Know Your Team: Japan
The Nadeshiko, despite home ground advantage, failed to win a medal at the 2020 Games but a strong showing in last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup indicates their Paris 2024…
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Germany&#۸۲۱۷;s ۲۰۱۴ champions in numbers
Germany landed in Salvador having already conquered 40 million Brazilians – they ingeniously modelled their change kit on that of the county’s best-supported club, Flamengo. They duly devastated 200 million-plus…
Hernandez: I can’t wait to go up against Ferrao
For the first time since 2016, Cuba are back on futsal’s biggest stage after qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Uzbekistan 2024™. The Caribbean side got the job done…
Moriba: Guinea will not fear anyone at Paris ۲۰۲۴
Twenty-nine minutes into Guinea’s do-or-die Olympic play-off with Indonesia on 9 May, time stood still for Ilaix Moriba. Guinea had been awarded a penalty and the midfielder was entrusted with…
Benfica: Portuguese giants set for maiden Club World Cup
More than 120 years after their founding, Benfica will stride the global stage at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ as one of two Portuguese sides eager to impress at…
Alghoul: Libya&#۸۲۱۷;s goal is to reach the last ۱۶
Libya’s dream was hanging by a thread. Just minutes remained. They were trailing to record champions Egypt in the third-place play-off at the Futsal AFCON in April. It wasn’t just…
Malaysia&#۸۲۱۷;s Sergio Aguero: We can reach new heights
“Wherever I go, people talk about it,” said Malaysia international Sergio Aguero. The 30-year-old striker is, of course, referring to how he coincidentally shares a name with the former Argentina…
The man who eclipsed Maradona of ‘۸۶
“I’d choose David Villa over Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo,” declared Vicente Del Bosque in 2009. The moustahced Salamancan laddering the thumb-sucking Asturian above the last two recipients of the FIFA…
Portillo: People go crazy for beach soccer in El Salvador
Reporter : Somayeh Ghanbari One of the most successful Concacaf teams at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™ is El Salvador. Los Cuscatlecos have reached the global showpiece an impressive…
Krol on Cruyff, Michels and Total Football’s legacy
“God gave us two ears and one mouth,” Ruud Krol warned Pim van Dord. “You must listen more than you talk.” Rinus Michel couldn’t help but chuckle when he heard.…