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ABRAHAM Benjamin

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BARREIRO Jonathan

BLAESS Isabella

DURCAU Rebecca

ELDER Daniel

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FAGHANI Alireza

KERSEY Adam

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CHARAKTIS Joanna

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MOORE Jonathon

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Jaclyn LEE-JOE

Heather GARRIOCK

Peter FILOPOULOS

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Tony POPOVIC

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Jonathan MOSS

Matthew STAPLES

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Afghan women’s refugee team begins its journey with first talent ID camp in Sydney

In a month when the world’s top female players in Africa, Europe, Oceania and South America battled it out for continental glory, another group of international footballers concluded an event far less watched, but no less powerful. 

Afghan Women's Refugee Team Talent ID Camp - Sydney

Emmanuel Kelly’s awe-inspiring journey to FIFA Club World Cup™ Halftime Show

The journey that Australian singer Emmanuel Kelly has made to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ final, not to mention a successful recording career, is every bit as uplifting as those taken by the members of Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain. 

Australian singer Emmanuel Kelly 

Australia’s Alireza Faghani appointed FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ final referee

The referee who helped open the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ will fittingly usher the groundbreaking tournament toward its unforgettable climax, as Australia’s Alireza Faghani has been appointed to officiate Sunday’s final.

 Referee Alireza Faghani gestures

FIFA Member Associations in focus (May 2025)

We take a look at the extraordinary work that FIFA's MAs have been doing in recent weeks to promote, strengthen and make football truly global.

FIFA World Football Week

Growing the women’s game (May 2025)

With numerous assistance programmes available to member associations, Inside FIFA reviews some of the recent Women's Football development work in diverse regions of the world during April and May 2025. 

FIFA League Development programme Tegucigalpa, Honduras

FIFA Football Executive Programme for MAs creates significant impact in Asia and Oceania

Young executives from FIFA Member Associations (MAs) in Asia and Oceania have completed the year-long FIFA Football Executive Programme (FEP) which aims to further professionalise and develop top-level football administration globally. 

Football Executive Programme for Asia and Oceania MAs 

Asian strength at FIFA Club World Cup™ “proof” of tournament’s global nature, FIFA President tells Asian Football Confederation Congress

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has told the 35th AFC Congress the broad cross-section of countries represented by the confederation’s players at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 is “further proof” of FIFA’s “desire to make football truly global”.

P PTC

Balancing elite refereeing and motherhood

World Health Day is on 7 April, and the focus of this year's celebration will be on pregnancy, healthy childbirth and postnatal health. FIFA works hard to ensure that its elite-level female referees can combine motherhood with their careers. 

Lara Lee is seen with her daughter during the FIFA Women's Elite Referees Seminar for AFC/CAF/OFC in Doha, Qatar

Australia make impressive debut in FIFA Women’s Futsal World Rankings – Armenia and Poland enter Men’s Top 20

The first edition of the FIFA Futsal World Ranking for the year, which was published on Friday 4 April 2025, revealed some significant changes – in both tables – on the back of 183 women’s matches and 192 in the men’s game.

FIFA Futsal World Ranking 

How the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ is redefining football Down Under

Eighteen months may have already passed since Spain joyously lifted the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ trophy at Sydney's Stadium Australia but the tournament's transformative impact is unfolding in real time.

Beyond Greatness™ Community Football Tournament - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023

FIFA Member Associations in focus (January 2025)

We take a look at the extraordinary work that FIFA's member associations have been doing in recent weeks to promote, strengthen and make football truly global.

The Ghana FA presented the FIFA badges to 22 Referees and Assistant Referees. Photo: Ghana Football Association

Growing the women’s game (January 2025)

Inside FIFA looks back at just some of the significant recent activity which has helped build the footprint of women’s football globally during January 2025. 

FIFA Women's Football Campaign Rwanda

FIFA Member Associations in focus (December 2024)

FIFA support to its 211 member associations during December 2024 in review.

FIFA Technical Leadership Diploma

FIFA President declares the future is bright for ASEAN football

FIFA President Gianni Infantino declared that the future of football in the Southeast Asian region is looking bright when addressing the 31st Ordinary Congress of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) which was held in Vientiane, Laos.

ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Conference | FIFA President Gianni Infantino

Disciplinary sanctions concerning FIFA World Cup™ qualifying

FIFA has published the sanctions imposed by its Disciplinary Committee for incidents that took place in September and October 2024 during the preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 26™.

China PR's Wei Shihao (L) fights for the ball with Indonesia's Nathan Tjoe-A-On

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