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President Infantino uses virtual FIFA Congress platform to encourage football’s safe return

FIFA Congress
President Infantino uses virtual FIFA Congress platform to encourage football’s safe return

RELIVE: Post FIFA Congress press conference

FIFA Congress
RELIVE: Post FIFA Congress press conference

RELIVE: 2020 FIFA Congress

FIFA Congress
RELIVE: 2020 FIFA Congress

FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan helps restart Thai league

FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan
FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan helps restart Thai league

Frohms: Germany have really moved on since the World Cup

Women's Football
Frohms: Germany have really moved on since the World Cup

COVID-19 measures high on Council’s agenda on eve of first online FIFA Congress

FIFA Council
COVID-19 measures high on Council’s agenda on eve of first online FIFA Congress

FIFA President meets US President and US Attorney General

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FIFA President meets US President and US Attorney General

Portugal into top five, Russia on the move

FIFA Ranking
Portugal into top five, Russia on the move

Sri Lanka’s colourful rapport with the world game

The Global Game
Sri Lanka’s colourful rapport with the world game

Rehn: FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan achieving right impact

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Rehn: FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan achieving right impact

Danilo: Ability-wise Pirlo has still got it

Brazil
Danilo: Ability-wise Pirlo has still got it

FIFA and UNODC launch cooperation tackling crime and abuse

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FIFA and UNODC launch cooperation tackling crime and abuse

Titans face tests as EURO race resumes

Women's Football
Titans face tests as EURO race resumes

Ivankovic talks Croatia, Iran and coaching Oman

Qatar 2022
Ivankovic talks Croatia, Iran and coaching Oman

Behind the World Cup record: Helmut Schon

FIFA World Cup
Behind the World Cup record: Helmut Schon

Copa Libertadores back on track

Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores back on track

UNODC, FIFA partner to kick out corruption and foster youth development through football

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UNODC, FIFA partner to kick out corruption and foster youth development through football

Samatta: My English breakthrough can inspire other Tanzanians

Qatar 2022
Samatta: My English breakthrough can inspire other Tanzanians

The former Scotland striker tackling mental health

Scotland
The former Scotland striker tackling mental health

FIFA launches new online Forward Impact Map

FIFA Forward
FIFA launches new online Forward Impact Map

ALL Ladies League spearheading female empowerment

Women's Football
ALL Ladies League spearheading female empowerment

Passy: Dominican Republic need to be band of brothers

Qatar 2022
Passy: Dominican Republic need to be band of brothers

Action resumes in Asia's west

AFC Champions League
Action resumes in Asia's west

Martinez: I've won the laughing boys over

Women's Football
Martinez: I've won the laughing boys over

Transfer update ahead of the new FIFA season

FIFA eClub World Cup
Transfer update ahead of the new FIFA season

The Week in Quotes

World Football
The Week in Quotes

Argentina's Ippolito living the Juve dream

FIFA Women's World Cup
Argentina's Ippolito living the Juve dream

FIFPRO & FIFA sign collaboration agreement to reinforce fight against match-fixing with smartphone app

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FIFPRO & FIFA sign collaboration agreement to reinforce fight against match-fixing with smartphone app

Football Talks with FIFA Legends: McManaman & Salgado

Football Talks with FIFA Legends
Football Talks with FIFA Legends: McManaman & Salgado

Der Kaiser turns 75

Germany
Der Kaiser turns 75

Danilo of Juventus

Danilo: Ability-wise Pirlo has still got it

Norway coach Lars Lagerback.

Lagerback: I’ve never had youngsters like Haaland, Odegaard & Co

Taffarel

Taffarel: It was a joy to watch Maradona

Carli Lloyd celebrates scoring for USA at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup.

