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UAE football coach dismissal confirmed, Arabian industry cashing in on global talent "The UAE Football Association announced today the decision to dismiss Paulo Bento, the head coach of the UAE national team, along with his coaching staff. It comes after the UAE began their Group A quest in the AFC World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 victory over North Korea on Tuesday. The result moved the UAE on to 13 points, four behind second-placed Uzbekistan with only two games remaining. Paulo Bento was appointed as head

Man City has unexpectedly entered critical Champions League elimination rounds prior to their "final" match against Club Brugge as described by Pep Guardiola.  Man City showed that the new European club competition format does not eliminate risk for top teams while Guardiola confronts the possibility of missing Champions League knockout stages for the first time since his managerial career began.  The reigning English champions have faced significant challenges throughout their season defending their Premier League title while competing in European matches.  Man City

Indian sport is a wonderful place but you would never know it if you were a layperson. The peak, D Mukesh’s world-record win in Singapore, all other episodes of our 2024 retrospective — those are probably a dozen-odd stories every neophyte will remember, few more. Why then am I calling it a great place? Because just behind those headlines lie tales of determination, hard work and success - maybe not success as such, but still success.  Look at Arjuna Award Winners in 2025.

Blasters Football Academy (GEMS American Academy - Wukair) is the buzz word in Qatar and it delivers grass roots football training to budding youngsters. It is run under Blaster Sports Centre Qatar and it is also the licensed grassroots training ground of Kerala Blasters Football Club (KBFC), one of India’s most reputed football clubs.  Kerala Blasters FC: A History of Legendary Performance  Kerala Blasters FC or KBFC as it is also called, is a beast of Indian football. It is a club formed

Thousands of people will have been looking at the Arsenal goalless draw this weekend and scoff two points.  But for me it showed they’re a lot tougher than some make them out to be – a goal down against a Fulham side that had a lot to prove and in truly terrible English conditions around this time of year.  They played and honestly ought to have been able to win. I feel like the players will come out strong this week as a

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is now the manager of Leicester City and formerly a striker for Manchester United, has recently revealed that he left Manchester United after a very short period of being an interim coach.  I see why the new manager, Ruben Amorim, wanted to bring in his people but that still disappoints van Nistelrooy who has known the club for years. Van Nistelrooy managed to finish at United in the shadows of Arik ten over Ten Hag's sacking, but Amorim's arrival

India ace first pink ball Test. Canberra: One-day cricket with its traditional whites, red balls and white sight screens as the bowler’s background can be imagined. Those scenes were however acted out except that the red ball was replaced by the pink one as it was on a Sunday afternoon when it was raining and briefly interrupted the game in any case.  After their match against Primer’s XI was cut short by drizzling and wet field on Saturday, the two teams resumed practice

c The Dallas Cowboys have lost their fifth game in a row when they went down 34-10 to the Houston Texans. This does not however seem to bother some of the players like Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs who seem optimistic about their team and their season. Parsons was speaking on his podcast, The Edge with Micah Parsons on Tuesday, where he made a strong statement on the Dallas cowboys. Micah Parsons is of the opinion that, the Cowboys are a good team.

Al Sadd and Persepolis confrontation at AFC Champions League. Its held at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium This is another example of how the development of the media’s infrastructure in Qatar State helps organize the matches with the involvement of the world requirements together with football development. Football fans are waiting with bated breath for this chronic clash, as they will witness two of Asia’s football heavyweights battling it out for glory on October 21, 2024. Match Details Tensions are sure to flare up

Al Rayyan vs Al Ahli: This Could Just Be The Best Qatar Stars League Match Ever The Qatar Stars League (QSL) is going to see yet another entertaining game as Al Rayyan visits pride of place to Al Ahli at the iconic Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium. It is scheduled to take place on October 21, 2024, and this mouth watering encounter guarantees plenty of excitement from two of Qatar’s leading teams. The fans want to watch their favorite players in a trek for

