A video shared on social media has shown what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was going to say in his message calling for world peace ahead of kick off at the World Cup final. CNN had reported FIFA rejected Zelensky’s request to share his message which he had planned to broadcast before Argentina faced France on … Read more
Group Stages Monday, November 21 Senegal v Holland – Al Thumama Stadium, 10am England v Iran – Khalifa International Stadium, 1pm Qatar v Ecuador – Al Bayt Stadium, 4pm USA v Wales/Scotland/Ukraine – Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, 7pm Tuesday, November 22 Argentina v Saudi Arabia – Lusail Stadium, 10am Denmark v Tunisia – Education City … Read more
Is ‘FIFA’ on its way out? EA Sports plot renaming their FIFA football video games in a split from the sport’s governing body – and their £73.6m-per-year contact… a week on from release of the ’22 edition which has amassed 9m players FIFA 22 was released last week and 460 million matches have been played … Read more
Why OAPs love Gran Theft Auto… Pensioners are spending more than eight hours playing video games every week Pensioners are spending more than eight hours playing video games every week Candy Crush was the top game among 2,000 old folk, followed by Tetris FIFA came in the third spot, and shoot-’em-up Call Of Duty was … Read more
Qatar chaos – England wont play for two months before the 2022 World Cup…the tournament kicks off just eight days after the Premier League pauses There will be no time for warm up games after the Premier League shuts down The players selected are set to join up with the England squad on November 14 … Read more
Liverpool BLOCKED Mo Salah from representing Egypt at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, according to the Egyptian FA… with the football set to finish just seven days before the start of the Premier League season By Max Mathews For Mailonline Published: 23:59 BST, 5 July 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 6 July 2021 Mo Salah … Read more
Former FA chief and FIFA consultant Mark Cartwright becomes first ever sporting director of the United Soccer League to help oversee player development in North America Mark Cartwright was also Stoke City’s technical director between 2012 and 2019 Former Brighton and Shrewsbury goalkeeper has also worked with FA and FIFA The 48-year-old will now try … Read more
Captain Andy Robertson gifts every Scotland player a hamper ahead of Euro 2020 including an Apple Watch and FIFA 21… as well as cans of Irn-Bru and Tennent’s lager! By Craig Hope for MailOnline Published: 16:11 BST, 10 June 2021 | Updated: 16:11 BST, 10 June 2021 Scotland captain Andy Robertson has surprised his team-mates … Read more
UK Sport eyeing 2030 World Cup bid along with hosting 96 other major events for Britain’s ‘greatest decade’ of sport… but there are no discussions about bringing Olympics back to London Plans for until 2031 have been revealed for Britain’s ‘greatest decade’ of sport The proposals are led by a bid to bring the FIFA … Read more
Arsene Wenger reveals he’s ‘pushing very hard’ for offside calls to be AUTOMATED at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar amid ongoing criticism of VAR Arsene Wenger says offside calls could be automated at the 2022 World Cup He says both semi-automated and automated systems are being prepared Wenger says the automated function will go straight … Read more
Portugal coach Fernando Santos insists Cristiano Ronaldo will ‘remain the captain and is an example for everyone’ despite storming off the pitch after refereeing error denies him clear winner against Serbia Cristiano Ronaldo has been defended by Portugal coach Fernando Santos Forward stormed off the pitch after he was incorrectly denied winner vs Serbia 36-year-old … Read more
The referee at the centre of Portugal’s 2022 World Cup qualifying row has revealed he apologised for an error of judgement in refusing to award Cristiano Ronaldo‘s late strike against Serbia. With the match finely poised at 2-2 it appeared Ronaldo had secured three vital points when he rounded goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic to score. Defender Stefan … Read more
Official FIFA website makes bizarre additional inclusion of the ‘Irish Free State’ in Northern Ireland’s Qatar World Cup qualifying group Northern Ireland are in Group C of the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying Yet the official FIFA site shows their group to contain six teams not five A bizarre extra addition of the ‘Irish … Read more