All About The Beautiful Game
In 2014, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, a strategically located peninsula in neighboring Ukraine. While Russia widely disputed the characterization as an annexation, most of the world — and Ukraine — did not. As a result, Russia was banned from the Group of Eight — they have not been reinstated — and the UN rejected…
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When Path B of World Cup qualifying in Europe was drawn up, it had some intriguing matchups. A strong Sweden side were drawn up against Czech Republic, who reached the quarterfinals of the European Championship in 2020. The other matchup saw Robert Lewandowski’s Poland drawn up against a Russian side that were a penalty kick…
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Despite the fact that Africa is a huge continent, the national teams have yet to shine on a world stage. No African nation has ever reached the World Cup semifinals, with Ghana coming the closest in 2010 with a quarter-final penalty shootout loss. However, Africa has enough successful soccer teams to have ten groups of…
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