Tag: Sports

Jordi Cruyff, son of the legendary Johan, takes charge of El Tri The Dutchman charged with leading Ecuardor to the 2022 World Cup Becomes only second European after Dusan Draskovic to coach the team The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has announced the appointment of Jordi Cruyff as the country’s new national coach. The son of legendary former Barcelona coach Johan… Read More

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™ celebrated its tenth edition in 2019, when Paraguay had the honour of hosting the tournament. The landlocked South American nation made history by becoming the first country without a coastline to stage the sport’s flagship event. In what was a milestone edition of the tournament, Portugal claimed a second world title to provide a… Read More

The Official Draw for the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship took place in Guadalajara, Mexico where the eight participating teams learned their groups for the Tokyo 2020 qualifiers. Concacaf Secretary General Philippe Moggio and Governor of Jalisco Enrique Alfaro Ramirez gave opening remarks before the draw ceremony took place. Oribe Peralta, who won the gold medal at the Men’s… Read More

Asisat Oshoala named African Women’s Player of the Year for fourth time Continent’s three France 2019 representatives featured prominently among award winners Desiree Ellis, Cameroon also recognised on the back of memorable calendar year The CAF Awards 2019 celebrated the best of women’s football in Africa on Tuesday. Exactly seven months after the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ got under way,… Read More

AFC U-23 Championship set to take place in Thailand Sixteen teams from Asia will compete in Olympic qualifiers Three tickets to Tokyo 2020 on offer Asia gets 2020 off with a bang with an enticing final qualification competition for the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020, one of the most anticipated events in the year ahead. Sixteen teams full of… Read More

Li Tie is the new China PR manager Former Everton midfielder replaces Marcello Lippi who resigned in November He is tasked with guiding China through Asia’s qualifying for Qatar 2022 Former China PR and Everton midfielder Li Tie has been appointed as his nation’s new national team manager, filling the void left by Marcello Lippi, the CFA (Chinese Football Association)… Read More