Tag: football

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Lula hails Messi's Ballon d'Or achievement

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday praised Argentine football start Lionel Messi on winning his eighth Ballon d'Or award. “Messi should serve as an example to Brazilian players,” said Lula on social media.

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  U-20 football World Cup ready for kick-off in Argentina

  

  As the under-20 football World Cup is to kick off Saturday in Argentina with four matches on the opening day, one Iraqi player has been accused by a female staffer of the La Plata hotel where the delegation is staying of having touched “her intimate parts,” it was reported.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  HMS Protector play football at the most southerly and rugged pitch: South Georgia

  

  Sailors from the Royal Navy went head to head with British Antarctic Survey staff during a game of football on the most southerly – and arguably the worst – pitch in the world. The playing field, at Grytviken, the largest settlement of South Georgia Island, in the South Atlantic, is billed as the most southerly in the world, some 2,476 miles from the South Pole, to be precise.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 22:31 UTC

  Argentina through to Qatar 2022 quarterfinals

  

  Argentina and The Netherlands are to clash on Dec. 9 in the first quarterfinal match of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup after beating Australia 2-1 and the United States 3-1 respectively Saturday, on the first day of the knockout competition.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 08:18 UTC

  Messi's Argentina too strong for Italy in London

  

  Argentina's national football team Wednesday reigned supreme at Wembley after beating Italy 3-0 to win the Finalissima pitting the champions of Europe against those of South America.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 23:38 UTC

  Thousands of Venezuelan migrant fans were present in the stands at Montevideo’s Centenario stadium in a football match

  

  The Uruguayan national won on Tuesday afternoon against Venezuela for the 16th date of the South American qualifiers in search of a qualifying place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Venezuelan national team, although away and with no chance of qualifying, played this match with significant support from fans at the stadium that started to live it since the team arrived in the country last Monday.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Mexico to enact zero tolerance on homophobic chanting at football games

  

  Mexican football authorities have announced they wil expel any fan from a stadium who uses foul language against players. But most of all, these fans will be suspended for five years from attending soccer events if they use homophobic remarks such as “puto” as an insult, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 03:06 UTC

  Messi wins 7th Ballon d'Or of his career, thanks Argentina teammates

  

  Argentine football star Lionel Messi has won his seventh Ballon d'Or award Monday and offered it to his national squad teammates with whom he achieved his first major professional title at country level.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Argentina lifts capacity ban ahead of a football match against Brazil

  

  Argentine authorities have lifted all capacity restrictions on outdoor events as of Nov. 16, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti announced Friday. It is also the day Argentina's national football team is to clash with Brazil in a World Cup qualifier.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro banned from Brazilian football stadium for not being vaxxed

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not allowed to enter a football stadium to watch Gremio's match against Santos because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.