Big news in the­ world of soccer coaching. We're he­aring that Jurgen Klopp is now the top pick to replace­ Julian Nagelsmann as the boss of the Ge­rman national team. This info has got fans and experts buzzing. Why? Klopp has done­ some amazing stuff with teams like Live­rpool and Borussia Dortmund. Klopp's Credentials People­ know Jurgen for his charm and smart strategies. He­'s seen as one of today's top football manage­rs. His wins at Liverpool give proof. He le­d them to Premier

In the year 1990, Schillaci scored three goals in the semi-finals and finals of the tournament and finished joining Italy’s golden ‘boot’ winning the 1990 FIFA World World Showpiece and helped pull Italy to third. Salvatore Schillaci, the best scorer of the 1990 World Cup, former Italy deputy, and the Inter and Juventus clubs player died at 59 years of age. The date is October 25, 2023, according to Inter and such clubs as Juventus. Schillaci helped Italy climb upwards to attain a

Real Madrid have not just been sitting idle since this season, having already played one European game and beating Atalanta to win the Uefa Super Cup with Mbappe making his first appearance for the club scoring. The structure might be different , but very few people would wager that the winner would change any time soon. As if 14-time winners Real Madrid's chances of winning the Champions League were not good enough already, they now possess the most feared striker in the game

Several players for Man City, like Kevin De Bruyne, Manuel Akanji, and Bernardo Silva, have raised their voice concerning the congested schedule this season. Prior to the start of their European Champion Clubs' Cup order manager Pep Guardiola said the English club will have to make use of their youngsters to cope with the tough week ahead. Guardiola's side are preparing for a madness of two days and a half which is the period before Inter Milan the Italian Condom champions league. Thereafter,

In Dublin, Ireland celebrated a wonderful five-wicket victory over England to square the two-match T20 series 1-1. While chasing a target of 123 runs, Ireland’s Laura Delany and Oola Prendergast were quite calm even in the most sniffing final over. The hit of Delany’s last ball, off which he connected for a boundary, gave Ireland its first traction over England in T20 thus heralding a new dawn in women's cricket in Ireland. This victory was historic in that it involved the first ever

UEFA Champions League has evolved over the years and 2024-25 calendar season will be the first time the tournament will undergo a new change, the first alteration to the format of the competition since the 2003-04 season when the round of sixteen phase was introduced. The structure of the UEFA Champions League – UCL – will now incorporate the number of 36 teams as compared to the 32 teams in the last season. The group stage has now been substituted with a league

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly the biggest name in the world of football today. There has always been a back and forth of followers within the celebrity figures on Instagram, but Ronaldo's achievement is unmatched by anyone at least for now being the first human being to have more than a billion followers across all social media streams. Apart from emphasizing on the popularity of Ronaldo, this exceptional record has also given an insight on the changing dynamics of a superstar and the role

Argentina will take on Colombia in the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifiers on October 17. This match will occur at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez in Barranquilla. This will be a very competitive and exciting match because both the teams will look to earn important World Cup qualifying points in the South American qualifiers. Current headlines reports our next matches for the World Cup in this October colmidday beat the Colombian team on all the latest reports. It was on Tuesday October

Mehdi Ghaye­di's late first-half goal lit up Iran's path to retain the topmost score­ in two games. The UAE couldn't outmatch Iran's sturdy defe­nce, leading to a 1-0 notch in favour of Iran, during the Group A matche­s of the World Cup Asian Qualifiers on Tuesday. Me­hdi Ghayedi's goal was a game-changer for Iran and he­lped them maintain their maximum points. For the­ UAE line-up, Paulo Bento prefe­rred no change, while in a contrast, Amir Ghale­noei brought in four fresh faces - Sale­h

The UAE is se­t to hunt down another victory in the Fifa World Cup qualifiers third round. The­y're set to compete­ against Iran from Group A this Tuesday. After their stunning come­back where they be­at Qatar 3-1 in their first match in Doha last Thursday, the UAE team is pumpe­d! They're confident and re­ady for their encounter with Iran at Al Ain's Hazza bin Zaye­d Stadium. Iran is coming off a tough 1-0 victory against Kyrgyzstan in their kickoff game­ on Thursday. The