Football in Belgium: how, never heard of Saint-Gilles? – Sports
The empty Stade Joseph Marien looks like a fairytale football castle when you approach it from the adjacent Duden Park. Through the bushes and trees you can see the red-brick club building that supports the grandstand with the blue roof. You can see flashes of yellow and blue seat shells embedded in earthen walls. And […]
World Cup qualification in South America: Chile is about to end – sport
The city of Calama is one of those places in northern Chile where you can literally reach for the stars. Located in the heart of the Atacama Desert, Calama, due to its airport, is a mandatory stop on the way to San Pedro, one of Chile’s top tourist attractions, if you come by air. Calama […]
Robin Gosens: The daredevil is valued – sport
His client was “super happy,” Gianluca Mancini explained to the medium FC Inter 1908, which, as the name suggests, specializes in reports from the world of Inter Milan. So it may well be that the broker Mancini exaggerated a bit to flatter the audience of this news service. But it may also be that he […]
Africa Cup of Nations: deaths after mass panic before Cameroon vs. Comoros game
At least six people have reportedly died at the stadium and at least 40 are said to have been injured. Apparently more spectators tried to get into the arena than is allowed due to Corona. Hosts Cameroon‘s progress to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations has been overshadowed by the deaths of several […]
Obituary for Elza Soares: Manés Muse – Sport
There is a symbiotic relationship between football in Brazil and art: the musicality of the names, the fluid movements, the color combinations of the uniforms, the chants and the drums in the stands – all this contributes to the phenomenon of names Soccer art. This relationship has probably never been more intimate than in the […]
China’s influence at the Africa Cup of Nations: Stones for Gold – Sport
Hundreds of people line the streets of Dakar in July 2018, applauding and waving Chinese flags. On his state visit to the Senegalese capital, Xi Jinping received what he rarely gets in Europe: admiration. The Chinese President visits a school, a hospital and a museum with his entourage. These are projects financed or built by […]
Versus / Two Paraguayans among the defenders with the most clearances in the Libertadores
International Soccer 14 Ene 16:33 In Copa Libertadores, the Paraguayan defenders are an absolute guarantee and the numbers clearly support it. Let Gustavo Gómez (28) say it, Palmeiras captain and leader who reached continental glory twice in less than a year. The official account of Conmebol Libertadores on Twitter released a striking statistical data in […]