 2026 women’s international season is set to throw European teams straight in at the deep end, with UEFA qualifying for FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027™ kicking off on 3 March. The schedule will feel more like a sprint than a marathon, with the first four European berths set to be decided by 9 […]
Pajor on Poland growth, Barça pride and Lewandowski
One of the deadliest strikers of her generation, Ewa Pajor was born for the global stage. The Polish sharp-shooter has blazed a trail in club and international football over the past decade, scoring goals at an astonishing rate and terrorising opposition defences. She has won plethora of team and individual titles with Wolfsburg and current […]
Asian dozen tussle for Brazil tickets
A dozen nations from across the continent have descended on Australia as both continental bragging rights and half a dozen berths for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ are due to be settled at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup. In addition to the six direct slots allocated to Asia for Brazil 2027, an additional two teams […]
New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea win big
The second of three rounds of OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027™ got under way with impressive wins from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Elsewhere, American Samoa continued their dramatic rise, with a stunning 1-0 win over co-hosts Solomon Islands. Oceania has one direct berth to Brazil 2027 and […]
Test your knowledge of the World Cup play-offs with Play Zone’s Trivia game
Not played Trivia before? It’s a FIFA game where you can test your knowledge of major world football events, and couldn’t be easier to get to grips with. The better your performance, the more points you’ll earn in the Play Zone. In the lead-up to the World Cup, you can test what you know about […]
Kumagai: Japan must find an extra edge
With the AFC Women’s Asian Cup kicking off next month – a tournament that also serves as Asia’s qualification pathway to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027™ – Saki Kumagai is preparing for her fifth appearance in the continental showpiece. In 2011, Nadeshiko Japan reached the summit of world football, forever changing the trajectory […]
Algeria at the FIFA World Cup: Team profile and history
Algeria promise to be among the teams to watch at the FIFA World Cup 2026™ when they strut their stuff on the world stage for the first time since 2014 – the year of their memorable Round-of-16 run, which saw them take Germany right to the brink in extra time. There is no doubt that […]
Vancouver hits high notes with its Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Sonic ID
The FIFA World Cup 2026™ 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 […]
Gabong: Papua New Guinea are ready
It all began with a ball, a brother and a broken foot. Now one of her nation’s most experienced players, if it wasn’t for that formative family experience, things could’ve turned out very differently for Papua New Guinea’s Yvonne Gabong, as she explains to FIFA. “I was with my younger brother, I guess we were […]