JINAN, China, May 22 (Xinhua) — Defending champions Kashima Antlers got two goals from substitute Sho Ito in two minutes to beat Shandong Luneng 2-1 in the last group match

In a tense match on Thursday, Shaheen Asmayee FC defeated De Abasin Sape FC 1-0, making its second win in the 5th match of the 2018 Afghanistan Premier League and

Juan Antonio Pizzi has announced his resignation from Saudi Arabia following the country’s exit from the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Pizzi, who led the Green Falcons at the 2018 FIFA

The diaspora: a valuable resource In addition to the European influence of ultra groups, North African also benefit from their proximity to Europe when attracting players from their talented diasporas.

An air of familiarity engulfs the CAF Champions League semifinals. Title-holders Esperance de Tunis will host the 2015 winners, TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 27 April,

The 2019 edition of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations is set to be staged in Egypt, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad has announced following a meeting of the CAF Executive

Bernardo Silva has said he is relishing the pressure of the Premier League title battle between Manchester City and Liverpool as it “means you are playing for big things.”  The Sky Blues have a

FIFA President Gianni Infantino held talks in Kuwait on Sunday about the country staging 2022 World Cup matches as he pushes to expand the Qatar tournament from 32 to 48 teams. After meeting with the

Football as a vehicle of soft power for Middle Eastern oil states is no longer a novelty. We’ve got used to Manchester City splashing the cash of the Sheikh Mansour.

To find out why we must return to Egypt’s star man. As part of the myth-making process for Salah, people have started to settle on a key part of his origin

These are heady times for the Egyptian national team. They have qualified for their first World Cup appearance in nearly 30 years and their talisman, Mohamed Salah, has been setting

Rabat – Moroccan international football star Hakim Ziyech said he is “always very picky” in response to offers he receives  from football giants. Ziyech, who plays for Dutch football club Ajax Amsterdam, has

The striker wants to get back to action after a long injury layoff but says age is not on his side Opoku Agyemang is fondly remembered in Ghana for his participation at

Roma have announced that sporting director Monchi has left the club.

An air of familiarity engulfs the CAF Champions League semifinals. Title-holders Esperance de Tunis will host the 2015 winners, TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 27 April,

Ronald Koeman has overseen a transformation in the Netherlands’ fortunes
The Dutch topped a UEFA Nations League with France and Germany
Koeman speaks to FIFA.com about the reasons behind their revival

Last year saw a true revival in the belief amongst Finland’s national team. Two years previously they’d just come off the back of a chastening year. A bruising nine defeats

Vietnam vs Brunei

The Iraq Football Association has confirmed they will take part in the 24th edition of Arabian Gulf Cup to be hosted by Qatar later this year. The biennial tournament, which is

(MENAFN – Jordan Times) right” > AMMAN — It has been a bad season for the men’s and women’s national football teams who have both been eliminated from the Asian

Football as a vehicle of soft power for Middle Eastern oil states is no longer a novelty.

The striker wants to get back to action after a long injury layoff but says age is not on his side Opoku Agyemang is fondly remembered in Ghana for his participation at

Rabat – Moroccan footballer Abderrazak Hamdallah has become the leading scorer of all time in Saudi Arabia’s professional league after scoring 29 goals for Al-Nassr football club this season. The BBC reported

TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) — With less than five months until the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Football Federation of Iran faces a real dilemma over selecting the next

FIFA President Gianni Infantino held talks in Kuwait on Sunday about the country staging 2022 World Cup matches as he pushes to expand the Qatar tournament from 32 to 48 teams. After meeting with the

How are ex-Premier League players like Bafetimbi Gomis and Ahmed Musa faring in Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia may be better known for its sand and oil supply beyond the stereotypes of

The Iraq Football Association has confirmed they will take part in the 24th edition of Arabian Gulf Cup to be hosted by Qatar later this year. The biennial tournament, which is

144 ATHLETES GET PAID $9 A DAY AND SHARE A HOUSE FOR SEVEN WEEKS WHILE HOPING TO PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM.

This year, Jordan won the 6th West Asian Championship for the fifth time and the national team is now the leading Arab team at 54th in FIFA world Rankings.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — On a big day for Qatar at the Asian soccer elections, the 2022 World Cup host regained a seat on FIFA’s ruling committee and saw

“To me, what it means to be a four-star (prospect) and ranked so high nationally is great for sure,” he said. “But it makes me want to work that much

(MENAFN – Muscat Daily) Blue is the dominant colour when one travels to the city of Sur in the Sharqiyah governorate from Muscat along the beautiful coastal road as it

The Indian football team have leapfrogged two places in the latest FIFA rankings as issued on Thursday.

