Colin Smith

FIFA is trying to bring the World Cup home for millions of Indian fans, said FIFA's director of competitions Colin Smith during a media interaction on Thursday.

Three quarters of the teams at the World Cup finals in Qatar will be based within a 10km radius of each other, FIFA said on Tuesday, announcing the hotels and training venues for the 32 national sides.

Moscow, May 26 (IANS) The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has expressed concern over some aspects of the construction of the stadium in St. Petersburg, and stressed the need for more careful co-ordination of the project, according to the official website of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

FIFA, world soccer's governing body, wrapped up site visits to potential venues for the 2026 World Cup to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico with a stop in Toronto on Monday, saying a decision on cities can be expected in April.

In a bid to take stock of the progress made so far in the upcoming U-17 World Cup in 2017, FIFA's events director alongwith Fifa U-17 World Cup event manager is scheduled to make a stop in New Delhi next Thursday.

The head of Russia's 2018 World Cup organizing committee admitted on Wednesday that a lot of construction work remains, but said the country is not running behind in its preparations.

Ticket sales for the soccer World Cup are approaching the three-million mark ahead of the tournament kicking off in Qatar on November 20, FIFA's president Gianni Infantino and event organisers said on Monday.

Roughly four years before soccer's showcase comes to the U.S., Mexico and Canada, there already were winners and losers Thursday: Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Kansas City, Missouri, were among the cities picked after missing out on hosting the 1994 tournament.

The stadia hosting the 2017 U-17 football World Cup matches in India will have to be ready at least nine months before the start of the showpiece event.

World Cup fans will be able to watch an unprecedented four games a day on television, spread out over 11 hours, during the group stage of the Qatar 2022 tournament after the schedule was confirmed on Wednesday. The tournament's opening game on Nov. 21 will be at the 60,000 capacity Al Bayt Stadium. The final on Dec. 18 will be held at the 80,000 Lusail Stadium.

A new study reveals that taking vitamin D2 supplements might surprisingly lower your body's crucial vitamin D3 levels, essential for immunity and bone health. Researchers suggest D3, derived from sunlight, is far more effective than plant-based D2, which could suppress D3 due to a bodily balancing act. Consumers should prioritize D3 supplements for optimal health benefits.

Bhimtal-based butterfly expert on Indian species, Peter Smetacek, has come up with a catalogue of the butterflies of India. The catalogue features 1,318 species of butterflies in the country, which had not been documented previously

A final decision on the venues for the 2026 World Cup being jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico has been significantly delayed by the COVID-19 outbreak, global soccer's governing body FIFA said on Monday.

FIFA's president promised the World Cup would be like "Disneyland" while rights groups say workers have been through hell, but one thing is certain -- there will never be another World Cup like Qatar 2022. Few countries could have afforded the $200 billion-plus bill that the tiny but super-wealthy emirate has paid for its spectacular transformation over the past 12 years.