Lloyd: The bigger the pressure, the better I play

Former Manchester City striker Shaun Goater is presented to the fans prior to the kick off

Goater: Bermuda are even stronger now

Cameroon's Rigobert Song walks out against Brazil at USA 1994

Song: I'm beyond proud I played in four World Cups

Christie Rampone (#3) celebrates after winning the Gold Medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Untold stories from an Olympic record-holder

Shanice van de Sanden and Lyon celebrate victory in the UEFA Women's Champions League final

Van de Sanden: Marozsan is on another level

Claudio Pizarro looks on

Pizarro: The only thing missing was a World Cup

Gael Clichy of Istanbul Basaksehir F.K. celebrates following the UEFA Europa League group J match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Istanbul Basaksehir

Clichy: Vieira getting dirty in training inspired me

Cesar Farias looks on

Farias: South American qualifiers are like a difficult university

Fuad Amin of Saudi Arabia celebrates

Anwar: We surprised the world in 1994

Egyptian national team coach Hossam Al-Badri

El Badry: Salah is the epitome of dreams and hard work

Egyptian national team coach Hossam Al-Badri

El Badry: Our biggest achievements have been with Egyptian coaches

Brazilian star Romario drapes himself in his country's flag

Romario: We made a downtrodden nation ecstatic

Iceland coach Erik Hamren.

Hamren: Leading Iceland to the EURO would be my biggest achievement

Karen Bardsley at the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019.

Bardsley: England should embrace US mentality

Australian full-back Steph Catley in Sydney after the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Host Announcement

Catley: 2023 will change the game forever in Australia

Jackie Groenen of the Netherlands celebrates her winner against Sweden in the France 2019 final

Groenen: Judo prepared me for the pressure of big games

Tostao and Pele

Tostao: Maradona, Messi and Cristiano weren’t on Pele’s level

Roger Milla and Oleg Salenko at USA 1994

Milla: My record will be very difficult to beat

Debinha of the NC Courage

Debinha: Live NWSL broadcast is a women’s soccer conquest

Canada's Christine Sinclair

Sinclair: The support for my record was incredible

Mario Zagallo during Mexico 1970

Zagallo: They said it would be impossible to field all those No10s

Danish forward Pernille Harder (10) pictured celebrating her goal with Danish defender Sofie Svava (23) at the 2020 Algarve Cup.

Harder: Becoming the world's best still motivates me

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks at the 70th FIFA Congress

President Infantino uses virtual FIFA Congress platform to encourage footba...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the Virtual FIFA Council meeting

COVID-19 measures high on Council’s agenda on eve of first online FIFA Cong...

The Home of FIFA

FIFA President meets US President and US Attorney General

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly

UNODC, FIFA partner to kick out corruption and foster youth development thr...

The Home of FIFA

Composition of the normalisation committee for the Venezuelan Football Asso...

Compliance_Summit_1465

FIFA President and former United States Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch,...

New report reaffirms Qatar 2022’s commitment to sustainability

New report reaffirms Qatar 2022’s commitment to sustainability

FIFA publishes first-ever manual on third-party influence and ownership

FIFA publishes first-ever manual on third-party influence and ownership

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Update on the Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

FIFA Women's Football Campaign

FIFA launches programme to help member associations further develop women’s...

Venezuela flag

Normalisation committee appointed for Venezuelan Football Association

Home of FIFA at night

FIFA publishes first reports for Disciplinary & Ethics Committees and on an...

FIFA Foundation and UPL sign memorandum of understanding

FIFA Foundation and UPL sign memorandum of understanding to promote sustain...

A player takes a throw in

Bureau of the FIFA Council temporarily adapts rules on release of players f...

Outside the Home of FIFA in Zurich

FIFA insists Trinidad and Tobago dispute has to be resolved at CAS

FIFA Congress

Agenda for the 70th FIFA Congress confirmed

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Further changes to the international match calendars due to the COVID-19 pa...

FIFA teams up with African Union, WHO and CAF to promote campaign against domestic violence in Africa

FIFA teams up with African Union, WHO and CAF to promote campaign against d...

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Concacaf preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022™ to take place on 19 Augu...

Olli Rehn, COVID-19 steering committee chairman

Olli Rehn confirmed COVID-19 steering committee chairman

COVID-19 Relief Plan

Bureau of the FIFA Council approves FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan regulations

FIFA

Adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee sanctions Manuel N...

Be active at home during #COVID-19

ASEAN, FIFA and football stars launch #BeActive campaign

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Five-substitute option extended into 2021 in response to COVID-19 pandemic

FIFA welcomes CAS decision in the case of former president of Afghan Footba...

