Qatar unveils 6000-cabin World Cup village in airport car park
Qatar on Wednesday unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what's available for the upcoming World Cup just days away from starting.As journalists...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - FIFA World Cup | 10 Nov 2022 | 10:05 am(NZT)
Travel advice for visiting Doha during the Fifa Football World Cup
Some 1.2 million people are expected to pour into Qatar during the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup that begins this month.With fans coming from all over the world, reaching Qatar on the Arabian Peninsula, as well as getting around...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - FIFA World Cup | 4 Nov 2022 | 12:30 pm(NZT)
ESM Team of the Month – March 2022
Votes: Alisson Becker (Liverpool, 4 votes) Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, 3 votes) Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea, 3 votes) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, 5 votes) Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, 6 votes) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, 7 votes) Luka Modric (Real Madrid, 3 votes) Pedri (Barcelona, 7 votes) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, 9 votes) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, […]Source: World Soccer | 12 Apr 2022 | 11:14 pm(NZT)
World Soccer Presents: The Prem Era Part One
From the editor “Premier League starts in August” was the headline of a small article in the March 1992 edition of World Soccer magazine. “A seven-year campaign by English soccer’s wealthiest clubs will culminate in August with the start of the Premier League,” it began. “The Big Five – Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and […]Source: World Soccer | 12 Apr 2022 | 10:58 pm(NZT)
Out this week: World Soccer May 2022
From the editor This time last year, when Italy and Algeria were in the process of setting world and African records for lengthy unbeaten runs (37 and 35 international games respectively), the idea that neither of them would be present at Qatar for the 2022 World Cup would have been unthinkable. Yet football has a […]Source: World Soccer | 12 Apr 2022 | 9:42 pm(NZT)
2022 World Cup draw
Group stage Knockout stageSource: World Soccer | 2 Apr 2022 | 6:54 am(NZT)
World Soccer April 2022
From the editor The countdown to Qatar 2022 is beginning to start in earnest, with the World Cup preliminaries from the majority of the confederations scheduled to conclude at the end of March, including the play-offs to decide the final qualifiers from Europe and Africa. For the European World Cup qualifying action, Jim Holden and […]Source: World Soccer | 16 Mar 2022 | 12:49 am(NZT)
ESM Team of the Month – February 2022
Votes: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, 6 votes) Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, 7 votes) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, 7 votes) Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea, 3 votes) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, 4 votes) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, 5 votes) N’Golo Kante (Chelsea, 3 votes) Pedri (Barcelona, 6 votes) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 5 votes) Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, 8 […]Source: World Soccer | 10 Mar 2022 | 6:24 am(NZT)
ESM Team of the Month – January 2022
Votes: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, 4 votes) Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, 6 votes) Theo Hernandez (Milan, 3 votes) Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City, 3 votes) Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, 4 votes) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, 9 votes) Casemiro (Real Madrid, 5 votes) Luka Modric (Real Madrid, 3 votes) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, 4 votes) Robert Lewandowski […]Source: World Soccer | 10 Mar 2022 | 5:49 am(NZT)
World Soccer March 2022
From the editor The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations really did have everything. There was the drama of tournament debutants Gambia and Comoros progressing to the knockout rounds, while pre-tournament favourites Algeria finished rock bottom of their group; there were farcical scenes, from a referee blowing for full-time five minutes early to Comoros fielding an […]Source: World Soccer | 18 Feb 2022 | 4:51 am(NZT)
World Soccer February 2022
From the Editor Although this is World Soccer’s February issue, it’s our first edition to be released in 2022, so it seems only fitting to preview the year ahead in some capacity. We’ve provided a football calendar for 2022, while Nick Bidwell highlights the biggest talking points of the year in our regular annual preview. […]Source: World Soccer | 22 Jan 2022 | 12:33 am(NZT)
Face to Face: Patrice Beaumelle
Does this current Ivory Coast squad live in the shadow of the so-called golden generation of Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure of a decade ago? Of course, in the past if you looked at the line-up it was like: “Wow, this is one of the top teams in world football”. They were all playing at […]Source: World Soccer | 13 Jan 2022 | 4:25 am(NZT)