Angry Saint-Etienne fans stormed the playing area after their team lost to Auxerre and reportedly attacked some of the players. Police used tear gas to disperse supporters. The defeat ended an 18-year stay in the top flight for Saint Etienne.. Al Jazeera’s Sohail Malik reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #France #SaintEtienne #Auxerre
The draw took place in Qatar’s capital Doha. Twenty-nine of the 32 teams have already qualified. Al Jazeera’s @Joanna Gasiorowska reports from Doha, Qatar. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Qatar #2022WorldCup
The African Cup of Nations gets underway in Cameroon in less than a week. The football championship was supposed to be held in 2020 – but was pushed back by the COVID-19 pandemic. And now, security concerns threaten its staging. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Africa #Cameroon #COVID
This time next year, Qatar is due to host the FIFA World Cup. In preparation, the Gulf nation is testing its infrastructure with the FIFA Arab Cup, being held right now. The World Cup stadiums are part of Qatar’s most ambitious project yet, with almost all of them built a year ahead of schedule. Their designs represent the past and present and are tailored to unique needs of a country with fewer than three million people hosting FIFA’s biggest tournament. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports from Doha, where she looks at the inspiration behind the designs. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find […]
This documentary reveals how English football clubs can be bought by convicted criminals and become vehicles to launder dirty money. The football dealmakers – who link foreign buyers with British football clubs – tell undercover reporters how they can hide a criminal’s money and identity behind offshore trusts and use “dirty tricks” to deceive the football authorities. Chris Samuelson, an offshore finance expert and Keith Hunter, a former Scotland Yard detective, also offer our fictitious criminal a new identity by purchasing an EU passport for 10m euro. Our undercover reporters reach the brink of striking a deal for the criminal investor to buy Derby County FC, one of England’s oldest […]
After 28 years without a trophy in a major football tournament, thousands of Argentinian fans are celebrating their 1-0 victory over Brazil in the Copa America final. A first-half goal by Angel Di Maria was enough to clinch a hard-fought game in Brazil. Al Jazeera’s Daniel Schweimler reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Argentina #BuenosAires #CopaAmericaFINAL
Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a winning return to Sweden’s team after five years. He came out of international retirement and set up their winner against Georgia. Al Jazeera’s Paul Rhys reports from Stockholm, Sweden. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Sweden #ZlatanIbrahimovic
0 PSS Sleman has become more than just a football team. They are a symbol across Indonesia. The club’s supporters have redefined the profile of the football fan throughout the country. In a nation where sports is considered the domain of men, what is unique about PSS Sleman is that women make up the core of the club’s most passionate supporters. Based in the Sleman neighborhood of Yogyakarta on the Island of Java, PSS Sleman is a relatively small club playing in the premier division of Indonesian football. For a club this size, their success is astonishing. But it is the passion of the supporters – the Brigata Curva Sud […]
A Russian teenager is again playing football less than three weeks after being struck by lightning. Not only did he have a lucky escape from serious injury, but he now faces a bright future in the game. Al Jazeera’s Joanna Gasiorowska reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Football #Russia
The match schedule has been released for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The format is now in place but there is plenty of work left to do before the tournament gets under way in 858 days – both in terms of construction and getting teams qualified in a world struggling to cope with a pandemic. The schedule has been designed to reduce the effect on the European football season, and organisers hope the tournament will act as a global celebration of overcoming the coronavirus pandemic. Al Jazeera’s David Stokes reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera […]
