Category: Tournaments
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Korea & Japan – 20 years later
It was a tournament for the ages…that remains in the hearts and minds of all who had the pleasure of witnessing it forever.
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Oceanic 2022 World Cup Qualifying: Do FIFA treat Oceania fairly?
The Oceanic continent has been maltreated by FIFA for years, seemingly thought of as nothing short of an afterthought, an inconvenience, even.
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FIFA Club World Cup: World Champions of Irrelevance?
Chelsea take on Palmeiras tonight in the FIFA World Club Cup Final – but do they even care? Why do British clubs and fans treat being world champions as an irritation rather than an honour?
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AFCON 2021 – The good, the bad and the ugly
AFCON 2021 was a crazy whirlwind adventure packed full of drama, excitement, tragedy and scandal. We have chosen our key moments that painted the picture of a tournament we fell in love with.
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Euro 2028 – The Bid, The Excitement, The Realities
It is now official: The United Kingdom and Ireland are bidding for the European Championships in 2028. The FA, FAI, IFA, SFA and the FAW are joining forces to put together a bid to host the Euros having been advised not to pursue the World Cup in 2030. There are several types of excitement that…
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Alasdair Howorth Interview: AFCON 2021, On The Whistle, Attitudes to Africa
While we have dabbled in African football before this AFCON 2021 tournament, we cannot claim to have a deep, storied following of football on the continent, so we wanted to learn more. Who better, then, than Alasdair Howorth: podcaster, associate producer and journalist with On The Whistle, Kenyan-born and raised African football fanatic, and the…
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Super Eagles flying high at AFCON 2021
It’s time for the knockout stages at AFCON 2021 and, after the competition really came into life in the final round of group games, one team look to be head and shoulders above the rest. Nigeria arrived in Cameroon on the back of a turbulent preparation with previous coach Gernot Rohr sacked just a couple…
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André Onana: A headache, furosemide and a 12 month drug ban
AFCON 2021 boasts a number of high profile names; Mohamed Salah, Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mané being some of the major headliners. You don’t need to look too far down the list of stars to see the focal point of this article. André Onana is the Cameroon goalkeeper, notably guarding the nets for European powerhouse…
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Mohamed Kamara: Sierra Leone’s Goalkeeper Extraordinaire
Every now and again in life, a player performs in such a superhuman way that it feels like they are a video game simulation that has been manipulated with a cheat code. Often this level of praise is reserved for the biggest attacking players in football such as Lionel Messi, Kevin De Bruyne, vintage Ronaldinho,…
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Limbe in Limbo – AFCON refereeing chaos reigns supreme
Mali 1-0 Tunisia isn’t a scoreline that would set the pulses racing at first glance, but this game will go down in infamy – for all the wrong reasons. Spectators love drama, granted, but not the kind where suspicions, reputations and logic swirl into a muddied cesspool of confusion. Accusations had been lazily thrown around…
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