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NATIONAL TEAM - BENIN - COACH - Didier Olle-Nicolle appointed Benin coach

Frenchman Didier Olle-Nicolle has been appointed coach of Benin, replacing compatriot Manuel Amoros.

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18 Mar 2014
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NATIONAL TEAM - BENIN - COACH - Algerian Djamel Belmadi appointed Qatar coach

Algerian Djamel Belmadi has been installed as the new coach of Qatar's national team, the country's football association has revealed.  
 

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17 Mar 2014
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NATIONAL TEAM - Nigeria - Lukman Haruna hopeful over World Cup prospects

Dynamo Kiev midfielder Lukman Haruna hopes he can still make Nigeria's World Cup squad. The 23-year old has not played for the Super Eagles since the last World Cup in South Africa.

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16 Mar 2014
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FIFA rankings - Egypt makes big leap in latest rankings

Egypt have climbed up more places than any other African country in Fifa's latest world rankings for March.

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14 Mar 2014
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2014 World Cup - warm up - Ghana

Ghana Sports Minister Elvis Ankrah is confident the team will prepare in the right way for a successful World Cup.

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12 Mar 2014
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2014 World Cup - warm up - African sides ready

All five of Africa's World Cup finalists are in action this week as they continue their preparations for this summer's tournament in Brazil.
(Algeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Nigeria)

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5 Mar 2014
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LEGENDS - CAMEROON - Samuel Eto'o - Africa Cup of Nations all time leading scorer

Eto'o was a part of the squads that won the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and was a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Cameroon finished as runners-up, he scored his only goal in a 1:0 group-stage upset of Brazil on 19 June. 

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3 Mar 2014
Featured Legends
Arthur Wharton honoured - Football's first professional black player

Arthur Wharton is to be honoured outside Rotherham United's New York Stadium. Born in 1865 in Jamestown, Gold Coast, in what is now Ghana. His pioneering footballing career started as a goalkeeper at Darlington FC and he played for numerous teams. Wharton played for the original Rotherham Town, a team of the same name was the forerunner of Rotherham United.

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23 Feb 2014
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stars in Europe - Yaya Toure's incredible journey

He won the Champions League and two La Liga titles while with Barca. Toure also won league titles in Greece and England, and domestic cups in each country too. According to the people who know him best, Yaya Toure always had the ability and ambition he needed to make his journey from a barefooted boy footballer to one of the best players in the world. 

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22 Feb 2014
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stars in Europe - AC Milan set to sign Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien

Chelsea have agreed a deal with AC Milan to sell midfielder Michael Essien to the Italian side. Essien has flown in for talks and a medical with Clarence Seedorf's underachieving Serie A club.

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25 Jan 2014
World Cup 2026

2026 World Cup - FIFA - Groups-Stage - Matches - timetable

 
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. 
 
It will be jointly hosted by sixteen cities - eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada. The tournament will be the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by three nations, and the first to include 48 teams, an expansion from 32.
 
 
 
 
Match 01
Mexico vs South Africa
June 11, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. UTC -6
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
 
Match 02
South Korea vs Czech Republic
June 11, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. UTC -6
Estadio Akron, Zapopan
 
 
 
Match 03
Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 12, 2026 | 3:00 p.m. UTC -4
BMO Field, Toronto
 
Match 8  
Qatar vs Switzerland
June 13, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. UTC -4
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
 
 
 
Match 7  
Brazil vs Morocco
June 13, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. UTC -4
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
 
Match 5  
Haiti vs Scotland
June 13, 2026 | 9:00 p.m. UTC -4
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
 
 
 
Match 4
United States vs Paraguay
June 12, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. UTC -7
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
 
Match 6
Australia vs Turkey
June 13, 2026 | 9:00 p.m. UTC -7  
BC Place, Vancouver
 
 
 
Match 10
Germany vs Curaçao
June 14, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. UTC -5
NRG Stadium, Houston
 
Match 9  
Ivory Coast vs Ecuador
June 14, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. UTC -4
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
 
 
 
Match 11
Netherlands vs Japan
June 14, 2026 | 3:00 p.m. UTC -5
AT&T Stadium, Arlington
 
Match 12
Sweden vs Tunisia
June 14, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. UTC -6
Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe
 
 
 
Match 16
Belgium vs Egypt 
June 15, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. UTC -7
Lumen Field, Seattle
 
Match 15
Iran vs New Zealand
June 15, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. UTC -7
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
 
 
 
Match 14
Spain vs Cape Verde
June 15, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. UTC -4
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
 
Match 13
Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay
June 15, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. UTC -4
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
 
 
 
Match 17
France vs Senegal
June 16, 2026 | 3:00 p.m. UTC -4
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Match 18
Iraq vs Norway
June 16, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. UTC -4 
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

 
 
 
Match 19
Argentina vs Algeria
June 16, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. UTC -5
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
 
Match 20
Austria vs Jordan
June 16, 2026 | 9:00 p.m. UTC -7
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
 
 
 
Match 23
Portugal vs DR Congo
June 17, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. UTC -5
NRG Stadium, Houston
 
Match 24
Uzbekistan vs Colombia
June 17, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. UTC -6
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
 
 
 
Match 22
England vs Croatia
June 17, 2026 | 3:00 p.m. UTC - 5  
AT&T Stadium, Arlington
 
Match 21
Ghana vs Panama
June 17, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. UTC -4
BMO Field, Toronto
 
 
 
5 Apr 2026
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