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Chinese electronics firm Hisense becomes first sponsor for Fifa’s Club World Cup

Hisense will receive Video Assistant Referee branding during expanded 32-team competition set to take place in the US from June 15 to July 13.

30 Oct 2024 - 11:00PM

Opinion | Football is a mirror on our souls, and reveals many problems faced by society

31 Oct 2024 - 3:28PM

Move over, Messi and Ronaldo – a new generation is lining up to win Ballon d’Or

27 Oct 2024 - 10:00PM

Bahrain concerns taken ‘seriously’ after death threats since Indonesia game

Players have faced ‘insults, slander, threats and hacking operations’ online, Bahrain’s FA alleges, since last week’s 2-2 draw with Indonesia.

19 Oct 2024 - 4:16AM

Bahrain and Indonesia players clash after the match at the Bahrain National Stadium last week. Photo: Reuters

Coach Ivankovic thanks players, crowd after China snap World Cup losing streak

Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Indonesia before a 37,000 crowd at Qingdao revives China’s hopes as the big guns stay on course for the finals.

16 Oct 2024 - 3:59PM

Bullish Westwood wants to make Hong Kong fans ‘proud’ after Cambodia lift-off

The Englishman has endured a frosty relationship with fans since taking charge in August, with his name even booed before kick-off.

16 Oct 2024 - 1:34PM

While you were sleeping: Tuchel named England boss, Tom Brady joins LV Raiders

England cast coaching pathway aside in hope of World Cup success, Spain march on in Nations League and Ronaldo throws another temper tantrum.

16 Oct 2024 - 7:30AM

Spain’s Alvaro Morata celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal against Serbia at the Nuevo El Arcangel Stadium in Cordoba. Photo: AP

Hong Kong beat Cambodia to give new boss Westwood a win in first home game

Home team reward a small crowd at Hong Kong Stadium as they bounce back from their loss in Liechtenstein.

15 Oct 2024 - 11:52PM

Hong Kong boss questions critics’ football knowledge, vows results will improve

City’s representative team will aim to bounce back from last week’s defeat in Liechtenstein when they meet Cambodia on Tuesday.

15 Oct 2024 - 8:56AM

World’s best footballers closer to strike over Club World Cup, union says

Head of union Fifpro Europe warns industrial action has never been closer, after group files complaint with antitrust regulators.

15 Oct 2024 - 7:20AM

France’s Kylian Mbappe is among the players who have warned they could strike over the Club World Cup. Photo: Reuters

Saudi players cannot live in past with World Cup spot on line, warns coach Mancini

Veteran Italian coach says Saudi Arabia, hoping to play in their third straight finals, have ‘only one problem’ compared with past campaigns.

13 Oct 2024 - 10:00AM

Saudi Arabia’s Italian coach Roberto Mancini has told his players they cannot rely on past performances to confirm their passage to North America in two years’ time. Photo: AFP

Japan march on in World Cup qualifiers, Indonesia suffer 99th-minute heartbreak

Midfielder Daichi Kamada says his team can all but book their place in the finals for the eight straight time by beating Australia on Tuesday.

11 Oct 2024 - 2:39PM

Hong Kong boss slams Liechtenstein for celebrating like they ‘won the World Cup’

Ashley Westwood says he is disappointed with result but ‘not worried in the slightest’ about the performance and his first loss in charge.

11 Oct 2024 - 3:57PM

Hong Kong’s footballers set for ‘big challenge’ of first ever fixture in Europe

The Hong Kong players are anticipating ‘a lot of contact and a lot of running’ in their first match outside Asia since 1992.

10 Oct 2024 - 10:00AM

Juninho steers a header goalwards during Hong Kong’s victory over Solomon Islands in September. Photo: HKFA

Fernando keen to help out Hong Kong’s young guns after shock recall at age of 37

Kitchee fullback had pulled out of AFC Asian Cup finals campaign in January but explains that ‘I love football, but I love my family more’.

9 Oct 2024 - 5:48PM

Fernando is back in the Hong Kong squad after impressing for Kitchee this season. Photo: Kitchee

Japan set sights on Saudi Arabia, Australia host China in World Cup qualifiers

Hajime Moriyasu’s Japan arrive in the Gulf state having scored 12 times in thrashing China and Bahrain; Socceroos’ new coach makes his debut.

