Australia are used to the hard road to the World Cup: Arnold
Australia are used to travelling the "hard way" to World Cups and are ready to take on the United Arab Emirates in their Asian playoff in Doha, coach Graham Arnold said.
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After agonising wait, UAE must embrace play-off pressure to book elusive World Cup spot
The last time the UAE were this close to participating at a World Cup, manager Rodolfo Arruabarrena had just helped Villarreal finish seventh on their return to La Liga - from his position at left-back.
beIN SPORTS Draws 87.8+ Million Viewers for Liverpool vs. Real Madrid UEFA Champions League Final
beIN MEDIA GROUP’s flagship sports channel beIN SPORTS saw viewership numbers soar last month during the eventful UEFA Champions League final match in Paris’ Stade de France – drawing approximately 88 million viewers for the stand-alone finale according to IPSOS figures.
Qatar To Put Zinedine Zidane Headbutt Statue Back On Show For 2022 FIFA World Cup
Qatar is aiming to put a controversial statue of Zinedine Zidane's notorious 2006 World Cup final headbutt on display for this year's tournament, authorities said Monday. The five metre (16 feet) high bronze showing the French legend in confrontation with Italian defender Marco Materazzi was put up for less than four weeks on the Doha seafront in 2013 when protests that it breached Islamic rules on idolisation led to it being taken down. The statue will now be at the centre of an exhibit at Doha's new international sports museum on the impact of high level sport on "mental health and dealing with stress", said Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the head of Qatar Museums.
Caio Canedo: 'We’re chasing dreams, history ... we will give our life to reach World Cup'
Caio Canedo looks down at the UAE logo on his crisp red and white, national-team issue training top, and says earnestly: “All my celebrations when I score, I'm touching my chest, I’m grabbing the flag, the country. It’s what I told you: I need to give back what they have given me, which is so much. So every time I enter the field I represent the country, I represent millions of people here.
Qatar to reinstall Zidane statue that sparked backlash
Qatar plans to reinstall a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian soccer player Zinedine Zidane's headbutt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the head of Qatar Museums said on Monday.
Qatar to re-install Zidane statue that sparked backlash
DOHA : Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian soccer player Zinedine Zidane's head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the head of Qatar Museums said on Monday.
Five talking points ahead of World Cup qualifier between UAE and Australia
The World Cup hopes of both the UAE and Australia are on the line on Tuesday night when the two meet in Doha in a do-or-die Intercontinental Playoff.