Steve Nicol says Liverpool being able to say they’re the best club in the world is as good as it gets. DOHA, Qatar — The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is less than three years away and the tiny Gulf state has now staged its first-ever major football tournament, having hosted the 2019 FIFA Club
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African football has stepped into a new decade, so ESPN remembers the defining moments of the past 10 years. The Hand of Suarez African football entered the previous decade upon a wave of optimism and amidst talk of a ‘new dawn’, with the continent set to host its first World Cup in 2010. South Africa
The road to Qatar begins for Africa’s giants on Tuesday at the World Cup 2022 qualifying group-stage draw at the The Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo. The event, which begins at 19:00 CAT, will decide the 10 qualifying groups for the second round of the campaign, as the continent’s top ranked sides join the minnows to
Such is the state of Nigerian football at the moment that even something as benign as the draw ceremony for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held in Egypt on Tuesday evening, came fraught with controversy. Gernot Rohr, who coaches the Nigeria Super Eagles team and has been at every other draw ceremony since taking the
The 40 African nations still standing in the qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup learned the identities of their group stage opponents during a star-studded event at The Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo on Tuesday, but not everyone will be happy with their lot. Teams were drawn into 10 groups of four teams, with the
Gianni Infantino has said African football is in danger of going backwards. The Africa Cup of Nations tournament should be played every four years instead of two, FIFA president Gianni Infantino urged the continent’s football leaders on Saturday. Infantino said revenue could rise up to six-fold for a four-yearly continental championship and become a must-see