A view of closing ceremony of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 ahead of the final match between Egypt and Senegal at Stade d’Olembe in Yaounde, Cameroon on February 06, 2022 Sun 02 October 2022: Regional rivals Algeria and Morocco plan to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after Guinea was stripped […]
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Sun 02 October 2022: At least 174 people have died in a fatal football stampede after Arema FC lost 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya in a home game on Saturday night at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia, Deputy East Java Governor Emil Dardak told local media on Sunday. A police statement said supporters of the […]
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Fri 30 September 2022: The CEO of the Qatar World Cup, Nasser Al-Khater, said he expects to reap profits of up to $9 billion from organising the 2022 World Cup. During an interview with the Baad Ams (After Yesterday) podcast on Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Al-Khater said that the cost of the World Cup projects […]
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Sun 25 September 2022: Saudi Arabia’s women’s national football team made history yesterday after playing their first ever international fixture on home soil. The team known as the Green Falcons, led by German coach Monika Staab drew 3-3 with visitors Bhutan at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha with a late equaliser […]
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Wed 14 September 2022: Training programme for commentators accommodating to blind or partially sighted fans inside the stadium. Doha, Qatar – Ikraimi Ahmad was born blind, but the 32-year-old Egyptian knows how to describe a football match. In the Arab Cup football tournament held in the Qatari capital, Doha, last December, Ahmad knew what the team […]
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Tue 13 September 2022: Qatar has rejected the Israeli occupation state’s demand that it should be allowed to open a temporary consulate in the Gulf State for the duration of the FIFA World Cup later this year. The Israeli government is said to have urged FIFA to put pressure on Doha for this to be […]
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Sat 03 September 2022: US icon Serena Williams, considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, is retiring from professional tennis. Williams has won 23 grand slam singles titles, more than any other woman or man during the professional era, which began in 1968. Coached by her father, she changed the face of the women’s game. In the process, through […]
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Fri 26 August 2022: Karim Benzema, the talisman for Real Madrid, has been named Uefa’s Men’s Player of the Year on Thursday at an UEFA event in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul. for his amazing goal-scoring exploits both domestically and in Europe last season. The Frenchman was a worthy winner of the award for multiple reasons, including […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: Iranian authorities had publicly contradicted each other on whether FIFA and AFC’s letter made it compulsory for them to allow women into stadiums. Tehran, Iran – A limited number of Iranian women have been allowed into a stadium in Tehran to watch a league football match for the first time after pressure […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has announced that Banyana Banyana’s pledge of R5.8 million following the team’s recent 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) victory has been increased to R15 million. “I am pleased to announce that the National Government’s contribution to the team [has been increased] […]
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