Danilo of Juventus

Brazil

Danilo: Ability-wise Pirlo has still got it

Branko Ivankovic

Qatar 2022

Ivankovic talks Croatia, Iran and coaching Oman

Jacques Passy, coach of Dominican Republic

Qatar 2022

Passy: Dominican Republic need to be band of brothers

New report reaffirms Qatar 2022’s commitment to sustainability

Qatar 2022

New report reaffirms Qatar 2022’s commitment to sustainability

France's Marius Tresor

France

Tresor: I’m proud to see how far France have come

Egyptian national team player, Ahmed Hassan During the Africa Cup of Nations 2019

Qatar 2022

Kouka: I'll score more goals than Salah next season

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Qatar 2022

Update on the Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

0 NEYMAR JR (PSG) - 04 EDSON MEXER (BOR)

Qatar 2022

Mexer: Mozambique means so much to me

Al Sadd players celebrate

Qatar 2022

Cazorla dazzles as football arrives at Education City

Gabon's head coach Patrice Neveu

Qatar 2022

Neveu: Aubameyang treats all the Gabon players as friends

German goalkeeper Merle Frohms

Women's Football

Frohms: Germany have really moved on since the World Cup

Alexia Putellas #11 of Spain celebrates a goal

Women's Football

Titans face tests as EURO race resumes

Milagros Martínez, coach of Suzuka Unlimited

Women's Football

Martinez: I've won the laughing boys over

Women's Football

Women's Football

New handbook to further professionalise women’s game

Technical Study Group member Fan Yunjie poses for a photo at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Canada

Women's Football

Tears and joy in Fan's ever-evolving footballing adventure

Ada Hegerberg from Olympique Lyonnais

Women's Football

Lyon’s record-breakers hit the big screen

FIFA Women's Football Campaign

Women's Football

FIFA launches programme to help member associations further develop women’s...

Freya Louis FFF_HeadCoach

Women's Football

Passion paying off for pioneering Louis

Giulia Gwinn of Germany looks on

Women's Football

Gwinn: 2019 was like something out of a movie for me

Manchester City's Demi Stokes and Chelsea's Fran Kirby battle for possession

Women's Football

Star-studded WSL takes centre stage

2020 NWSL Challenge Cup - Quarterfinal - Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

Women's Football

NWSL Fall Series ready for kick-off

Laura Georges & Christie Rampone montage

Football Talks

Football Talks: Laura Georges & Christie Rampone

Aline Pellegrino

Brazil

Caboclo: There is no more gender difference in Brazil

School visit by Fiji at 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

Women's Football

Green shoots sprout in the Pacific ahead of 2023

Laura Doyle in a promotional shot

Women in Football

The female Forrest Gump meshing música and futebol

FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura

football development

FIFA Secretary General calls for mindset shift at Africa Women’s Sports Sum...

Lorena Benitez of Boca Juniors fights for the ball with Lucia Martelli of River Plate

Argentina

A five-year plan for women’s football in Argentina

2020 Chinese Women's Super League: Jiangsu Suning vs Hebei Huaxia

Women's Football

Sun Wen: Women's game in China showing football’s spirit

Eugenie Le Sommer, Wendie Renard an Sarah Bouhaddi of Olympique Lyon - UEFA Women's Champions League Final

UEFA Women's Champions League

Seventh heaven for history-making Lyon

Wolfsburg's Fridolina Rolfo celebrates scoring the only goal against Barcelona

UEFA Women's Champions League

Rolfo: I hope I can get the better of Bronze

Magdalena Erkisson of Chelsea lifts the Community Shield Trophy following her team's victory in during the Women's FA Community Shield Final at Wembley Stadium on August 29, 2020 in London, England.

Women's Football

History made at Wembley as Bright blasts Chelsea to glory

Photo of the Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián, home of the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2019/20 Final

UEFA Women's Champions League

Stars collide as Lyon, Wolfsburg face final showdown

India forward Dangmei Grace runs with the ball

FIFA Women's World Cup

Dangmei hoping to help India grace biggest stage of all

Ives Serneels and Stephanie Spielmann

Women's Football

Tahiti have the chance to do something great

Wendie Renard of Olympique Lyonnais celebrates

UEFA Women's Champions League

Renard heads Lyon into final with Wolfsburg

Argentina's Francisco Varallo at Uruguay 1930

Varallo: I would eat second helpings before a match

World Cup Final, 1930, Montevideo, Uruguay, Uruguay (4) v Argentina (2), Uruguayan striker Hector Castro scores his side's fourth goal.

