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English Football League. All televised EFL games are broadcast on Sky Sports, with two games (usually Championship) per weekend broadcast at 20:00 on a Friday and 12:30 on a Saturday. Other games may be additionally scheduled at different times, such as 17:30 on Saturday, 12:00 on Sunday or, very occasionally, 20:00 on a Monday.
FIFA World Cup final. Founded. 1930; 94 years ago. ( 1930) Current champions. Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team (s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global ...
The teams met for the first time in November 1899, when England beat Germany in four straight matches. Notable matches between England and Germany (or West Germany) include the 1966 FIFA World Cup final, the semifinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, the semifinals of UEFA Euro 1996, the round of sixteen of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020.
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga ( Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes eskoˈβaɾ saldaˈrjaɣa]; 13 March 1967 – 2 July 1994) [ 1] was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a center-back. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. [ 2] Nicknamed The Gentleman, he was known for his clean style of ...
Stefan Dembicki scored 16 goals in a preliminary round Cup match in the 1942–43 season and held the record exclusively until 1995. [ 7] Panagiotis Pontikos. 2007. Olympos Xylofagou 24–3 SEK Agiou Athanasiou. 16. M. Panagiotis Pontikos equalled Stefan Dembicki 's record with 16 goals in a match of the 2006–07 Cypriot Third Division on 7 ...
The video assistant referee ( VAR) is a match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those reviews. The assistant video assistant referee ( AVAR) is a match official appointed to assist the VAR in the video operation room and around the pitch.
—Mia Hamm In 1991, Hamm was named to the roster for the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in China under North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance. At 19 years old, she was still the youngest player on the team. During the team's first match of the tournament, Hamm scored the game-winning goal in the 62nd minute, leading the U.S. to a 3–2 win over Sweden. She also scored once in their second ...
A racism scandal has heightened tension for the Olympic quarterfinal confrontation between bitter football rivals France and Argentina at the Paris Games on Friday. The fallout from a video of ...