Category: FOOTBALL

  • FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Host Cities and Stadiums announced

    FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Host Cities and Stadiums announced

    Zurich, April 1, 2021: The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ took an important and exciting step today with the announcement of the 9 Host Cities and 10 stadiums in Australia and New Zealand that will host matches during the tournament. With just over two years to go until some of the best players in the…

  • Kenny Jean-Marie appointed FIFA Chief Member Associations Officer

    Kenny Jean-Marie appointed FIFA Chief Member Associations Officer

    Zurich, March 22, 2021: FIFA is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenny Jean-Marie as Chief Member Associations Officer. Kenny Jean-Marie joined FIFA in 2020 as Director of Member Associations Services, with responsibility for overseeing services to strengthen the development of FIFA’s 211 member associations through the Forward Programme. He notably worked closely with FIFA’s…

  • UN and FIFA share strategic social goals

    UN and FIFA share strategic social goals

    Zurich, March 9, 2021: The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Amina J. Mohammed had a virtual meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in which they exchanged views on shared priorities and the importance of urgent actions and commitments to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. They discussed the role of football as a…

  • Football development highlighted in visit to the Central African Republic

    Football development highlighted in visit to the Central African Republic

    Bangui, Central African Republic, February 19, 2021: A meeting with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, a national honour from the Central African Republic, and a presentation of a ground-breaking project involving the Central African Republic Football Association (RCA), the French Football Federation (FFF) and FIFA, highlighted FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s first-ever visit to Bangui. The Renaissance Palace…

  • FIFAe Club World Cup 2021 to take football into another world

    FIFAe Club World Cup 2021 to take football into another world

    Zurich, February 19, 2021: As the dust settles on the draw for the FIFAe Club World Cup™ zone finals, the remaining 42 teams represented by two players each eye up who stands between them and triumph. The greatest FIFAe club event, played on EA SPORTS FIFA 21, will see the best esports teams in the…

  • African Union and FIFA commit to build on positive results and to accelerate collaboration

    African Union and FIFA commit to build on positive results and to accelerate collaboration

    Zurich, February 12, 2021: Two years to the day of signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations, African Union (AU) Chairperson Félix Tshisekedi and FIFA President Gianni Infantino have discussed an action plan that will accelerate several aspects of the agreement aimed at contributing for the benefit of African society, and, in particular,…

  • Official FIFA Awards: Robert Lewandowski wins adidas Golden Ball and Alibaba Cloud Award

    Official FIFA Awards: Robert Lewandowski wins adidas Golden Ball and Alibaba Cloud Award

    Zurich, February 11, 2021: Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern München confirmed as the best player at the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020™ after the official awards announced. Lewandowski won the adidas Golden Ball which is awarded to the best player by the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG). Andre Pierre Gignac of Tigres UANL and…

  • AFC agrees rights deal with T Sports in Bangladesh

    AFC agrees rights deal with T Sports in Bangladesh

    Kuala Lumpur, February 8, 2021: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced that T Sports will be their new media partner in Bangladesh for the next four years. The deal includes all major AFC national team and club competitions, including but not limited to the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Final Round,…

  • African Union Chairperson and FIFA President discuss ongoing strong collaboration

    African Union Chairperson and FIFA President discuss ongoing strong collaboration

    Zurich, Switzerland, Feb 5, 2021: Thursday, during a call that preceded the 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), AU Chairperson H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa and FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke of the positive momentum generated between both organisations in the past two years as…

  • FIFA launches first-ever digital platform dedicated to professional football

    FIFA launches first-ever digital platform dedicated to professional football

    Zurich, January 25, 2021: FIFA has today launched the FIFA Professional Football Landscape, the first-ever digital database comprising key facts and figures on players, clubs, transfers and top-tier competitions across all 211 member associations. Bringing together data from a broad spectrum of key performance indicators that reflect the status of clubs and leagues worldwide, the…