Coen Lammers News Today

Analysis - As the FIFA circus is racing to Hamad Airport to get out of Qatar, Coen Lammers reflects on 30 Days in Doha.

The Qatar World Cup may have been "The Best" according to many measurable metrics, but it struggled to deliver the immeasurable aspects of football, writes Coen Lammers.

The All Whites may not have qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but New Zealand is well represented in every other part of the biggest sporting event on the globe, writes Coen Lammers.

Ticket sales for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia indicate the tournament is on track to set new records, according to the women's game top official.

Analysis - As the FIFA World Cup reaches the quarterfinals stage, eight nations across three continents are left dreaming of a fairy tale run to the final, writes Coen Lammers.

Cramming yourself into a heaving Qatar metro with thousands of football fans from around the world, it is clear that the global face of football is changing, writes Coen Lammers.

Analysis - The FIFA World Cup in Qatar is undertaking a level of crowd-control and logistics that may never be replicated, Coen Lammers writes.

The footballers from Saudi Arabia - and to a lesser extent Tunisia and Morocco - have given the Fifa World Cup and the Arab world a much needed jolt of genuine football fever.

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar was already controversial before this weekend’s kick-off. Organisers have told the media to ‘focus on the football’ but human rights, workers’ suffering and and allegations of corruption in securing the tournament in the first place are impossible to ignore. Will media draw attention to that while the planet’s best players are on show?

Analysis - With only a few days until the Fifa World Cup kicks off in Qatar, just as many eyes will be looking at the action off the field.