[ad_1] Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti (AP Photo) One might call it irony or a simple twist of fate. The 35-year-old, who had just ditched his soccer kit for a coach’s tracksuit, was training with the Italian team at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.It was the summer of 1994. Under the venerable Arrigo Sacchi, one of AC…
[ad_1] Iranian football team gets visa approval (Image: X) The Iranian soccer team has officially received US visas to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, ending weeks of uncertainty and diplomatic complications just 10 days before its opening match.The development comes after concerns that delays in visa processing could jeopardize Team Melli’s participation amid…
[ad_1] Unite8 Sports’ Bavesh Janavlekar is excited ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (Special Arrangements) In 2002, with the support of Abdul Rahman Bakhteer, Ten Sports made a splash in the subcontinent’s broadcast market with it. FIFA World Cup. Several other properties followed and the company built a stronger subscriber base than ESPN Star…
[ad_1] People stand in front of a video screen during the opening of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour in Vancouver (Darrell Dyke/AP via The Canadian Press) FIFA has canceled World Cup tickets that were mistakenly issued free to around 60 fans due to a technical glitch on its ticketing website. The affected tickets were…
[ad_1] Ivory Coast’s Emmanuel Agbado, left, kicks the ball past France’s Jean-Philippe Mattita. (AP Photo) FIFA World Cup Contenders France and Spain suffered unexpected setbacks in their final preparations for the tournament on Thursday, with Ivory Coast holding the French 2-1 and Iraq holding Spain to a 1-1 draw in thrilling warm-up results.At the Stade…
[ad_1] 2026 FIFA World Cup (Getty Images) New Delhi: Football, hitherto described as a “game of two halves”, is set for a new narrative as the sport’s governing body FIFA has introduced a three-minute hydration break between each half of every match in 2026. FIFA World Cupmake it a move that divides the match into…
[ad_1] Sprinklers water the field at Mansfield Stadium, selected as the team’s base camp training site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer teams, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Mansfield, Texas. (AP Photo) FIFA has changed its rules for fans attending the 2026 World Cup and will not allow reusable water bottles inside stadiums, citing…
[ad_1] Spain have received a big boost ahead of the FIFA World Cup, with coach Luis de la Fuente expressing confidence that teenage star Lamine Yamal will be fit for the team’s opening match against Cape Verde on June 15.Yamal, who suffered a left hamstring injury while playing for Barcelona in April, will not feature…
[ad_1] Haiti’s Wodinsky Pier (AP Photo/Odeline Joseph) The U.S. government has finally issued a visa to Haitian national soccer team member Wodinsky Pierre to travel and participate. FIFA World Cup 2026 after days of uncertainty regarding their participation in the tournament. Pierre is the only domestic player on Haiti’s national soccer team and there were…
[ad_1] Born in Doha to Kerala parents, Tahseen Muhammad Jamshed is all set to become the first Indian passport holder to play in the World Cup after joining the Qatar squad. (Photo/X) KOCHI: Tehsin Jamshed is on track to do what few Indians expected to see in the World Cup. The 19-year-old is set to…