Gear up for 2025 by answering these 25 questions across various sports disciplines
01 January,2025 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
The former Real Madrid and Manchester United great appeared to decline to ski with his family
25 December,2024 01:28 PM IST | Helsinki | mid-day online correspondent
But global players’ union FIFPRO was against the changes, and accused FIFA of failing to reach consensus.
25 December,2024 06:16 AM IST | Zurich | AP
Vinicius Jr recalls his barefoot street football days as a child in Brazil after winning FIFA’s best player award; Spain’s Aitana Bonmati bags women’s honour
19 December,2024 06:22 AM IST | Doha | AP
We have to prepare for that,” Rose said. “By 2034, we’ll be living in a different climate and that’s not a metaphor”
15 December,2024 09:09 AM IST | New York | AP
The approval of the six-nation bid was mostly a formality at FIFA’s online meeting on Wednesday, with Saudi Arabia also officially confirmed as the 2034 World Cup host
13 December,2024 08:37 AM IST | Madrid | AP
Interestingly, Saudi Arabia was the sole candidate for the 2034 edition of the World Cup. Qatar had hosted the event in 2022.
12 December,2024 06:36 AM IST | Lausanne | Agencies
FIFA and Saudi officials say hosting the 2034 tournament can accelerate change, including more freedoms and rights for women. It will kick off a decade of scrutiny on Saudi labor laws and treatment of workers mostly from South Asia needed to help build and upgrade 15 stadiums, plus hotels and transport networks ahead of the 104-game tournament
11 December,2024 06:32 PM IST | Zurich | AP
Two men’s World Cups, one candidate for each, both a shoo-in to win. The outcome will be as FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino intended in October last year
11 December,2024 08:00 AM IST | Geneva | AP
When an event is spread over sites thousands of kilometres apart, teams and potentially hundreds of thousands of their loyal fans have to travel by plane
10 December,2024 10:11 AM IST | Paris | AFPADVERTISEMENT
