Australia and Saudi Arabia play a crucial World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on Thursday while Japan and South Korea can take a ...

Japan can take a major step towards the 2026 World Cup over the next week if they can negotiate away tests at Indonesia and ...

North Korea's Under-17 Women's World Cup-winning footballers received a heroes' welcome back in the capital Pyongyang, AFP ...

The reclusive nation's players have now won this event as well as the Under-20 Women's World Cup thrice each. Read more at ...

The Japanese face still-in-contention bottom sides Indonesia and China, while the Koreans welcome back Son Heung-min.

While the secretive country's men's football team are currently ranked down at 111th in the world, their female counterparts ...

Hundreds of people line the streets of North Korea's capital Pyongyang to welcome home the under-17 women's football team following their World Cup victory.

Jon Il Chong, who won the Golden Ball for best player at the U17 World Cup, told AFP: "It was the desire and honour of our ...

Talent, discipline and a desire to please leader Kim Jong-un have helped propel North Korea’s youth footballers to two ...

North Korea’s victory at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on Sunday was just one of many successes the reclusive country has seen in women’s football on the international stage.