By Aldwyn McGill Argentina is set to play defending champions France in the final of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022; although they won their semi-final matches against Croatia and Morocco in different fashions, they both took early leads which they never relinquished. From my vantage point it can be said that the semi-finals games […]
By Lincoln DePradine Canadians of all walks of life, including Black community members, have been expressing public outrage and anger at a CBC sports reporter’s commentary on football star Alphonso Davies, calling his comments unfair and even racist. “I’m biting my tongue. Maybe, it is time to defund CBC,’’ said Trinidad-born entertainer Henry “King Cosmos’’ […]
In his book “Soccer in the sun and shadow,” the late lyrical Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano traces the origins and development of soccer to the Chinese. “In soccer, like everything else,” Galeano says, “the Chinese were the first. Five thousand years ago, Chinese jugglers had the ball dancing on their feet, and it wasn’t before […]
By Aldwyn McGill The FIFA World Cup 2022 is into the final round of group games here in Qatar and at the end of the second round there were just three teams which had posted wins in their first two games for the maximum six points and automatic qualification into the Round of 16 […]
By Lincoln DePradine Pierre Poilievre, head of the federal Conservative Party and Canada’s parliamentary opposition leader, has promised to champion the further development of soccer in the country, saying Canada can become “world leaders’’ in the sport. Poilievre, speaking at a news conference last Saturday in Etobicoke, joined other Canadians in expressing pride at […]
By Aldwyn McGill The FIFA World Cup kicks off at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, on Sunday November 20th, with the opening ceremony followed by the host Qatar playing against Ecuador. The exciting news for Canadian fans is that after a 36-year absence, Canada will be one of the 32 teams competing […]
Finally, some tangible progress on the labour front with the Canadian men’s soccer team. Canada Soccer has come to terms on an agreement with Alphonso Davies, its marquee man, on name/image likeness rights, according to a source. The deal just needs final signatures, according to the source who requested anonymity because the agreement has yet […]
Includes nine forwards Anyone hoping there was some way Brazil might put out a lacklustre team for the World Cup in Qatar this month will be sorely disappointed by the announcement of the squad last Monday. Head Coach Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, known as Tite, has named no fewer than nine forwards in his 26-man squad, […]
A few hours after scoring the winning goal in Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over Marseille in the French league, Neymar arrived in court in Spain on Monday to face a trial for alleged irregularities involving his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. Neymar’s parents, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and representatives for both the Spanish club and […]
Week by week, teams around the world get closer to the midway point of the first half of the season in all competitions, CONCACAF said. It said last Friday that this is the case for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Jamaican-Canadian international Ashley Lawrence. The 27-year-old defender – whose father is originally from Jamaica and mother […]
