FIFA World Cup 2022

FIFA advances Qatar World Cup by one day

FIFA increases squad size to 26 players for 2022 World Cup

“The number of players to be included on the final list has been increased to at least 23 and a maximum of 26,” FIFA said in a statement.

FIFA World Cup 2022 60% tickets sold, say organisers

Chief organiser Hassan Al-Thawadi said there had been “record-breaking” demand for the November-December World Cup, the first held in the Middle East.

FIFA World Cup qualifier Costa Rica claim last World Cup place with victory over New Zealand

Costa Rica became the last team to qualify for this year's World Cup as Joel Campbell's early goal gave the Central Americans a nervy 1-0 win over New Zealand in a play-off on Tuesday

France in troubled waters after rough month of June

Les Bleus lost at home against Denmark and Croatia, against whom they drew away, also taking a point in Austria, which eliminated them from the race to the final four in Group A1.

‘I’m no hero,’ says dancing keeper as Australia qualify for World Cup

The 33-year-old journeyman was brought on for his third cap with three minutes to play at the end of extra time and stopped the last kick as the Socceroos won 5-4 on penalties after the match ended ...

Five subs to be written into football law

The IFAB said the five changes per team would continue to be allowed to be made in no more than three opportunities, excluding any changes made at half-time.

It will be Messi v Mbappe in the World Cup final: Christian Karembeu

Bangladesh’s enormous population, its unending love for football and hearing that he is not the first member of France’s 1998 World Cup winning team to visit the country were revelations for the ...

7 injured as Brazil, Argentina football fans clash in Bangladesh

Up to 300 people were involved in a Wednesday brawl that saw fans hurl rocks and bricks at each other on a cricket ground outside the capital Dhaka, police inspector Masud Rana told AFP.

FIFA World Cup Trophy arrives in Bangladesh

The trophy arrived in Bangladesh in a special chartered flight from Pakistan. It landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 11:25am, 25 minutes after the scheduled time

Qatar to re-install Zidane statue that sparked backlash

Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian soccer player Zinedine Zidane's head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, ...

FIFA World Cup qualifier Wales beat Ukraine to reach World Cup

Gareth Bale hailed Wales' qualification for a first World Cup since 1958 as the greatest result in their history after a 1-0 win over Ukraine in Cardiff cruelly denied the war-torn nation a place in ...

Ukraine aim to complete World Cup dream in Wales

Ukraine's footballers made a war-torn nation proud by beating Scotland in their first competitive clash since Russia's invasion, but the job of getting to the World Cup is only half done ahead of ...

Qatar World Cup marks last dance for Messi and Ronaldo

Even if they are now on the wane, Messi and Ronaldo will go to Qatar hoping to seize surely their last chance to lift a World Cup, the one glaring omission from the CV of each

Cartoon alien aims to ease World Cup culture shock in Qatar

Like the arriving fans, Kawkabani, star of the series launched by Qatar's first animation studio, has to learn Arabic pronunciation, how to drink coffee -- and to discover that Qataris prepare way ...