World Football

Original football stories and interviews from around the globe.

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Klas Ingesson on Beating Cancer
The former Sweden player Klas Ingesson discusses his return to the game following cancer.
29 Nov 2013,28 mins
Football after the Typhoon
Philippines team captain Rob Gier talks about the impact of Typhoon Haiyan on this family
22 Nov 2013,28 mins
Crushed Dreams, Chainsaws and USSR Conspiracy Theories
World Football travels to Amman for Jordan's crucial World Cup play-off against Uruguay
15 Nov 2013,28 mins
Lilian Thuram
Lilian Thuram on why white footballers need to do more to help tackle racism in football
08 Nov 2013,28 mins
Confessions of a Match Fixer
The Croatian footballer Mario Cismek tells us why he was tempted by the match fixers.
01 Nov 2013,26 mins
Sunshine and Politics: Sepp Blatter in the Cayman Islands
FIFA President Sepp Blatter discusses his future during a visit to the Cayman Islands.
25 Oct 2013,26 mins
Racism, Iceland Dreaming and Howard Kendall
Senegal's Pape Diakite tells us he was spat at and subjected to monkey chants in Slovakia
18 Oct 2013,28 mins
Meeting the Presidents: Galatasaray, Juventus and La Liga
Galatasaray chairman Unal Aysal calls for a breakaway European Super League.
11 Oct 2013,28 mins
In Conversation with Roma's Michael Bradley
Michael Bradley discusses Roma's good form and his father's role as Egypt coach
04 Oct 2013,28 mins
The Rise of Nationalism in Central Europe
World Football investigates the rise of nationalism amongst European football fans.
27 Sep 2013,28 mins
Match Fixing: Cutting the Head Off the Snake
Catching the match-fixers. Have the authorities finally got their man?
20 Sep 2013,28 mins
The Road to Brazil 2014: A Tale of Immigrants and Refugees
A bitter rivalry between USA and Mexico, Bosnia's World Cup dreams and Zlatan Ibrahimovich
13 Sep 2013,28 mins
The Hopes for Palestinian Football: "We Want to Eat Grapes"
An interview with the President of the Palestinian Football Association
06 Sep 2013,28 mins
Ledley King and Eiji Kawashima
Interviews with the former England international Ledley King and Japan's Eiji Kawashima
30 Aug 2013,28 mins
Italian Football: A Dead Man Walking?
The Italian whistle-blower Simone Farina talks about the problem of match-fixing
23 Aug 2013,28 mins
Is English Football Stuck in the Dark Ages?
Dutch coach Raymond Verheijan hits out at the standard of football in the Premier League
16 Aug 2013,28 mins
Football and Match Fixing
Declan Hill, Steve Darby and Tony Higgins discuss the problem of match-fixing in football.
09 Aug 2013,28 mins
The State of the Game
Jerome Champagne, Rick Parry and Zesh Rehman discuss the state of the modern game
02 Aug 2013,28 mins
Qatar 2022: A Hot Debate
FIFA's Jim Boyce on the possibility of moving the 2022 World Cup to Qatar's winter
26 Jul 2013,28 mins
New York, New York!
A special from New York examining plans for a new team and the re-launch of the NY Cosmos.
19 Jul 2013,28 mins
Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Haiti at the Gold Cup
Interviews with Cameroon's Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Italy's Alessandro Nesta.
12 Jul 2013,28 mins
Will Brazil be Ready for 2014?
FIFA's Secretary-General Jerome Valcke gives his views on Brazil's preparations for 2014
05 Jul 2013,26 mins
The Power of Protest and Tahiti's Fairy Tale
Brazil protests target the Confederations Cup and Tahiti's adventure in the tournament
28 Jun 2013,26 mins
Tears of Blood: Asia's World Cup Hopefuls
A special programme from the city of Ulsan, in a crucial week for World Cup qualfiying.
21 Jun 2013,26 mins
Racism in Italy, Neymar in Barcelona and the Confederations Cup
An interview with the vice-President of AC Milan, Umberto Gandini.
14 Jun 2013,26 mins
08/06/2013
Football's biggest stories of the week on the BBC.
07 Jun 2013,26 mins
Palestine's Mahmoud Sarsak, FIFA congress and Ghana's Kwesi Appiah
An interview wioth the former Palestinian player Mahmoud Sarsak.
31 May 2013,26 mins
The European Champions League Final: Bigger Than the World Cup?
A look ahead to the final of the European Champions League.
24 May 2013,28 mins
Lennart Johansson
Interview with the former UEFA president Lennart Johansson
17 May 2013,28 mins
Antonio Conte and Sir Alex Ferguson
Juventus coach Antonio Conte on his future and reflections on Alex Ferguson's career
10 May 2013,28 mins