Football

Armenia lost to Turkey in a game of principle

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3 years ago

March 25, 2023

Jon

Armenia lost to Turkey in a game of principle

In the match of the 1st qualifying round for Euro 2024, the Armenian team lost to the Turkish team at home (1:2).

The hosts took the lead thanks to an own goal by a player from the Turkish team Ozan Kabaka in the tenth minute. Even in the first half the Turks manage to equalize: in the 35th minute he scores Orkun Kokchu. After the break, the winning goal in the 64th minute Kerem Akturkoglu.

It should be noted that Armenia and Turkey are extremely rivals in principle due to the difficult relations between the countries. The teams have only played two games so far. Both took place as part of the selection for world Cup-2010, and then the Turkish team won twice 2:0.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:

“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”

FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”

Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:

“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”

Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

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VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.

This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.

Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.

This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.

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Source: Sport UA

Kyle

Football

The CAR team would like to play a friendly match with Russia

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3 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

The CAR team would like to play a friendly match with Russia

The Central African Republic team is ready to come to Russia for a friendly match against the Russian team. This was stated by the Minister of Sport and Youth Policies of the Republic Heritier Doneng.

“We would be willing to organize a friendly match, because football is a sport that unites and unites people. Unfortunately we did not have the chance to participate in the World Cup and we did not reach the final of the African Championship. Therefore we are open to this idea and would be happy about it.” <…>. I would be very happy to come to Russia and support our team,” Doneng said.

He added that CAR is not yet able to organize a match of this level in the Bangui stadium, as it is undergoing reconstruction. The minister also expressed extreme interest in Russian help in training local football personnel, both players and coaches.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.