The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 looms ever closer with the Final Draw taking place on 6 December in Ottawa. Read on for all the information about the event and FIFA.com’s coverage leading up to the tournament. FIFA.com News
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FIFA.com chats with China PR great Sun Wen to seek the views of the FIFA Female Player of the Century ahead of the fast-looming FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year announcement. FIFA.com News
The Official Mascot for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 New Zealand is to be unveiled at Auckland’s Santa Parade on Sunday 30 November. FIFA.com News
Auckland City FC midfielder Cameron Lindsay is setting his sights on regaining a professional contract and the former New Zealand youth international is hoping Morocco 2014 will be the perfect springboard. FIFA.com News
Ahead of their UEFA Champions League group stage match, Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso claimed that Manchester City’s struggles in the competition prove it is not possible for clubs to buy success. FIFA.com News
Olivier Giroud will miss both of Arsenal’s remaining UEFA Champions League group matches after the club did not include the striker on their original squad list. FIFA.com News
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Manchester United moved back into the top four of the English Premier League with a 2-1 smash-and-grab raid at Arsenal. FIFA.com News
Zenit St. Petersburg went eight points clear at the Russian Premier League summit with a 1-0 home win over Kuban Krasnodar, while FC Krasnodar moved into second spot with a 2-1 win over defending champions CSKA Moscow. FIFA.com News
Celtic captain Scott Brown signed a new contract with the Scottish champions, tying him to the Glasgow club until 2018. FIFA.com News
FIFA acknowledges the information provided by the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber and the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee following their meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich today. FIFA.com News
The chairman of the adjudicatory chamber and the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert and Michael J. Garcia respectively, met today, Thursday 20 November at the Home of FIFA in Zurich. FIFA.com News
FIFA Digital’s excellence in their field has been rewarded at the Football Business Awards in London and the Best of Swiss Apps 2014 in Zurich. FIFA.com News
Guinea joined Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Ghana and Congo DR in qualifying for the 2015 CAF Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday but defending champions Nigeria crashed out. FIFA.com News
FIFA.com recalls Paul Caligiuri’s goal in USA’s 1-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago – affectionately known as ‘the shot heard round the world’ – that happened 25 years ago today and we look at the progress the United States have made since that day in Port of Spain. FIFA.com News
One of the most picturesque cities on the Volga, Nizhny Novgorod, is preparing for construction to start at its new stadium for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, and a delegation led by the Russian First Deputy Prime Minister, Igor Shuvalov, inspected the stadium’s pace of progress. FIFA.com News
The Croatian Football Federation have said that Luka Modric will be out for as long as three months after scans revealed a more serious thigh injury than initially expected. FIFA.com News
Continuing our look at the individual contenders for the FIFA Puskás Award, FIFA.com throws the spotlight on Diego Costa’s agile overhead kick for Atletico Madrid against Getafe. FIFA.com News
Independiente moved up to fourth after securing a 4-1 come-from-behind win over Lanus. FIFA.com News
Defending champions Nigeria, four-time winners Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are among those seeking to nail down a spot in next year’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday in the final round of qualifiers. FIFA.com News