World Football

The assistant coach of the Indonesian national team Fabio Oliveira tells us he hasn't been paid in 7 months. He strongly criticises the authorities for creating 'slave-like' conditions for players and coaches. Sven Goran Eriksson tells us that some 'big name' players have contacted him about the possibility of finishing their careers with him at Al-Nasr in Dubai. The US international Carli Lloyd who scored the gold-medal winning goal at both the Beijing and London Olympics strongly critic...

Japan travel to Jordan hoping to become the first team to qualify for Brazil 2014. And things get political as Croatia meet Serbia for the first time as independent states.

The former USA international Pablo Mastroeni talks about coping with the aftermath of severe concussion following an apparently innocuous clash of heads during an MLS match. FIFA’s former head of International Relations Jerome Champagne outlines his vision for football in the 21st century. The former Croatia captain Robert Prosinecki remembers the impact of the Balkan war on his relationship with former team mates and previews the World Cup qualifier between Croatia and Serbia, the first time...

Sepp Blatter says UEFA has never forgiven him for beating Lennart Johansson to the FIFA Presidency in 1998. He also claims UEFA is the only confederation that tries to undermine FIFA. He tells us that Marc Pieth’s important reforms will be passed at the congress in May and enough is enough as far as racism is concerned. We run the rule over the four candidates to become President of the Asian Football Confederation with the former Assistant General Secretary of the AFC Michelle Chai. The Anzh...