For the fourth time in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, Brazil conquered the gold medal on home turf Sunday morning. It was a match which all pundits anticipated to be a clash of the titans, with reigning World & European champions Spain providing a very worthy opponent for the Auriverde. It the end, only a [. Click to continue reading...

For the fourth time in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, Brazil conquered the gold medal on home turf Sunday morning. It was a match which all pundits anticipated to be a clash of the titans, with reigning World & European champions Spain providing a very worthy opponent for the Auriverde. It the end, only a [. Click to continue reading...

After their disappointing and controversial loss in the semi-finals, Italy grabbed the bronze medal in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Third Place final against Russia Saturday. It was hard-fought match full of spectacular plays, in which the Azzurri obtained their 2-1 win thanks to a last-minute goal by Saad Assis. Click to continue reading...

As far as Spain vs. Italy goes, sure isn't a good year for Italian fans. First, there was the UEFA Futsal Euro 2007 final (lost 3-1)... then this Summer's Euro 2008 quarter-finals story we all know. Now, for the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 Semi-Finals and for the third time in less than a year, [...] Click to continue reading...

It may surprise those who've come to the world of Argentine football only in the last couple of years, but Racing Club do actually have a proud tradition within in the country's footballing history. Known as La Academia, or 'The Academy', the Avellaneda club has a reputation for producing good young players, and on Thursday a deal [. Click to continue reading...

Futsal, FIFA's officially sanctioned version of Five-a-side football, may not be as widespread (or receive as much TV coverage) as the 11 vs. 11 "real thing", but its popularity is very much on the rise. A popularity which can only grow further, with the 6th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup kicking off last [. Click to continue reading...

It's been a busy year for international football. Following Euro 2008, the FIFA Beach World Cup and the Beijing Olympic football tournament, we now have the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Today was the opening day of the five-per-team soccer tournament featuring 20 nations. Spain is looking to win its third straight title and has combined with [. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. Futsal National Team kicks off the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup against Paraguay today at the Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kickoff for the Group B clash is slated for 10:30 am CT, and the match can be followed live on the MNT Blog or seen live on ESPN360. I'm watching Brazil vs Italy right now.

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That's some cold, And-1 sh*t right there. If he could finish on a move like that the U.S. might have a shot at not looking like chumps next week in the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The Yanks are one of 20 teams competing this year and are in group with Italy, Thailand, Paraguay and group favorites Portugal. Click to continue reading...

Futsal, futbolun salonda oynanan hali. İsmi de oradan gelen bir kısaltma zaten. Brezilyalıların ünlü yıldızları futbola devşirdiği bir alan aynı zamanda. Biz çok sonradan dahil olmuşuz olaya, emekleme dönemindeyiz. Özellikle Latin Amerikalılar bu işin üstadı. Dünya Kupası bu sene Brezilya'da. Click to continue reading...

I found this commercial video on Youtube about Ronaldinho when he was still a young boy playing futsal in an actual tournament. The grown up part of Ronaldinho was purposely produced just for this ad. Click to continue reading...

After having fallen behind in the first minute of the bronze medal match at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, Argentina's Blind Futsal team fought back to claim the medal on penalties after a 1-1 draw during the standard 50 minutes on Wednesday. After the early Spanish goal, the Murciélagos struggled to find their rhythm, but in the [. Click to continue reading...

With the Paralympic Games in Beijing now underway, the Argentine futsal side which won the Blind World Cup in Buenos Aires in 2006 are setting out to emulate the pros who took Olympic gold a couple of weeks ago, and began their campaign by beating European champions Spain 2-0. Silvio Velo, known since the World [. Click to continue reading...

Bangkok has been hosting the ASEAN Futsal Championship which is nice. And pointless.

Most of the football associations in this part of the world are starved of funds for youth development domestically, why are they spending a small fortune on sending teams overseas to play in competitions? Click to continue reading...

From Melbourne Victory to Brazil. They are signing up for Canberra football. Here's why.

Werner Kraus is Brazilian, a former Canberra ANU PHD student around about ten years ago, has fond memories of playing Purple Shins, ANU gym Futsal and various games around the Ovals of Canberra. He and his family were among the crowd at the Brazil Australia Futsal game on Kate's Slab down by the lake, now a Car Park around ten years ago or more! Click to continue reading...

Soccer - A few things are new that I could not wait any longer to announce: 1. We now own SoccerNation.com. The transfer has not been complete yet but dropped a good amount of money to purchase that domain as we are going to enter a new phase of our online existance pretty soon. 2. Futsal and [...] Click to continue reading...

125 dedicated futsal fans showed up at Street Soccer Indoor's inaugural Friday night league finals between JR Trim, a team predominately of Mexican players and Team Fenix who are mostly Brazilian.

