The Philippines have confirmed the appointment of former Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet as their new national team head coach. Saintfiet quit as the Gambia coach after the country's group-stage exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast. The 50-year-old Belgian signed a two-year deal with the Asian country and he is tasked to create a new identity for the Philippines football team...
Angola, South Sudan, and Cape Verde all bounced back from their opening game defeats to record respective wins in their second group games at the ongoing FIBA World Cup. Angola got Africa’s first victory of the tournament after all five contingents lost their opening games. The Central Africans defeated co-hosts the Philippines 80-70 at the Manila Araneta Coliseum in Quezon. The eleven-time African champions overturned a...
The final match day in Group A was as exhilarating as expected as Norway, who began the day in third place with just a point, thrashed debutants Philippines 6-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Sophie Roman Haug to register their first win in the tournament and progress into the round of 16. Switzerland, on the other hand, were held to a goalless draw by co-hosts New...
Switzerland's 16-year-old midfielder Iman Beney will miss the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 after sustaining a serious knee injury in training on Tuesday. Beney ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the Swiss' final preparation for a friendly match against Morocco on Wednesday. The BSC Young Boys midfielder is the fourth player that will be missing in Australia and New Zealand due to ACL injury, others...
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is set to be the biggest edition of the quadrennial women's competition with 32 countries set to jostle for glory in New Zealand and Australia from July 20. Out of the 32 countries that will participate in the tournament, eight countries will be making their debut appearance in the Women's World Cup. The debutants are Zambia, Morocco, the Philippines, Haiti,...
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