All 8 Groups team confirmed for 2022 World Cup in Qatar
The groups for the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Friday were decided at a draw ceremony in Qatar, where the tournament will take place in November and December of this year. A total of eight groups, each featuring four teams,…
Eyes on Doha as 2022 World Cup draw to take place on 1st April
The draw for this year’s World Cup takes place in the shadow of Doha’s skyscrapers on Friday, with the focus for the evening on the actual football after a build-up dominated by the many off-field issues surrounding the awarding of…
Mexico, United States seal berths for 2022 World Cup
The United States and Mexico booked their tickets to the World Cup finals in Qatar on Wednesday after securing the results needed to claim the last two automatic qualifying places from the CONCACAF region. The USA were beaten 2-0 by…
WCQ22: Portugal and Poland qualify for Qatar World Cup main event
Portugal beat North Macedonia 2-0 and Poland saw off Sweden by the same score in play-off finals on Tuesday to book their places in the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. Bruno Fernandes scored both goals for Portugal to overcome…
Canada crunched Jamaica 4-0 to reach FIFA World Cup for first time in 36 years
Canada qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years on Sunday with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Jamaica in Toronto. Goals from Cyle Larin, Tajon Buchanan, Junior Hoilett and an Adrian Mariappa own goal secured all…
Italy to miss FIFA World Cup for consecutive time after losing to North Macedonia 1-0
Italy missed out on the World Cup finals again after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on Thursday as Aleksandar Trajkovski’s last-gasp strike earned the visitors a famous win. European champions Italy did not qualify…
‘Dead in its tracks’ – FIFPro chief convinced FIFA World Cup won’t happen in every Two years
The head of global footballers’ union FIFPro is confident a plan to hold the men’s World Cup every two years is “dead in its tracks” and insists FIFA should do more to promote the women’s version instead. FIFA will hold…
Germany beat North Macedonia 4-0 to become first team to qualify for 2022 Qatar World Cup
A Timo Werner double on Monday helped Germany stamp their ticket for the 2022 World Cup with a 4-0 win over North Macedonia, but Belgium will have to wait until next month after Wales carved out a narrow win in…
FIFA seeks support from 200 national federations to hold World Cup in every 2 years
FIFA on Thursday held a summit with over 200 national football federations as it seeks to gather support for plans to stage the World Cup every two years despite muscular opposition from Europe. Officially the summit, which was held online,…
European Leagues ‘unanimously oppose’ FIFA World Cup being held in two years
The body representing professional competitions in Europe, European Leagues, said on Thursday it was against FIFA’s proposal of staging a World Cup every two years. On Wednesday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the extensive shake-up would cut out “too many…