On April 17, Asian Football Federation (AFC) will hold a draw for World Cup 2022 qualifying round at its headquarters in Malaysia. The first qualifying round of  FIFA World Cup

Algeria’s Baghdad Bounedjah grabbed a hat-trick for his club Al Sadd to help them clinch the top-flight Qatari Stars League with a match to spare. His sixth treble in the

Nigeria national under-23 Head coach, Imama Amapakabo has released his line-up that will tackle Libya in today’s U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier second-leg fixture at the Stephen Keshi Stadium

Mamelodi Sundowns

Egypt ended their campaign pointless with defeat by Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian international striker Sardar Azmoun has been named as player of the month at the Russian Premier League (RPL).

No matter what happened in Sunday’s final of the 2019 CAF Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, a new name would be etched on the trophy, with finalists Mali and Senegal having never won the competition before.

Lionel Messi Tired and Emotionally Fatigued

As Houston competes for one of the spots in a North America-hosted 2026 FIFA World Cup

BS Sports spoke to a former FIFA World Cup referee about the call. Here’s what the official said about the timing of the penalty decision:

In 1991, Italy had Carolina Morace; in 1999 they had you. Who do you think will be Italy’s star of 2019?

“Juventus takes its undefeated league record on the road on Sunday for a Serie A showdown with Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.”

OUCH!

“Getting kids comfortable with a soccer ball at an early age is more important than most parents realize. Eighty five percent of a child’s brain is developed by age three making this correlation even more relevant.”

“Our dream is to pull on the Albiceleste shirt and fight for our country with this thing we love called football.”

“We had one or two, but we could have had a lot more and then the second half was disappointing for both teams, with not really many chances created and a lot of sloppy passes.”

Persija Jakarta have been dealt a blow ahead of the commencement of their AFC Cup 2019 campaign with Marko Simic’s exclusion. But can their new signing Silvio Escobar fill Simic’s shoes?

“10 dead and 3 injured after fire tears through Brazilian soccer team complex”

The Bundesliga champions struggled during the early months of the season, but the Liverpool boss is wary of their improved form in recent weeks Jurgen Klopp believes Bayern Munich could be “more

Germany will be looking to build on their 3-0 win over Russia when they welcome the Netherlands to Gelsenkirchen in the Nations League A Group 1. Manchester City’s Leroy Sane, who was left

Tottenham Hotspur’s latest delay to the opening of their new stadium has put another question mark against whether or not the club will manage to play Champions League football in

Roy Keane says players ‘got away with murder’….

Kick-offs are shown in your time zone…

His predatory talents helped him clinch various domestic and continental trophies…

More than half of the globe’s population aged four and over tuned in to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup….

First of all, it is a great opportunity for Poland and the Polish FA to show to the world all the good things about Poland.

“There are at least five areas where football can convey a message of hope and be used as a powerful tool…”

“Drama, action, excitement and goals…”

“Some guys getting close to evicted, some living on cup o noodles…

I hope to finish it on a high with the knowledge that everything I’ve worked, fought and trained for wasn’t in vain. The reward is being here and I hope we can take advantage of it.”

“I think it’s a real comfort for them to read that the idols and role models of today’s national team have been children, that they’ve had problems and they thought it was scary to go to football camp without their parents or best friends.

For the third year in a row, Europe will be represented at the FIFA Club World Cup by Real Madrid. And while last year Los Blancos became the first club to successfully defend

FIFA can today announce the list of finalists for the third edition of the FIFA Diversity Award, with the winner to be revealed at an award ceremony in London on

Cape Town – Real Madrid want Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso to replace Marcelo, according to reports. Reports in the Italian press have claimed that Marcelo is already missing his good friend Cristiano Ronaldo, who moved

​Massimiliano Allegri nominated forThe Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award Italian led Juventus to record seventh successive Serie A title One of two coaches, along with Zinedine Zidane, to have chance

The Juventus star will need a superhuman season – even by his own high standards – to cart off individual awards as his greatness is taken for granted Cristiano Ronaldo

  It didn’t matter that Mane’s goal was for Liverpool, not Senegal. Nor that his club would lose to Real Madrid in the Champions League final. ”He’s our leader,” said Samba

It’s an expression that those who have watched the English Premier League over the past eight months have grown accustomed to. Sitting down inside Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium the day after

VATUTINKI, Russia (Reuters) – South Korea take on Germany in a World Cup Group F game on Wednesday. Where: Kazan Arena Capacity: 45,000 When: Wednesday, June 27, 1700 local (1400

​Draw for men’s and women’s Youth Olympic Futsal Tournaments takes place on Friday Each competition features ten teams, drawn into two groups Buenos Aires 2018 futsal tournaments kick off on

Russia jumped 21 positions in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking One of the main reasons behind their World Cup success was Artem Dzyuba The imposing striker is now a fan idol in

