Turkey earthquake: Ex-Newcastle United player Christian Atsu pulled alive from rubble | Football News

Turkey earthquake: Ex-Newcastle United player Christian Atsu pulled alive from rubble | Football News

The massive rubble left behind by the tragic earthquake in Turkey saw former Newcastle United and Everton winger Christian Atsu being pulled alive from it. Confirmed by his current club Hatayspor‘s vice president, the Ghana international was buried under the rubble, being among the thousands reported missing amid devastataion. The 7.8 magnitude quake brought down … Read more

Watch: Ravi Shastri does impromptu commentary for FIFA World Cup final from the stands | Football News

Watch: Ravi Shastri does impromptu commentary for FIFA World Cup final from the stands | Football News

Former India cricket captain and Head Coach Ravi Shastri‘s ‘tracer bullet’ commentary switched loyalties for a one-off occasion from cricket to football on Sunday. Shastri, who was in Qatar for the final, burst into an impromptu commentary stint for a few minutes from the stands. In a video tweeted by Shastri himself, he can be … Read more

FIFA World Cup 2022: First round in numbers | Football News

FIFA World Cup 2022: First round in numbers | Football News

The first week of the FIFA World Cup 2022 has seen both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring, besides some big upsets in the form of Argentina and Germany losing their opening group games and a huge seven-goal win for Spain. Here’s a look at how the numbers stack up so far:3 – Germany have … Read more

Seventeen children among the dead in Indonesian football stampede | Football News

Seventeen children among the dead in Indonesian football stampede | Football News

MALANG (Indonesia): Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a football stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds on the Southeast Asian nation to explain how one of the world’s worst stadium disasters unfolded. Violence and hooliganism have long been features of Indonesian football, especially in places such … Read more

India banned by FIFA, stripped of U17 women’s World Cup hosting rights | Football News

India banned by FIFA, stripped of U17 women's World Cup hosting rights | Football News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India was on Tuesday suspended by world governing body FIFA for “undue influence from third parties” and stripped the country of the right to host the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled for October. This is the first time the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been banned by FIFA in its 85 … Read more