France are demanding FIFA take action France, you might assume, would be quite pleased at how the defence of their World Cup is going. After being blighted with injuries to several key players in the buildup to Qatar, Didier Deschamps saw his side breeze into the knockouts with consecutive victories over Australia and Denmark. And […]
3 years ago
Plenty of time for this nonsense Manchester United youngster Hannibal Mejbri nearly sparked a scrap from the bench during Tunisia’s loss to Australia on Saturday as he threw a ball at Mitchell Duke’s head while he lay on the floor. Duke’s excellent glancing header had given Australia the lead after 23 minutes, marking the moment […]
3 years ago
Rest in peace A Tunisian sailor who competed in the Tokyo Olympics for her country has died at the age of 17 while training with her twin sister. The sisters were born in March 2005 and had just celebrated their 17th birthday last month. Guezguez was the youngest athlete to compete for her country Eya […]
4 years ago
Another premature end to an AFCON game Referee Joshua Bondo ended Burkina Faso’s quarter-final tie against Tunisia roughly 30 seconds early as the Stallions secured their progression into the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Teenage attacker Dango Ouattara scored the only goal of the game before being sent off later in the fixture as […]
4 years ago
Another one of the favourites for the tournament have been knocked out Alex Iwobi’s appearance for Nigeria was short-lived on Sunday night after he was sent off just moments after coming on a substitute against Tunisia. The Super Eagles were 1-0 down at the time after a long-range effort from Youssef Msakni caught out goalkeeper […]
4 years ago
‘We will do whatever it takes to defend the rights of the national team’ Tunisia’s football federation (FTF) has written to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to complain about their Africa Cup of Nations game against Mali being ended 13 seconds early. Mondher Kebaier’s side were trailing 1-0 when referee Janny Sikazwe – who […]
4 years ago