In the past, South Africa’s national side has been blessed with star players from European clubs. Today the squad is predominantly picked from the domestic Premier Soccer League, a truth that fills it with a strong vibrancy and positions the Bafana Bafana well for next year’s African tournament. With the …
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The Mumbai Football Arena, the new hub of Indian Football will play host to the inaugural edition of the four-nation Intercontinental Cup from June 1-10, 2018 which will see the Indian National Team competing with the likes of South Africa, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei. The Intercontinental Cup which will …
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As part of the ongoing bidding process of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and following the submission of the bid books, the 2026 Bid Evaluation Task Force will visit the respective member associations as follows: Joint bid by the Canadian Soccer Association, the Mexican Football Association and the United States …
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Legendary style. From the courts, to the streets. Former South African footballer Theophilus ‘Doctor’ Khumalo rocks #Suede in the City of Gold, Johannesburg.
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Jay-Jay Okocha is going to be the new member of the DFL’s “Bundesliga Legends Network”. This makes him the eleventh former Bundesliga player to join the “Bundesliga Legends” as a global Bundesliga brand ambassador. Its aim is to get fans all over the world excited about the German top league …
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PUMA and the Senegalese Football Association (Fédération Sénégalaise de Football, SFA) yesterday, February 9, mutually announced a long-term agreement that will see the “Lions of Teranga” outfitted in the PUMA brand beyond the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Senegal National Team, will debut its new PUMA kit and …
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On October 7, 2017, Alex Iwobi’s 73rd-minute strike made Nigeria Africa’s first qualifier for this summer’s 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The 21-year-old forward, who was born in Lagos and has spent much of his life in England, is just one of the Super Eagles’ young stars (the majority …
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Former Indian Super League champion striker Fikru Teferra, who won ISL-1 with ATK and ISL-2 with Chennaiyin FC, spoke with XtraTime in South Africa on the sidelines of the Test Match against India. Ethiopia’s Fikru hinted at a possible return to Indian football with talks supposedly happening with I-League side …
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Egypt international playmaker Mohamed Salah etched his name into football history after being crowned African Player of the Year 2017. The 25-year old, who plays for English side Liverpool FC picked the topmost prize at the Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017, held on Thursday, 4 January 2018, at the International …
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The Bureau of the FIFA Council had yesterday, December 21, 2017, decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Malian Football Association (FEMAFOOT) in accordance with article 8 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes. The committee will be in charge of running the daily affairs of FEMAFOOT, reviewing the association’s …
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