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‘We don’t have to choose’: Referees explain how FIFA helps them combine motherhood with their careers 💡 ⚽️ FIFA supports women referees in striking a balance between their careers and motherhood ⚽️ Female Health and Performance Project launched in 2026 to reinforce existing FIFA initiatives and support for mothers in football ⚽️ Australia’s Lara Lee: ‘I can be a mother, referee and Lara all in one’ 🗞️📷 ⤵️ inside.fifa.com/refereeing/n… #FIFA|#Refereeing|#FootballUnitesTheWorld

Where the players honour players: Special awards at the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival 2026™ 🏆⚽🌍🤝 At the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival 2026™, the players decide: teams vote for the teams that have impressed them most for identity, unity and positive energy 🗞️🔗⤵️ inside.fifa.com/tournament-o… #U15WC | #FootballUnitesTheWorld

FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ creates memorable environment for over 2,500 players ⚽️ More than 2,500 children competing at the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ ⚽️ FIFA’s Safeguarding Policy and FIFA Guardians™ programme ensure a safe environment ⚽️ Azerbaijan is hosting the tournament’s inaugural edition with 189 nations involved Read more here: inside.fifa.com/human-rights… #U15WC #FootballUnitesTheWorld

Gianni Infantino delighted as ‘spectacular’ FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ unites the world ⚽️ “This FIFA World Cup & Festival for the U-15s is exactly what FIFA stands for,” said Mr Infantino of the tournament’s historic first edition ⚽️ Over 3,000 players and officials from 189 FIFA Member Associations are competing across some 1,000 matches between 24 and 30 October in Baku, Azerbaijan ⚽️ Increased FIFA Forward funding in flagship development programme’s upcoming fourth cycle will “provide more opportunities to all these boys and the girls all over the world”, added the FIFA President Read more here: inside.fifa.com/organisation… #U15WC #FootballUnitesTheWorld

Arsene Wenger, FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, on the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival ⚽🌍📈 🗣️ "You want an opportunity to develop. When you say, "Give every talent a chance", it's about opportunity. Here (at the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival) they can come, play and discover that they have the needed quality to exist at the top level." Editorial assets available on the FIFA Media Hub ➡️media.fifa.com #U15WC

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026™ opens the door to referees from all over the world 🌍 ⚽️ Fifty-four match officials from 36 Member Associations are officiating at this year’s tournament in Morocco ⚽️ Sakina Hamidou Alfa is the first Nigerien woman to participate in a FIFA tournament ⚽️ Kyrgyz Republic official Ramina Tsoi began refereeing for “pocket money” Read more here: inside.fifa.com/refereeing/n… #FootballUnitesTheWorld

FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ in Azerbaijan 📷Photo and🎥video content is available to the media for editorial purposes here: assets.fifa.com/en/FU15WCF/m…

Some notable stats after day 2 of the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ in Azerbaijan ⚽️ 78 teams made their World Cup debut ⚽️ 279 matches were played on the first two days ⚽️ FIFA estimates around 700 players travelled outside their country for the first time to play in Azerbaijan ⚽️ Teams from all Confederations have now won a game

‘Football belongs to everyone,’ says Gianni Infantino as historic FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ kicks off in Azerbaijan ⚽️ FIFA President officially opens the tournament’s first edition at a ceremony in Baku attended by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and other dignitaries ⚽️ Over 3,000 players and officials from 189 FIFA Member Association (MA) boys’ teams are taking part in the competition, which runs until 30 October ⚽️ Girls’ event open to all 211 FIFA MAs in 2027 with separate girls’ and boys’ events from 2028 👉 inside.fifa.com/organisation…