Futsal world hails king Pito
“Pito was the deserved winner of this award. He had an excellent 2023. I was there with him [at Barcelona]. He was without doubt the best player of the year.…
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FIFA Futsal World Cup rules
Real time A match lasts 40 minutes. That is, in fact, 40 minutes of the ball in play, because when the whistle blows – when, say, the ball goes out…
۲ Days To Go: Spain end Brazilian hegemony
Uzbekistan 2024 is now just 2 days away Would anyone ever stop Brazil? They had netted 55 goals in only eight games (6.88 per game) to win a third straight…
Cretier: The Netherlands are ready for the Uzbek noise
Jordy Cretier spends his days with a brush, canvas drop cloths, plastic roller trays and a tape. His best paintwork of this year was not on a building, but on…
Colombia set for Cali party as the knockouts begin
What started as 24 is now down to 16 as the knockout stage of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ gets under way in the cities of Bogota…
Pany on Ricardinho, Cristiano, Zicky and Portugal’s title push
It was the transfer that momentarily catapulted futsal into the mainstream. Suddenly, it was on news channels alongside stories on crime, the economy, government, politics, showbusiness and A-star sport. People…
۴ Days To Go: Ricardinho is finally crowned
Uzbekistan 2024 is now just 4 days away He was the sport’s record six-time Best Player, yet Ricardinho had never got his hands on its biggest trophy. He’d never even…
Ten-man Saudi stun China; Indonesia and Korea DPR dig in for draws
Group A Korea DPR 2-2 Qatar Korea DPR and Qatar both earned their first Group A points after battling out an entertaining draw in Laos. Ri Il Song gave the…
Age-defying El Hadary seizes the moment
By the time the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ rolled around, veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary was well into his fifth decade, had banked more than 150 Egypt caps, and won…
San Marino hero Sensoli: I&#۸۲۱۷;m still on top of the world
UEFA Nations League, San Marino v Liechtenstein, Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle. Fifty-one minutes and 56 seconds into the game, San Marino full-back Giacomo Benvenuti floated a hopeful ball into the…