The March/April issue of FIFA World celebrates Nigeria’s triumph at the 2013 CAF Africa Cup of Nations, a victory which also saw the Super Eagles clinch the last remaining berth at this year’s FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. We also look ahead to this month's resumption of 2014 FIFA World Cup™ qualification – with Japan already on the brink of joining hosts Brazil as the tournament’s first qualified team.

As the remaining teams in contention turn their attention back to the race for Brazil 2014, our thoughts are also still on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with two articles looking at the ongoing legacy of that tournament – the first FIFA World Cup to be held on African soil. FIFA World was at the opening of the latest Football for Hope Centre in the Free State town of QwaQwa, and was also in Johannesburg as the first beneficiaries of the USD 50 million 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust were named.

This month’s feature articles take us on a tour of four continents, with the review of the Africa Cup of Nations followed by a look at the USA’s new professional women’s football league, which is set to kick off in April with the cross-border support of the USA, Canada and Mexico football associations. From North America, we move to Oceania and, specifically, American Samoa, whose first-ever international victory back in 2011 is now the subject of a new documentary film. Finally, we return to Brazil to see how the FIFA World Cup stadium currently being built in Sao Paulo has helped bring much-needed investment to one of the city’s most neglected districts – a reminder, as the qualifying competition resumes, that world football’s flagship competition is about so much more than what happens on the pitch.

By clicking on the “March/April 2013” link below, you can read an online version of the magazine or download it. In case you missed any of our previous issues, these can also all be accessed below.

Happy reading!

The FIFA World team