The Philippine men’s national football team resumed its campaign in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian qualifiers, conceding a late goal to Iraq, 1-0, on early Friday, March 22, at the Basra International Stadium. PH men’s national football team captain Neil Etheridge. (PFF) Under...
RIYADH (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia formally launched its bid to host the 2034 World Cup on Friday, March 1, nearly four months after football's world governing body FIFA announced the kingdom was the only candidate. The bid comes two years after neighboring Qatar hosted the first World Cup in the Middle...
Featuring eight new names, the Philippine women’s national football team is all set for its second stint in the Pinatar Cup this February at the San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain. For the second time, the Filipinas will be the only non-European team to see action in the tournament after being...
The Senate adopted on Tuesday, Feb. 6, a resolution commending the FIBA Local Organizing Committee (LOC), the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as well as the private sector, and all government agencies and instrumentalities for the successful hosting of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup....
MIAMI (AFP) -- The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey, organizers FIFA announced on Sunday, Feb. 4. FIFA president Gianni Infantino (AFP) The New York bid held off a strong challenge from Dallas to secure the July 19 game, the culmination of the expanded...
MADRID (AFP) -- A Spanish judge on Thursday, Jan. 25, proposed that disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales be tried over the kiss he forced on Women's World Cup star Jenni Hermoso. Spain's Jenni Hermoso (AFP/File photo) In a ruling following his preliminary investigation, judge...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Brazilians paid their last respects Sunday to football legend Mario Zagallo, after the four-time World Cup-winning player and coach died at age 92, the final member of one of the country's greatest footballing generations. Brazil's football legend Mario Zagallo (AFP) Dressed...
SAO PAULO (AFP) -- The first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and coach, Mario Zagallo was as instrumental a figure as any in Brazil's rise to prominence as a global football power. This 12th of July 1998 file photo shows Brazilian national soccer team coach Mario Zagallo during...
MADRID (AFP) -- Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge on Tuesday, Jan. 2, that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was "at no point consensual" and that she had come under pressure to defend his actions. Spain's Jenni Hermoso (AFP)...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has turned over the basketball floorings used in the country’s hosting of the FIBA World Cup to the Philippine Sports Commission in a simple ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 21. SBP President Al Panlilio, center, turns over the FIBA courts used in the World Cup...
Filipina-Spanish Alexia Blanco Llacuno is thrilled to be called up and represent the Philippine women’s national football team in future competitions. The 23-year-old’s talent was on full display during the Filipinas’ identification camp led by head coach Mark Torcaso in Orange County,...
Coca-Cola Philippines continues its commitment in harnessing local football talents through various initiatives in the grassroots level following its all-out support to the Filipinas during the FIFA Women’s World Cup last July. The beverage giant organized a football exhibition on Saturday, Dec....
