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Hong Kong and China were preparing on Monday (November 16) for their World Cup qualifier in the former British colony. The crowd will be fewer as it will be played in a smaller capacity stadium, but there is likely to be a politically-charged atmosphere to the match as it becomes a focus for any anti-Beijing sentiment lingering after last year’s protests. The match on Tuesday (November 17) comes after Hong Kong shocked fans by holding […]
Around one thousand runners participated in a two-kilometer race in the center of Baghdad on Monday (April 6), which has been officially designated as Iraq’s Sport Day by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The race started at 10am local time in Abu Nawas Street, continued alongside the Tigris River and ended in a soccer field on the same street. The weather was kind to the so-called ‘victory marathon’, with sunny conditions throughout. The race […]
Protesters are blaming the government and FIFA for the collapse of an unfinished overpass in the host city of the World Cup in Brazil.
(Reuters) – Germany, the United States and Algeria sealed last 16 World Cup places on Thursday but much of the spotlight was on the tournament’s bad boys as Uruguay’s Luis Suarez got a nine-match ban for biting and Ghana sent two players home in disgrace. On the final day of group matches, Germany beat the U.S. 1-0, a result that put both teams through from Group G, while Algeria’s 1-1 draw with Russia saw them […]