Uruguay conquer in battle of the balls

Brazilian star Romario drapes himself in his country's flag

Romario: We made a downtrodden nation ecstatic

The Romania team before their game against Uruguay at the 1930 FIFA World Cup

Romania’s football-crazy king

Zinedine Zidane heads home the opening goal for France in 1998

Zidane heads France to the heavens

Lothar Matthaus and Rudi Voller celebrate at the end of the 1990 World Cup final.

A magical night in Rome

West Germany's Gerd Muller, scorer of the winning goal, waves to the crowd as the team parade the trophy

Muller: All hell broke loose in '74

Paolo Rossi is followed by Brazil's Junior

Rossi wakes to stun Brazil’s dream team

Diego Maradona, Argentina

The day Naples belonged to Argentina

USA hero Joe Gaetjens is raised aloft in Belo Horizante in 1950

The miracle of Belo Horizonte

Hungary 4 v Brazil 2: Brazilian goalkeeper Castillo leaps high

The Battle of Berne

Sport Football. pic: 22nd June 1974. 1974 World Cup Finals in Germany. Hamburg. Group Match. East Germany 1 v West Germany 0. East Germany's Jurgen Sparwasser, left, shoots past West German no 2 Bertie Vogts and goalkeeper Sepp Maier to score the winning goal.

East Germany edge battle of brothers

Igor Belanov scores against Belgium at the 1986 World Cup.

Belanov strikes thrice but Belgium prevail

Manchester United celebrate winning the 1999 UEFA Champions League final

When the winners cried and the losers danced

Argentinian Adolfo Pedernera of River Plate playing against Independiente in 1944 (Photo courtesy Museo River)

The engine driver of La Máquina and El Ballet Azul

The team of Peñarol that won the Intercontinental Cup against Benfica in 1961

Let the Copa commence!

The British Ladies Football Club, who first played in 1895

The women's game's organised origins

Soviet Union's Lev Yashin makes a save from West Germany's Uwe Seeler at the 1966 FIFA World Cup England™

Lev Yashin, the impregnable Spider

Pickles, the dog who found the FIFA World Cup

Pickles and the stolen World Cup

Rinus Michel with Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens and Ruud Krol

The watchmaker behind the Clockwork Oranje

The Italian team is pictured with their coach Vittorio Pozzo before the 1934 FIFA World Cup semi-final against Austria.

Meazza stars in unique Greek tragedy

Manchester, England, 3rd February 1958: The Manchester United team prepare to board their aeroplane at Ringway airport for the journey to Belgrade prior to their European Cup tie against Red Star.

The flowers of Manchester

Mario Kempes celebrates scoring in the 1978 World Cup final.

Kempes: The moustache had to go

Former President of the Hungarian Football Federation and legendary sports journalist Gyorgy Szepesi

Former Hungary Federation president Szepesi passes away

The President of the Football Federation of Kosovo, Fadil Vokrri

FFK president Fadil Vokrri passes away

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal celebrate with Pepe after scoring 0-1 during the Nations League football match between Sweden and Portugal on September 8, 2020 in Stockholm.

Portugal into top five, Russia on the move

Lindsay Rose (Thessaloniki)

Mauritius hoping for rosy future

The USA women's national team celebrate with the SheBelieves Cup.

Status quo remains in Women's Ranking

Daniel Da Mota of Luxembourg.

Da Mota: I'm chasing a dream with Luxembourg

Hugo Lloris of France saves on Romelu Lukaku of Belgium

No change in World Ranking

Chinese Taipei celebrate a goal in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Qualifier match against Thailand

Pioneers Chinese Taipei build for return to former glory

Penda Bah of Gambia lies on the pitch

History-making Bah dreaming big with Gambia

Empty stands at Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium at sunset after the La Liga match between Getafe CF and CA Osasuna.

