Taking the World Cup back to South Korea in 2022, 20 years after it was jointly staged there with Japan, would again present soccer’s governing body FIFA with dilemmas over the fractured and difficult relationship between South and North Korea.
Taking the World Cup back to South Korea in 2022, 20 years after it was jointly staged there with Japan, would again present soccer’s governing body FIFA with dilemmas over the fractured and difficult relationship between South and North Korea.
MIAMI - Nothing illustrates the growth of soccer in the United States better than the realisation that hosting the 2022 World Cup there is now regarded as a safe option for FIFA, compared to 1994 when it was considered a risk.
GLASGOW — Manchester United clinched a place in the last 16 of the Champions League after a Wayne Rooney penalty three minutes from time secured a 1-0 win over Rangers at Ibrox here on Wednesday.
UAE will meet Japan in the Asian Games football final after the young side knocked out South Korea with the last kick of extra-time in their semifinal.
DUBAI - Shaikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor and Honorary President of the UAE Football Association, congratulated the UAE football team for their semifinal victory over South Korea in the Asian Games at Guangzhou on Tuesday.
UAE held the star-studded Iraq to a goalless draw on the second day of the ongoing 20th Gulf Cup at the 22nd May Stadium in Aden, Yemen on Tuesday.
DUBAI - Never has a country waited in such anticipation. It’s indeed a historic occasion. A victory in the grand finale of the Asian Games under-23 football competition against powerhouse Japan would give UAE their first gold medal.
ZURICH - FIFA has ordered Dutch coach Arie Haan to pay ¤500,000 ($670,000) compensation to the Cameroon football federation for walking out on the national team.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Australian defender Sasa Ognenovski has been named the Asian Player of the Year by the region’s football governing body.
AUXERRE, France - Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic tormented Auxerre again on Tuesday, scoring his fourth Champions League goal of the season as AC Milan reached the knockout round with a 2-0 win.