World Cup qualifiers: Tuesday's scores and stats

All the live scores, results and news from Tuesday's Qatar 2022 qualifiers Big wins for Belgium and the Netherlands as Slovakia shock Russia Japan and Saudi...

Hamed: Palestine will treat the Saudi game as a final

Yaser Hamed is a product of Athletic Bilbao’s youth academy Having impressed on his debut, he is now a key player for Palestine Hamed aiming for...

Revived giants ready to right Russian wrong

Italy and the Netherlands failed to reach Russia 2018 Both have bounced back impressively in the years since We look at what's changed ahead of their...

Reja: Albania have to make qualification our dream

Albania is 75-year-old Edy Reja's first national-team appointment He is now aiming to take Albania to the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time Read FIFA.com's...

Da Fonseca: Messi represents everything children dream of becoming

Omar Da Fonseca was a professional player between 1979 and 1993 Now working as a pundit on French TV A big fan of his compatriots Diego...

Djibouti's coach and captain dream of a better future

Djibouti have improved tremendously under Julien Mette Team’s French coach discusses his philosophy Captain Waiss talks about his coach and Qatar 2022 qualifiers “Discipline, beautiful football, intelligence,...

Romero: There's a long road ahead for Paraguay

Angel Romero plays alongside twin brother Oscar at club and national level On Thursday, he came off the Paraguay bench to score a brace against...
University of Johannesburg soccer striker Amanda Mthandi cannot wait for the World Cup finals to kick off in France. South Africa play their first game against Spain on June 8. Photo: Barco Greeff

UJ’s Mthandi ready to shine in World Cup finals

University of Johannesburg soccer star Amanda Mthandi says there is a massive air of excitement in the Banyana Banyana camp as they look ahead...
Here are the reasons why Messi will not win a major trophy with Argentina

Here are the reasons why Messi will not win a major...

His misfortune to not win the trophy for Lionel Messi and Argentina is probably the most discussed on the subject of modern-day football. If...
Wilfried Bony celebrates scoring against Japan for the Ivory Coast in the World Cup.

Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1 with 2 Second half goals

Didier Drogba came off the bench to inspire Cote d'Ivoire to a 2-1 comeback victory over Japan in a World Cup Group C match...