Football

The nominees for the “First Five” award have been announced.

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1 month ago

November 20, 2025

Jon

The nominees for the “First Five” award have been announced.

The Viktor Gorlov Children’s Football League has nominated candidates for the XXIII annual national “First Five” award. It is awarded to the best young footballer of the year in Russia.

Nominees for the “First Five 2025” award: Ulvi Babaev (Dynamo, Moscow), Dmitri Vasiliev (“Zenit” / “Sochi”), Kirill Glebov, Matvey Kislyak, Matvey Lukin (All – CSKA), Danila Godyaev (“Locomotive”), Abdulpasha Dzhabrailov (Dinamo, Makhachkala), Igor Dmitriev (“Wings of the Soviets”/”Spartak”), Andrei Ivlev (“Torch”/”Pari-NN”), Maxim Shnaptsev (“Even NN”), Danila Kozlov (“Krasnodar”), Ivan Lepsky (“Dinamo”, Moscow/“Wings of the Soviets”), Vadim Rakov (“Lokomotiv” / “Wings of the Soviets”), Dmitri Pestryakov (“Akron”), Ilya Rozhkov (“Rubin”), Daniel Shantalii (“Rostov”).

Source: Soccer Ru

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Semin noted the experience of Gusev, who was appointed head coach of Dynamo

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December 23, 2025

Jon

Semin noted the experience of Gusev, who was appointed head coach of Dynamo

Roland Gusev Already quite an experienced person in football, he had a good playing career. This opinion was expressed by the former coach of the Russian national team Yuri Semin.

Gusev was appointed coach of the blue and white until the end of the season. He previously served as interim head coach after leaving the club. Valeria Karpina November 17.

“This is a good decision. Gusev is already a fairly experienced person in football, who had a good playing career, worked with many coaches, worked independently in youth and junior teams,” Semin said. “I would like to wish him good luck and Dynamo’s success in the Russian championship.”

This season, under the leadership of Gusev, the blue and white reached the semi-finals of the Russian Premier League (RPL)” Russian Cup. In the national championship, Dynamo beat Dynamo Makhachkala (3:0), lost to Akhmat from Grozny (1:2) and drew with Spartak from the capital (1:1). At the end of last season, Gusev was already Dynamo’s coach after the resignation of Marcel Licka. Then the team led by Gusev achieved three victories and suffered one defeat.

Dynamo is in 10th place in the Russian Premier League table (RPL), scoring 21 points in 18 games.

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.

World Cup

The results of the 2026 emergency draw have been announced

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December 23, 2025

Thomas

The results of the 2026 emergency draw have been announced

Today, on the 5th anniversary, Washington had a draw for the group stage of the World Championship.

The participants in the World Cup and the teams that still have to make it there recognized their competitors.

Group A

Mexico

STEAM
Korea
Denmark/Primary Macedonia/Czech Republic/Ireland

Group B

Canada
Italy/Primary Ireland/Wales/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar
Switzerland

Group C

Brazil
Morocco
Haiti
Scotland

Group D

USA
Paraguay
Australia
Turkey/Romania/Slovakia/Kosovo

Group E

Nimechchina
Curacao
Ivory Coast
Ecuador

Group F

Holland
Ukraine/Sweden/Poland/Albania
Japan
Tunisia

Group G

Belgium
Egypt
Iran
New Zealand

Group H

Spain
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay

Group I

France
Senegal
Iraq/Bolivia/Suriname
Norway

Group J

Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan

Group K

Portugal
DK Congo/Jamaica/New Caledonia
Uzbekistan
Colombia

Group L

England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama

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The Football World Cup will take place next summer – in 2026. It will take place in three countries: the USA, Canada and Mexico.

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World Cup

Legionnaires named the main force of the Ukrainian national team before the match with Sweden

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2 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Kyle

Legionnaires named the main force of the Ukrainian national team before the match with Sweden

Defender of the Ukrainian national team Alexander Svatok The blue and yellows will face the Swedish national team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

– Despite this, the “blue-yellows” advanced to the play-offs in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and will face Sweden in the semi-finals in March next year. What can you say about this competitor?

– The opponent is strong and authoritarian. It will be a difficult match for both teams, but our team believes in its strength. We really want to go to the World Cup.

– I can’t help but ask about the potential rivals of the Ukrainian national team at the final stage of the competition: Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia?

– It is difficult for me to say anything about the Japanese and Tunisians right now, but on paper the Netherlands will probably be seen as the favorites of this group. But I don’t want to look that far yet; We need to beat the Swedes first,” said Svatok.

In case of victory, Ukraine will play with the winner of the Poland-Albania doubles for a ticket to the World Cup. Ukraine will play the final match at home on March 31, again conditionally.

In addition to the 12 teams that finished second in their groups, the 4 winners of the Nations League quartet will also participate in the play-offs. All 16 participants are divided into 4 paths. Each route will include a semi-final and a final. The semi-finals will be held on March 26, and the finals will be held on March 31, 2026.

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.