During the Italian Serie B match between Virtus Entella and Vicenza, a player was shown a green card for the first time in football history. These cards, not penalties, but incentive cards, were introduced in the fall of 2015, but have never been used until now...
The capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, will host the final of the Champions League of the 2017/18 season. The match will take place on May 26, 2018 at the Olimpiyskiy stadium in Kyiv, according to the official UEFA website. For the first time in history, the decisive match of the main club tournament in European football will take place on the territory of Ukraine. Previously, in…
On August 16, former FIFA President João Havelange, who died in the Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 100, died due to lung problems. Havelange was born on May 8, 1916 in Rio de Janeiro to a Belgian arms dealer. However, the future president ...
New York City FC is partnering with Mayor Bill De Blasio, the Foundation for a Better New York City, the USA Soccer Foundation and Adidas to launch the Soccer City program in New York City. According to it, 50 football fields will be built in the city through public and private investments...
Portugal national team forward Cristiano Ronaldo donated the prize money he earned for winning Euro 2016 to the fund to fight childhood cancer. According to Manchester United Red Zone, the Real Madrid player donated a total of 275 thousand euros (about $300 thousand) to the fund...
Legendary football player Andrei Shevchenko, winner of the 2004 Golden Ball, became the new head coach of the Ukrainian national team. At the European Championships that ended in France, Shevchenko was part of the coaching staff of Nikolai Fomenko. After the Ukrainians lost all 3 matches of the group round of Euro 2016, Fomenko...
The European Football Championship ends today. Regardless of who gets the trophy, the People's Choice Award has definitely gone to Iceland. The team of football players from the villages under the guidance of a dental coach Icelanders surprised by their sincerity, their self, their northern, seemingly restrained excitement and passion, bubbling, however, like ...
The French national team defeated the German national team, the reigning world champions, with a score of 2: 0 in the semifinals of their home European Championship. In the final, which will be the first for the French after the victorious Euro 2000, Didier Deschamps' wards will face Portugal. By the way, 16 years ago Deschamps was ...
Portugal won first match in regulation time at Euro 2016 Today was the first semi-final match of Euro 2016, in which the national teams of Portugal and Wales met. The Portuguese lost their main defender Pepe due to injury, while the Welsh missed the disqualified Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davis. Commands ...
The German national team beat the Italian national team in the quarter finals of the European Football Championship. The meeting between the two tournament favorites took place in Bordeaux, France. Two halves and extra time ended with the score 1:4 - in the 1th minute Mesut scored a goal against the Italians...