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Wellington, Nw Zealand | Xinhua |  New Zealand’s top sports official on Friday praised the country’s national women’s football team’s opening match at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup as “historic” and “inspirational”. New Zealand opened the tournament on Thursday with their first ever World Cup win, dispatching former champions …

Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has hit a major milestone, with ticket sales surpassing one million. FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday revealed that 1.03 million tickets have been sold for the ninth Women’s World Cup, to be held in Australia and New Zealand between …

New York, USA | Xinhua | As the United States is planning the biggest FIFA World Cup in history, scheduled for the summer of 2026, some nations are issuing warnings about traveling to the United States for the matches over its rampant gun violence, reported Spectrum News 1 on Thursday. Germany …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | Germany will host the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026, and Qatar will host the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2027, the world basketball governing body announced on Friday. The decisions were made by FIBA’s Central Board during Friday’s meeting held in the Philippines on the …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Football’s world governing body FIFA held Friday the draw for the 2023 Under-20 World Cup with the hosts Argentina kicking off the tournament against Uzbekistan on May 20. The ceremony was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and FIFA confirmed the match schedule and …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | FIFA appointed on Thursday the officials for the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup to be held in Argentina on May 20-June 11. 25 referees and 38 assistant referees were selected by the FIFA Referees Committee, and 18 video match officials were also on the list. FIFA …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Football’s global governing body FIFA on Thursday launched the 2027 Women’s World Cup bidding process, which will be appointed, for the first time, by the FIFA Congress. The previous Women’s World Cup hosts were decided by the Council, but this time the Congress will vote for the …

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Xinhua | Argentina captain Lionel Messi has left open the possibility of playing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but says his participation will depend on ‘many things’. The Paris Saint-Germain forward previously declared the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would mark his last appearance in football’s showpiece event. …

David Matoma: Uganda 16-year-old pitcher signs for MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates Gilgil, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan teams have qualified for the WBSC U-18 and U-12 Baseball World Cups. The first ever WBSC U-12 Baseball and Africa U-18 World Cup Qualifier was held in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya from 24th to …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | One month after Argentina won the Qatar World Cup, FIFA announced early figures of the tournament, showing around five billion people have engaged with the World Cup. “On social media, according to Nielsen, there have been 93.6 million posts across all platforms, with a 262 billion …