🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Japan vs Croatia 6pm ⚽ Brazil vs South Korea 10pm (UBC tv) Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | Brazil are no longer solely dependent on their scintillating superstar to go far in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. That said, the so-called Neymar-dependence may make sense …
Read More »Ruthless Giroud and Mbappe send France into the quarter-finals
🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ France 🇫🇷 1 Poland 🇵🇱 3 ⚽ England 🏴 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 10pm (UBC) Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe displayed some ruthless finishing to haul France into the quarter-finals of the World Cup despite an underwhelming performance against Poland. Poland played …
Read More »WORLD CUP: 12 reasons why Germany failed
In the last few years we have wanted to play like Spain and solve all problems on the pitch “playfully“. But we are not Spaniards, we are Germans and should focus on our qualities! COMMENT | Günter Zittel | Karlsruhe, Germany | Nearly every one is smarter after the game, …
Read More »Fresh feats back up England optimism
With more group-stage goals than any past England side and 10 tournament wins under their manager, English confidence looks justified entering the last 16. Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | There have been many times down the years when English expectations have been exposed as unfounded and overblown in the white heat …
Read More »Expectations rising for potential Brazil-Argentina semi-final
Argentina and Brazil have met four times in World Cups Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | “Brazilian, Brazilian, how bitter you are. Each time we are closer to meeting again!” The stands don’t lie. Immediately after Argentina’s 2-1 victory over Australia in the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup …
Read More »Embolo, Fati and Garang make Africa proud at Qatar World Cup
World cup 2022: Here are Here are 11 players of African descent making waves in foreign teams Doha, Qatar | BIRD AGENCY | Over 50 players of African descent are spread across 11 teams – excluding sides from the continent – that are competing in Qatar. One of them, Embolo, recently …
Read More »Small African economies industrialising fastest
Smaller African countries are punching beyond their weight to diversify their economies from agricultural dependence, a new report shows. Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD AGENCY | A new report shows that value-add factories and public-private partnership are helping small African countries industrialize much faster than their larger peers. The recently …
Read More »Get ready for more electric vehicles on African roads in 2023
From Kenya to Nigeria, African startups are debuting electric vehicles and unveiling plans for increased fleet deployments, especially in the public transport sector, as electric vehicles roll out across the continent. Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD AGENCY | Kenyan e-mobility firm BasiGo recently secured $6.6 million in new funding to fast-track …
Read More »Echoes of history in Netherlands’ rejuvenation
🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Netherlands vs USA 6pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Argentina vs Australia 10pm ✳ TOMORROW ⚽ France vs Poland 6pm ⚽ England vs Senegal 10pm (UBC TV) Louis van Gaal’s team have banished their Russia 2018 disappointment with a rebirth at Qatar 2022. Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | It is 20 years since …
Read More »Australia ‘similar to Poland’, says Argentina midfielder De Paul
🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Netherlands vs USA 6pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Argentina vs Australia 10pm ✳ TOMORROW ⚽ France vs Poland 6pm ⚽ England vs Senegal 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | XINHUA | With Argentina set to face Australia in the FIFA World Cup round of 16 on Saturday, midfielder Rodrigo De Paul believes …
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