News of fifa

Confirmed: Ancelotti to take over as Brazil coach

12-05-2025 12:12 Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid to take his talents to the international game with Brazil.

FIFA confirms Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host

12-12-2024 13:37 Football’s world governing body also finalises plans for 2030 tournament, awarding one opening match of tournament to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in concession to CONMEBOL.

CLUB FOOTBALL

Messi's Inter Miami to play in FIFA's Club World Cup in 2025

20-10-2024 08:09 Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will feature in next year's expanded FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Saturday.

Football & business

Miami football hub expands as FIFA's Infantino follows Messi to US

27-08-2024 09:49 FIFA is expanding in an upscale Miami enclave as its president relocates ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

FOOTBALL

Copa América champs Argentina to be investigated by FIFA over racist song

17-07-2024 12:12 Chelsea set to take disciplinary action against Enzo Fernández as row over chanting of racist and homophobic songs escalates.

STADIUM CHAOS

Copa América chaos raises concerns for 2026 World Cup

15-07-2024 15:10 Chaotic scenes at the Copa América final raise serious questions for the organisers of the 2026 World Cup.

Football

Argentina dare to dream of Olympic gold – will Messi be there too?

15-02-2024 15:38 Javier Masherano’s young side had to get to the Games in Paris first, and they did so in typically nail-biting fashion.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL

Argentina’s Olympian ambitions put pressure on Mascherano

19-01-2024 11:34 Javier Masherano’s Argentina U23 team begin the road to potential Olympic glory on Sunday when the side takes on Paraguay

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL

Respect for Messi holds off rising stars to individual awards

15-01-2024 21:49 Respect for Lionel Messi from players, fans and journalists has forced the game's new stars – Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham – to wait another year for the big individual awards.

WORLD CUP 2030

Why a football-crazy continent gets just three World Cup games

04-10-2023 18:23 In sports, where money talks, it’s hard for South America to compete.

FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

'Girls with balls' still sidelined in Argentine football

17-07-2023 17:34 In Argentina, a country obsessed with football and the proud holder of three World Cup titles, women have yet to be fully welcomed into the beautiful game.

FOOTBALL

Posh Miami enclave to become US football hub with FIFA, Messi set to move in

13-06-2023 09:43 Lionel Messi isn’t the only football powerhouse heading to Miami – FIFA, the organisers of the global game, are looking to lease property in the region ahead of the 2026 World Cup.