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Crystal Award Winners 2024 announced

10 Jan 2024 FA News Desk

Architect and educator Diébédo Francis Kéré, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme and Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh, and producer, guitarist, composer and humanitarian Nile Rodgers are the recipients of the 30th annual Crystal Award, the World Economic Forum Read More
Like Schengen in Europe, GCC okays unified visa for region

9 Nov 2023 FA News Desk

The six states– Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates-- members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have unanimously approved the Unified Gulf Tourist Visa, like the 27 member states of the European Union’s visa system Read More
FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off

21 Jul 2023 FA News Desk

The FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ kicks off on Thursday 20 July. New Zealand faced 1995 winners Norway in The opening match played at Eden Park in Auckland on 20 July 2023. New Zealand won 1-0 Read More
WHO-FIFA extend health through football deal

24 May 2023 FA News Desk

FIFA and WHO have agreed to extend their collaboration and to continue to use the power of football to promote healthy lifestyles and equal access to health services worldwide. During the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, WHO Director-General Read More
500 climbers atop Mount Everest

23 May 2023 FA News Desk

Every year over hundreds, sometimes thousands of mountaineers try to atop various peaks of the snow-covered mountains aiming to make a bid for the summit of the various peaks including world’s tallest peak Mt Everest. Climbing mountains is a difficult Read More
2nd World Sports Tourism Congress in Croatia

28 Apr 2023 FA Correspondent

The 2nd edition of the World Sports Tourism Congress (WSTC), held under the theme "Tourism and Sports United for Sustainability" Organized by UNWTO, Government of Croatia brought together experts and leaders from across the sports and tourism sectors, alongside representatives Read More
Golden History: Nepal advance to Cricket World Cup qualifiers

17 Mar 2023 FA News Desk

President Ramchandra Poudel has honored the players and coaches of the cricket national team by garlanding them at the program held Friday at President House Sheetal Niwas. On the occasion President said that the achievements of the Nepali cricket team Read More
Who will host 2030 World Cup?

8 Feb 2023 FA News Desk

The South American group of nations Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay officially submitted their bids for hosting the 2030 World Cup on Wednesday. Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez made a statement on his official Twitter account saying that Bolivia will be Read More
FIFA for naming a stadium for Pele

2 Jan 2023 FA News Desk

The world football body- FIFA decided to name one stadium in one country for Brazilian football legend Pele around the world for his contribution to revolutionize and helped popularize the soccer sport. For this, the President of the FIFA, Gianni Read More
Brazilian football legend Pele, 82, dies

29 Dec 2022 FA Correspondent

The Brazilian soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento who is popularly known as Pelé, died Thursday December 29, 2022 at Brazil's Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital after failing to recover from colon cancer at the age of 82. The death Read More