Football fans around the world were left stunned after underdogs Saudi Arabia suppressed South American giants Argentina in a nail-biting Group C fixture at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The Falcons of Saudi Arabia survived a late onslaught to coast to a 2-1 victory over the Copa America champions. Two early second half goals from Al Hilal's duo of Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-dawsari...
Barcelona youngster Ansu Fati has been described as something out of the ordinary by Jose Luis Perez Mena, the director of a Spanish-based football academy that nutured him during his formative years. Fati has been a revelation since bursting onto the scene for Barcelona in 2019 at the age of 16. He was born in Guinea-Bissau in 2002, but moved to Spain at the age of...
Senegal are tipped to have a strong outing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the back of winning their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations back in January. In fact, Africa's hopes of going past the quarter-finals lay on them and not on the other participants in Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco and Cameroon. The Teranga Lions' chances of achieving this was going to lie largely on the...
Following England's World Cup squad announcement, manager Gareth Southgate received a lot of stick for not including certain players in his squad such as Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham, both of Nigerian descent. It is not the first time the former Middlesbrough boss has got criticised for such, but he sticks to his guns and it usually pays off. He started out with a familiar-looking squad...
Rwanda official Salima Mukansanga is among the six female referees invited to officiate at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. A total of 36 referees from 29 countries for the 64 matches that will be between November 20 and December 18. Mukansanga joins Gambia's Bakary Gassama, South Africa's Victor Gomes, Senegal's Maguette N'Diaye and Zambia's Janny Sikazwe as Africa's representatives. When did Mukansanga become a...
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