Ranking remains static as the world fights Covid-19

Zambia celebrate their win against Cameroon

Zambia soar as tournaments, qualifiers make their mark

Palestine celebrate scoring a goal

Improved performances fuel Palestine to strive further

Palestine celebrate scoring a goal

Belgium stay top, Palestine make gains

Sandra Žigić (Croatia)

Zigic: I’ve learned something from every country I’ve played in

Senegalese players celebrate the qualification for the AFCON final

High-flying Senegal’s sense of déjà-vu

Donjeta Halilaj of Kosovo tackles Signy Arna of Estonia

Fazlija: We sparked a new interest in women’s football

Slovenia celebrate scoring against the Netherlands

Women’s football’s biggest movers and shakers of 2019

Players of Qatar celebrate with the AFC Asian Cup trophy

A year to remember for Qatar

Kevin De Bruyne of Belgium (R) celebrates with teammates during a UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier.

Belgium crowned Team of the Year, Qatar 2019’s biggest climber

Oliveira Debora Debinha scores and celebrates her brace during the International Women s friendly between England Women and Brazil Women at Riverside Stadium, on October 05, 2019 in Middlesbrough , England. (Photo by Daniela Porcelli/SPP)

Brazil back in top ten as Kenya, Congo DR soar

Players of Venezuela celebrates a scored goal.

Myanmar on the march as Venezuela hit record high

South Sudan's players celebrate after defeating Somalia

Improving Bright Stars shooting to greater heights

Chile pose for their team photo

Chile’s women with wind in their sails

Thailand celebrate their goal

Youthful exuberance has Thailand's War Elephants on the march

Belgium's head coach Ives Serneels

Belgium on the road to success with Serneels

Yannick Carrasco forward of Belgium, Hans Vanaken midfielder of Belgium, Eden Hazard midfielder of Belgium, Axel Witsel midfielder of Belgium, Thomas Meunier defender of Belgium celebrates the victory after the Euro 2020 group I qualifying game Kazakhstan against Belgium on October 13, 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 13/10/2019

Top three hold firm amid big gains

Eswatini v Djibouti

Djibouti on the march under Mette

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the post 70th FIFA Congress press conference

RELIVE: Post FIFA Congress press conference

FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the 70th FIFA Congress

RELIVE: 2020 FIFA Congress

FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan helps restart Thai league

FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan helps restart Thai league

Olli Rehn, chairperson of the FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan steering committee.

Rehn: FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan achieving right impact

FIFA and UNODC stress importance of cooperation in tackling crime threat

FIFA and UNODC launch cooperation tackling crime and abuse

FIFPRO Red Button App

FIFPRO & FIFA sign collaboration agreement to reinforce fight against match...

FIGC President Gabriele Gravina, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte

FIFA President meets the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte

Christiano Ronaldo of Portugal celebrates after scoring 0-1 during the Nations League football match between Sweden and Portugal on September 8, 2020 in Stockholm.

FIFA President and Legends pay homage to CR7

FIFA sign

FIFA Council meeting agenda now available

FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the Swiss Economic Forum in Montreux

President Infantino speaks at Swiss Economic Forum

Work on a FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar

FIFA welcomes ground-breaking legal changes that strengthen the protection ...

Diego Benaglio and Stephan Lichtsteiner before a friendly match at the Home of FIFA

FIFA President welcomes legends to celebrate football

FIFA Congress

FIFA virtual summits conclude

Outside the Home of FIFA

Statement from the chairperson of the investigatory chamber of the independ...

Kick-off meeting for the implementation of ASEAN-FIFA MoU

Kick-off meeting for the implementation of ASEAN-FIFA MoU

Home of FIFA

FIFA statement

Children train during a FIFA Grassroots schools program, on January 17, 2019 in Dakar, Senegal

It’s up to all of us

Flags of FIFA's Member Associations

70th FIFA Congress to be held online

Pierluigi Collina looks on alongside the VAR monitor

Collina: Our goal is to have consistency by VARs

FIFA President sends his condolences for the death of César Salinas

Signage

Request for Information (RFI) – Signage and Dressing Services, FIFA World C...

Free-kick vanishing spray

FIFA greatly welcomes Brazilian court’s decision rejecting Spuni lawsuit

De-suup, the orange warriors of Bhutan

Bhutan FA's orange warriors making nation proud

FIFA President Gianni Infantino

Infantino congratulates CONMEBOL on its 104th anniversary

The Home of FIFA in Zurich.

FIFA statement on Trinidad and Tobago

Brazil celebrate winning the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA™.

#OnThisDay in 1994

The Senna-saluting Seleção of ’94 in stats

Cristiano Ronaldo in action against Sweden.

World Football

The Week in Quotes