🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY – Quarterfinals ⚽ Croatia 1 Brazil 1 (4-2 penalties) ⚽ Netherlands 0 Argentina 1 HT Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | Croatia returned from the brink to reach the nation’s third World Cup semi-final and ensure Brazil’s wait for a fifth triumph will extend to 24 years, at least. Neymar …
Read More »Bodybuilders dying as coaches, judges encourage extreme measures: U.S. media
New York, U.S. | Xinhua |Â Bodybuilders around the world are risking their lives and sometimes dying for the sport they love because of extreme measures that are encouraged by coaches, rewarded by judges and ignored by leaders of the industry, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. A review of hundreds …
Read More »Analysis: Netherlands and Argentina renew World Cup rivalry in Qatar
🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Croatia vs Brazil 6pm ⚽ Netherlands vs Argentina 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The Netherlands faces Argentina in the World Cup quarterfinals on Friday night in the Lusail Stadium. The ground that hosts the World Cup final on December 18 will play host to one of …
Read More »UBF wants boxing reinstated in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) has called for the reinstatement of boxing in schools in a bid to develop the sport. The appeal was made by the President of the federation, Moses Muhangi while appearing before Parliament’s Ad-hoc Committee that is investigating the usage of funds …
Read More »Van Dijk: Argentina are more than just Leo Messi
🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Croatia vs Brazil 6pm ⚽ Netherlands vs Argentina 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk warns that his side will have to beat more than just Leo Messi when they take on Argentina in the World Cup quarterfinals on Friday night. The Netherlands …
Read More »Cheptegei, Kiplimo take cross country battle to Tororo again
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URNÂ | It does not come bigger than this anywhere else in the athletics world. The world’s top two cross country runners will battle for supremacy over 10km when, for the second time in a year, the eastern Ugandan town of Tororo hosts the …
Read More »German association to continue with Flick despite 2022 World Cup group exit
Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Hansi Flick is to remain the German national coach despite the 2014 world champion’s disappointing group stage exit at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The breaking news came after a two-hour-long crisis meeting on Wednesday evening in a Frankfurt hotel near the association …
Read More »Luis Enrique sacked after Spain’s World Cup exit
Madrid, Spain | Xinhua |Â Luis Enrique will not continue as Spain national team coach following their elimination from the World Cup finals at the last-16 stage to Morocco, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Thursday. The RFEF explained he won’t have his contract extended after, “the RFEF’s direction of …
Read More »Hazard retires from international football
Doha, Qatar | Xinhua |Â Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard has retired from international football after the team’s elimination from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The 31-year-old was capped 126 times for the European team and scored 33 goals over an international career that spanned more than 14 years. “A page …
Read More »Infantino hails ‘best ever’ World Cup group stage
Doha, Qatar | Xinhua |Â FIFA president Gianni Infantino has described the FIFA World Cup group stage as the best ever following record-breaking attendances and television audiences. Infantino commended the quality of football displayed by the 32 teams and underlined the passion of fans inside the stadium and at the FIFA …
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