Ethiopia is planning to reserve 15,000 tickets for each match of its team during the 2013 African Cup of Nations (CAN). The Ethiopian national football team, known as the Antelopes Walya, has participated in nine CAN tournaments, with their last appearance dating back to 1982. They won the tournament once in 1962, defeating Egypt 4-2 […]
a friendly match against Venezuela on November 14 in Miami as part of their preparation for the upcoming CAN (African Cup of Nations). Nigeria’s coach, Stephen Keshi, has called up 24 players for the preparation camp, including goalkeepers Agbim Chigozie and Akpeyi Daniel. The defensive lineup includes players like Oboabona Godfrey, Kwambe Solomon, Egwuekwe Azubuike, […]
The Bordeaux football team is reportedly experiencing internal tensions and a strained atmosphere ahead of their match against Toulouse. Fahid Ben Khalfallah, a Tunisian midfielder for Girondins de Bordeaux, expressed his frustration with certain behaviors within the team, referring to some players as “stupid” and criticizing their attitudes before and after matches. The coach, Francis […]
Mara Kanté, a promising footballer whose aspirations were disrupted, shares his story in a book titled “Guilty Prejudice.” Accused of attempted murder of the police during the 2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Kanté spent 29 months in prison before being acquitted in October 2011. The Franco-Senegalese player, now 25, reflects on his journey as a dedicated young […]
After two defeats in their first two matches, the Senegal women’s national football team is eliminated from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Their last match will be a chance for them to salvage some pride as they aim to secure a victory against Equatorial Guinea. Despite the difficulty of the task, the Senegalese players […]
Guinean international Larsen Touré started in the advanced match of the French football championship for Lorient. This opportunity came on the 11th day of the season, and Touré hopes to have gained the trust of his coach, Landry Chauvin.
Kenya has secured an agreement with Libya for a friendly football match scheduled for February 2013. The announcement comes as Kenya seeks to prepare for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers set to begin in March. The Harambee Stars will face Libya in Tripoli, marking the fifth encounter between the two teams. Despite three previous victories […]
Fulham is reportedly willing to pay 4 million Euros to secure the services of French defender Eliaquim Mangala from Porto during the transfer window. Mangala, who is 20 years old, joined Porto last year along with Steven Defour. Porto had paid 12.5 million euros for both players at that time. It appears that Porto may […]
Football players also enjoy celebrating Halloween! Vincent Kompany shared a fun photo on his Twitter account featuring him and Mario Balotelli. In the photo, Balotelli is wearing “Dracula” dentures, and Kompany jokingly corrects that it’s actually Frankenstein. The lighthearted moment provided a change from Kompany’s more serious Time cover.
The Zimbabwean national football team has been disbanded following a match-fixing scandal. The decision to dissolve the team was announced by the president of the national federation, Cuthbert Dube, during a press conference. The team had been involved in a match-fixing incident in 2009 in Thailand and Malaysia, and life sanctions had already been imposed […]
