Tag: World cup
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World Cup star tests positive to Coronavirus, quarantined
Thomas Kahlenberg, former Denmark international who played at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has quarantined after testing positive to Coronavirus. He played for Denmark between 2003 and 2014 before retiring in 2017. He had 47 caps playing for Denmark. According to the UK Mirror, the Danish ex-international was infected with the deadly disease…
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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Checkout full draw for second round of African qualifiers
African countries learnt their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers group stage opponents on Tuesday when the draw for Qatar 2022 was conducted for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Cairo, Egypt. The second round of Africa’s qualifiers will kick off in March 2020 and will conclude in October 2021.…
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African preliminaries for 2022 World Cup [Full draw]
The draw for the first round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was made in Cairo on Monday: Below are the fixtures: Ethiopia vs Lesotho Somalia vs Zimbabwe Eritrea vs Namibia Burundi vs Tanzania Djibouti vs Eswatini Botswana vs Malawi Gambia vs Angola Liberia vs Sierra Leone Mauritius vs Mozambique Sao…
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Former South Africa World Cup winner Small dies aged 50
Former South Africa World Cup-winning winger James Small died on Wednesday at the age of 50 after suffering a heart attack. Small, a key member of the Springboks side who lifted the 1995 Rugby World Cup trophy, scored 20 tries in 47 tests between 1992 and 1997. Small was praised for his performance in the…
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Women’s World Cup 2019 Round of 16 fixtures
Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday finally qualified for the Round of 16 of the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, after a long wait. The Falcons qualified after Chile failed to beat Thailand as needed to qualify, only winning 2-0 in their final Group F match at the Roazhon Park in Rennes on Thursday.…
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BREAKING: Golden Eaglets qualify for World Cup
Nigeria’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets have qualified for the World Cup holding later in the year in Brazil. The Manu Garba-tutored boys defeated Angola 1-0 in Tanzania at the ongoing Africa qualifiers. The only goal was scored in the first half through a penalty. The Golden Eaglets dominated the game but lost many goal-scoring…
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Flying Eagles to know World Cup opponents on Sunday
Nigeria’s male U-20 National team, Flying Eagles, will know their opponents at this summer’s FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Poland after the draws ceremony to be held inside the Gdynia Sports Arena, Poland on Sunday. Already, the seven-time African champions have been slotted into Pot 2 of the draws alongside African champions Mali, as…
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England’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper, Banks, dies at 81
Gordon Banks, the goalkeeper in England’s 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died at 81, his former club, Stoke City, said on Tuesday. Banks won 73 caps for England between 1963 and 1972 and made 200 appearances for Stoke before his playing career was brought to an end by a car crash that cost him his…
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Russia 2018 is best watched World Cup – FIFA
A record audience of more than 3.5 billion people watched this year’s World Cup in Russia, with the final between France and Croatia attracting 1.12 billion viewers, world soccer’s governing body said on Friday. FIFA said 3.572 billion viewers – more than half of the global population aged four and over – watched some part…
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World Cup: Qatar 2022 could feature 48 teams – FIFA
The expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams could be brought forward from 2022 to 2026, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The change would require Qatar to share 2022 hosting duties with other countries in the region. The decision has already been taken to expand the tournament in 2026, when it will…