A vice-president of Germany’s parliament has hit out at Fifa over a “disgusting” World Cup draw ceremony where American President Donald Trump played a big role and “completely insane” ticket prices for the tournament.
Roberto Losada confirmed on Sunday that he plans to quit as Eastern head coach after 4½ years in charge, just 48 hours after being named as Hong Kong’s interim boss.
Angry spectators broke down barricades and stormed the pitch at a stadium in India after football star Lionel Messi, who is on a three-day tour of the country, abruptly left the arena.
Brazil and Arsenal legend Gilberto Silva believes Fifa is moving with the times by expanding the World Cup and introducing a quadrennial 32-team club equivalent.
It was only after his family were granted permission to start a new life in Australia that footballer Valentino Yuel realised there was a world beyond the Kenyan refugee camp where he spent his first 11 years.
Roberto Losada was named interim Hong Kong head coach on Friday, as the local football association began its hunt for a boss with “a global vision and professional competence” to replace Ashley Westwood.
Football fans have accused Fifa of a “monumental betrayal” over World Cup tickets and called for sales to be halted, after the latest prices were revealed.
An inspired Tai Po beat Cong An Hanoi 1-0 in a bad-tempered clash at Mong Kok Stadium on Thursday to bid a stirring farewell to their AFC Champions League Two campaign.
Lee Chi-kin acknowledged Tai Po “still have a lot to learn” about competing against the continent’s best teams, ahead of their farewell AFC Champions League Two clash with Cong An Hanoi on Thursday.
Nine Asian and Pacific nations discovered their 2026 Fifa World Cup opponents when the tournament draw took place in Washington on Friday, while the Saudi-based Cristiano Ronaldo learned he could share a last dance of sorts with Lionel…
US President Donald Trump was awarded the new Fifa peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw – giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.
The draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup takes place on Friday (US time), ahead of the tournament from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will hold a short in-person meeting with US President Donald Trump this week in Washington, as they continue to negotiate over US tariffs on her nation’s goods.
Tai Po’s footballers had their community in mind as they returned to domestic action on Thursday following the fire that killed at least 159 people in the district.
The countdown to the first 48-team Fifa World Cup begins in earnest on Friday as the draw for the 2026 finals takes place in Washington, with Donald Trump set to dominate much of the attention.
With the Hong Kong team set for a changing of the guard after the departure of head coach Ashley Westwood, a bright international future has been predicted for young Kitchee defender Jason Kam Chi-kin.
Twelve police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for their failings during and after the 1989 Hillsborough stadium football tragedy, a long-running investigation has found.
Global footballers’ union FIFPro says that seven players embroiled in a Malaysian national team eligibility scandal are themselves victims and their 12-month bans “grossly disproportionate”.
Chinese football fans have condemned club side Brighton & Hove Albion and the Premier League side’s Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma after a social media post showed him smiling and holding an image of the last Japanese soldier to surrender in…
South China suffered a blow in their bid for a return to the big time on Sunday, while players and supporters largely backed the decision for the Hong Kong lower-league show to go on after last week’s tragic fire in Tai Po.
After Inigo Calderon quit playing football in 2019, he planned to travel the world for a year, indulging his fondness for “going out and feeling free”.
Singapore’s long-frustrated football fans are daring to hope again after a landmark Asian Cup qualification win and the appointment of a home-grown coach they believe can restore pride to a national side long eclipsed at home by English…
South Korea and Japan are mulling a bid to co-host the 2035 men’s Asian Cup, an official said Friday, joining forces again after staging the World Cup in 2002.
Former Saudi Sports Minister Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad said Cristiano Ronaldo – who joined Al-Nassr in December 2022 – was the only foreign player in the Saudi Pro League who truly deserved his multimillion-dollar salary.
Tai Po footballers paid tribute to the victims of the fire that has devastated their community as their match against Macarthur went ahead in Australia on Thursday.
Roberto Losada has said he would be “super-ready” to become the new Hong Kong head coach if asked, after Ashley Westwood vacated the position on Monday.