9 Oct 2024 - 3:30PM

Westwood chooses first squad as Hong Kong seek another Fifa world-ranking boost

Forward, who is preparing with Lee Man for key AFC Champions League Two match in Singapore, has pulled out five times from international duty.

1 Oct 2024 - 8:00PM

South Korea coach Hong denies preferential treatment claims amid fan unhappiness

Media reports say the second-time coach was picked ahead of several foreign candidates but Hong says he was assured he was the top candidate.

25 Sep 2024 - 11:19PM

South Korean coach Hong Myung-bo was jeered by fans during the 0-0 draw with Palestine in a World Cup 2026 Asia zone qualifier in Seoul in early September. Photo: AFP

World Cup: Australia appoint Popovic as qualification hopes hang in the balance

The 51-year-old takes over from Graham Arnold, who quit after the team’s poor start to the latest round of World Cup 2026 qualifiers.

23 Sep 2024 - 1:49PM

Homeless football World Cup kicks off, lauded as ‘force for good’ by Fifa chief

Held each year since 2003, the event bills itself as helping participants change their lives for the better through football.

21 Sep 2024 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Can China football find success in a market-driven US model?

Creating a college sports system in China could fix the country’s struggles in team sports and open new avenues for US-China cooperation.

20 Sep 2024 - 7:47AMvideocam

Goalkeeper Wang Dalei looks on during China’s 2026 Fifa World Cup Asian Qualifiers match against Saudi Arabia in Dalian, in northeast Liaoning province, on September 10. China’s top-down approach to sports development has brought widespread success in individual sports but little in popular team sports such as football and basketball. Photo: Xinhua

‘Toto’ Schillaci, Italy striker who was top scorer at 1990 World Cup, dies at 59

The Sicilian, who won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at that tournament, had been hospitalised 11 days ago after treatment for colon cancer.

18 Sep 2024 - 7:40PM

Italy’s Salvatore “Toto“ Schillaci (left) and Argentina’s Juan Simon chase the ball during the 1990 World Cup semi-final, which Argentina won on penalties. Photo: AP

Star names in short supply in men’s Olympic football event – Brazil missing too

The Euros and Copa America tournaments, and the event being held outside a Fifa window, have deprived Paris of some of the biggest names.

23 Jul 2024 - 8:22PM

Will he stay or will he go? Meet England national team manager Gareth Southgate

Tactically conservative yet with clear empathy for his players, how should we feel about England’s most successful manager in decades?

15 Jul 2024 - 5:00PM

Argentina ride out Messi injury to win Copa America for third major title in row

It is the second consecutive, and record 16th, continental title for the Albiceleste but they leave it late in a match delayed by crowd issues.

15 Jul 2024 - 4:06PM

Argentina’s Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi and Nicolas Otamendi celebrate with the trophy after their team’s 1-0 win over Colombia on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez, Uruguay teammates brawl with fans after Copa defeat

TV footage shows striker hitting Colombian supporters as players entered stand because ‘our families were in danger’ after heated semi-final.

11 Jul 2024 - 3:29PM

Uruguay’s Darwin Nunez (centre) scuffles with fans after Uruguay lost to Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America semi-finals in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. Photo: EPA-EFE

Argentina use Kendrick Lamar diss track to hit back at Drake over Copa America bet

Drake posted an image on Instagram that showed his bet would have given him a US$2.88 million payout if Canada won, but goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi moved Argentina into the final.

10 Jul 2024 - 4:33PM

Fifa talks with Apple over Club World Cup stall, leaving tournament in jeopardy

Clubs involved are also reported to have pushed back at football’s governing body against lower financial incentives in the latest blow to the competition, which is set to start in 2025.

21 Jun 2024 - 10:44AM

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The Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) is the governing body of association football. Fifa is responsible for the organisation of football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women's World Cup which commenced in 1991. Fifa was founded in 1904. Headquartered in Zurich, its membership now comprises 209 national associations. Member countries must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America.

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14 August, 2024