JR Trim's green clad fans and Team Fenix's orange clad fans, along with the accompanying flags, drums, balloons, etc. Click to continue reading...

It didn't have the pomp and circumstance of the draw of its football counterpart, but the draw for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup took place on Thursday in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia. Three-time champion and current world #1 Brazil are the host country for the first time, with this year's competition [. Click to continue reading...

Pan-Asian television sports broadcaster ESPN-Star Sports (ESS) acquired exclusive TV rights in South Asia for football's 2010 World Cup. The deal includes the rights to over 275 international football matches, including the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and women's, youth, futsal, and beach soccer FIFA events. Click to continue reading...

As many of our readers may know by now, the single-entity Major Indoor Soccer League disbanded on Saturday, 31 May. The investor/operator of the New Jersey Ironmen franchise cited much-needed structural revamping in order to "ensure the financial health and stability" of a new indoor league planned for this fall. Click to continue reading...

But what about Queanbeyan? That would test the bureaucrats in NSW...I mean Sydney.
Football NSW Futsal Department are seeking Expressions of Interest from Clubs who wish to participate in the 2008/09 Football NSW Futsal Premier/Super Leagues.

The Competition will be held on Saturday afternoon and nights commencing September 08 until completion in February 09. Click to continue reading...

Demize Outdoor Day Academy
WHEN: July 21st-24th
TIME: 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Outdoor academy held at Rogersville Sports Complex

Demize Academies Rogersville (inside)
Demize Academies Rogersville (outside)

Demize Futsal Day Academy
WHEN: June 9th - 12th & June 16th - 19th
TIME: 8:30 A.

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With the AFC Futsal tournament coming up in May in Bangkok, Aussie Coach Scott Gilligan called the squad in for training on the weekend.

Canberrans Angelo Kostantinou and Trent Flanigan are in the squad. Matt Whyte is also, although couldn't train this weekend due to injury. Danny Macor has retired from International Futsal. Click to continue reading...

In a previous article about changes to youth development in Australia, I documented the implementation of small sided games at junior levels. Another key change which must occur is encouragement of kids to play futsal, a game which is often referred to as indoor football but this description does not fully recognise how different futsal [. Click to continue reading...

Enjoyable evening of Futsal last night at the Shrine Mosque on St Louis Street. The Springfield Demize put on an exhibition game that included a number of former MSU players with a nice mix of high school players who showed well. In particular, Ozark Tiger keeper Jason Taylor manned one net and helped his Storm team earn the win when he blocked two of the three PK's taken in an Overtime Shootout.

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The Abou Ben Adhem Shrine and the Springfield Demize have partnered to host Springfield's first Futsal Tournament. The tournament will be an annual event and will kickoff the Abou Ben Adhem Shrine implementation of the Shrine Soccer program.

TOURNAMENT FEATURES
The tournament will feature competitive teams from all over Southwest Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

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The Abou Ben Adhem Shrine and the Springfield Demize have partnered to host Springfield???s first Futsal Tournament. The tournament will be an annual event and will kickoff the Abou Ben Adhem Shrine implementation of the Shrine Soccer program.

TOURNAMENT FEATURES
The tournament will feature competitive teams from all over Southwest Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

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Such a shame for Italy! The Azzurri Futsal team did all they could against current World and European Champions Spain, but in the end the Furia Roja proved to be too strong in the Euro 2007 Futsal UEFA Championship final game. For those of you who are wondering, FUTSAL is an indoor version of [... Click to continue reading...

Such a shame for Italy! The Azzurri Futsal team did all they could against current World and European Champions Spain, but in the end the Furia Roja proved to be too strong in the Euro 2007 Futsal UEFA Championship final game. It is decidedly a Spanish curse the Azzurri are under: just like in the [. Click to continue reading...

Following their brilliant 2-0 victory against Russia, at 18:00 today the Azzurri Futsal team will try to open the doors of Paradise: the road leading to the European title is at its final crossway, and needs one final burst of the gas pedal to reward a team who has collected 18 victories in its last [. Click to continue reading...

Remember that UEFA Futsal Championship I was telling you about a week ago? The "Euro 2007 of Indoor Soccer" has now reached the playoffs stage, and our own Azzurri team has made it to the tournament final yesterday, by beating Russia in a spectacular and intensity-laden semi-final match. The match ended 2-0 thanks to the goals of [. Click to continue reading...

French football star Zinedine Zidane, who is completing a three-day visit in Indonesia sponsored by French food giant Danone, met Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso before joining the Governor and Indonesian ex-national player Roni Patinasarani in an open car to inspect 200 futsal fields erected on the capital city's 6.8 kilometre main thoroughfare, early Sunday morning. Click to continue reading...