FIFA.com rounds up the standout numbers from the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final 2018 The best attacking and defensive performances at the Grand Final ‘kurt0411’, ‘nicolas99fc’ and ‘Msdossary’ with some

In 31 days the world will know the names of The Best the game has to offer. On 24 September the stars of the football galaxy will descend on London

England legend Kelly Smith shares her Women’s World Cup memories Smith also gives her take on the current Lionesses side “Neville wouldn’t have taken the job if he didn’t believe

New Zealand win through to fifth consecutive U-20 World Cup Tahiti end decade-long qualification drought denying Solomon Islands Twenty-four nation tournament to be held in Poland commencing in May New

Victor Moses has announced his retirement from international football Victor Moses has retired from international football in order to focus on his club career at Chelsea. The 27-year-old has called

​Japan will be a different kind of test for Germany Positive atmosphere in the team key to success “The tension slowly eats away at you” It is difficult not to

Megan Rapinoe nominated for The Best FIFA Women’s Player for first time World Cup champion speaks exclusively with FIFA.com about nomination “I was a little surprised, to be honest!” Megan

Australia forward Sam Kerr on shortlist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player We take a statistical look at some of the free-scoring 24-year-old’s achievements This year’s awards will be held

The San Diego Surf and Portland Thorns play in a girls under-19 Surf Cup game at the SoCal Sports Complex in Oceanside last year. (Bill Wechter / Union-Tribune) In 1998,

Manchester United and Man City got their Premier League campaigns underway at the weekend, as Jose Mourinho’s men beat Leicester 2-1 at Old Trafford and the champions dispatched Arsenal 2-0

Rank         *       Team       *       Total Points   *  Previous Points *  +/- 1 USA 2114 2115 0 2 Germany 2049 2033 1 3 France

​Four candidates earning their second The Best FIFA Women’s Coach nomination Only once had anyone been nominated twice for the award Continental champions and a double winner among returning names

USA bounce back with big win over Paraguay Nigeria end Haiti’s dreams of advancing to the last eight Germany join the Netherlands in reaching the quarter-finals THE DAY REPLAYED – Germany

Clarence Seedorf has taken charge of Cameroon ​Fellow Dutch hero Patrick Kluivert joins him as assistant coach Meanwhile, Tanzania reveal Emmanuel Amunike as new national team boss African football witnessed

Less than two months after setting a FIFA World Cup™ record, Egypt’s veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary has announced his retirement from international football. At 45, El Hadary became the

Mosaad ‘Msdossary’ Aldossary crowned EA Sports FIFA 18 World Champion Saudi Arabian beats Stefano ‘StefanoPinna’ Pinna in Final Showdown Claims $250,000 USD prize and new FIFA eWorld Cup trophy Mosaad

Neymar’s journey to a record-breaking transfer fee of US$262 million started in a poor district of southern Brazil, a few blocks from the local dump.A spectacular move from Barcelona to

THE Estadio Gran Parque Central, tucked away amid Montevideo’s tight La Blanqueda neighborhood, does not, at first glance, seem much to look at. Signs of modern football’s fast-expanding wealth and

Here’s 10 of Lionel Messi’s success lessons: 1. Fight For What You Believe In If you have a dream, you have to work hard to achieve it. Success will not come

Cristiano Ronaldo is certainly on par with Lionel Messi when it comes to being the greatest footballer of all time, but off the pitch the Portuguese star is miles ahead of his

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the US Men’s National Team has failed to qualify for the World Cup. Outside of that, in recent years the US has

​Five Russia 2018 coaches on The Best FIFA Men’s Coach shortlist Four semi-finalists and the hosts’ tacticians named among 11 candidate We take a closer look at how they fared

The FIFA World Cup has begun and the football fever is catching up with fans in a viral manner. The fans can’t wait for the action to begin and this

World’s best descend on London FIFA ​eWorld Cup 2018 Grand Final starts on Thursday 2 August Plenty of new features including increased prize money at stake Tournament format explained and more

Lord Triesman says England should be considered to host the 2022 World Cup if it is found the Qatar bid team broke FIFA rules by running a secret campaign to sabotage their rivals. There

We have the 2022 World Cup to look forward to. It is very possible that it will be held in Qatar, better start saving up! The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled

BONDY, France — The cheers could be heard all the way from Calais to Marseille when the final second ticked past and France was the indisputable victor of the 2018 men’s

Thomas Lemar is joining Atlético Madrid from fellow UEFA ( Union of European Football Association) Champions League group stage contenders Monaco. But exactly what kind of player have they signed in

Rasheedat Ajibade is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for FC Robo in the Nigeria Women Premier League and the Nigeria women’s national football team. Ajibade represented Nigeria at age grade competitions, before making her competitive debut for

Real Madrid sensationally announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to sell Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to Italian side Juventus for an undisclosed sum.  He’s joining Juventus after the Italian club