-
)
Bundesl
19 Dec 21:30
)
BorussiaDo
)
BorussiaMo
2 0 -
)
LaLiga
19 Dec 22:00
)
Valencia
)
Mallorca
1 1 -
)
Premier
20 Dec 14:30
)
NewcastleU
)
Chelsea
2 2 -
LaLiga
20 Dec 15:00
)
RealOviedo
)
CeltaVigo
0 0 -
Bundesl
20 Dec 16:30
)
FCKoeln
)
UnionBerli
0 1 -
Bundesl
20 Dec 16:30
)
Augsburg
)
WerderBrem
0 0 -
Bundesl
20 Dec 16:30
)
HamburgerS
)
EintrachtF
1 1 -
Bundesl
20 Dec 16:30
)
VfBStuttga
)
Hoffenheim
0 0 -
Bundesl
20 Dec 16:30
)
Wolfsburg
)
Freiburg
3 4 -
Premier
20 Dec 17:00
)
AFCBournem
)
Burnley
1 1 -
Premier
20 Dec 17:00
)
Brighton&a
)
Sunderland
0 0 -
Premier
20 Dec 17:00
)
Manchester
)
WestHamUni
3 0 -
Premier
20 Dec 17:00
)
Wolverhamp
)
Brentford
0 2 -
LaLiga
20 Dec 17:15
)
Levante
)
RealSocied
0 1 -
)
Serie A
20 Dec 19:00
)
Lazio
)
Cremonese
- - -
Bundesl
20 Dec 19:30
)
RBLeipzig
)
BayerLever
- - -
Premier
20 Dec 19:30
)
TottenhamH
)
Liverpool
- - -
LaLiga
20 Dec 19:30
)
Osasuna
)
DeportivoA
- - -
Serie A
20 Dec 21:45
)
Juventus
)
Roma
- - -
Premier
20 Dec 22:00
)
Everton
)
Arsenal
- -
KICKOFF ALERT: HUGO BROOS CLAIMS SOUTH AFRICA SUCCESS BETTER THAN CAMEROON TITLE WIN
Hugo Broos believes his 5-year project with Bafana Bafana is more meaningful than his AFCON title with Cameroon. Read his reasons.
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos feels he's achieved more with South Africa than when he won the Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon. He says he had the time to build a squad over five years here.
Broos, from Belgium, won the Cup of Nations with Cameroon in 2017 but was soon out of a job.
Now, with two Cup of Nations qualifications (including a bronze medal last time) and a trip to the 2026 World Cup coming up, Broos thinks his time with Bafana has been more worthwhile.
“To be honest, I think what we've done with South Africa is better than what I did with Cameroon,” Broos said.
“We built a team here, and they got better every day. When you go to AFCON, you always have goals, but you don't really expect to get to the final.
“For most of the guys, it was their first AFCON (in 2024), so you don't expect that. But we improved a lot. Cameroon, on the other hand, was a team that was used to playing at AFCON.
“They were seen as favourites to win, so it was different, and the pressure was way higher. Looking at what we have done here with South Africa—finishing third at the last AFCON, qualifying for AFCON twice in a row, and qualifying for the World Cup—I didn't do that with Cameroon.”
Broos said that even though he won a trophy with Cameroon, he looks at the bigger picture.
“We won AFCON with Cameroon, but four months later, we were out of World Cup qualification, and Nigeria went through. So, I’m happier with the work I’ve done here in South Africa than with what I did with Cameroon,” Broos said.
“With Cameroon, winning at AFCON is expected. But I don’t think anyone here, or even myself, thought two years ago that we (Bafana Bafana) would reach the semi-finals.
“So yes, it was a great run, and it’s not over. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks, and then I’ll try to finish my career strong (at the World Cup).”
South Africa starts its 2025 AFCON campaign with a Group B game against Angola in Marrakech on Monday.
THE REAL REASON WHY AFCON IS MOVING TO A FOUR YEAR TOURNAMENT CYCLE
CAF is changing AFCON to a four-year cycle starting after 2028. Discover the new annual African Nations League launching in 2029.
The Confederation of African Football said Saturday that the Africa Cup of Nations will now happen every four years instead of every two.
This surprising change was decided at a meeting in Morocco and was announced by CAF president Patrice Motsepe.
Since it started in 1957, the tournament has been held every two years and makes up about 80% of CAF’s money.
The 35th event starts Sunday in Morocco, with the home team playing Comoros.
Motsepe said the next Cup of Nations in 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda will still happen, and there will be another one in 2028. After that, it'll be every four years.
Motsepe said that starting in 2029, there will be an African Nations League every year to make up for the change, just like how Europe does its championship every four years.
He said that the Nations Cup used to be the main source of money, but they will now get money every year.
Motsepe mentioned again that the 2027 Cup of Nations and the 2028 tournament are still on, but from then on, it's every four years.
He said the African Nations League will kick off yearly from 2029, copying Europe's four-year championship model.
He repeated that the Nations Cup was the main money-maker, but now they'll have yearly income.
"It's a cool new setup that will help us be financially stable and line up better with the FIFA schedule," he said.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino had suggested the four-year plan before, but CAF turned it down because they needed the money from the tournament.
The timing of AFCON has caused problems because it's often held during the European season, making clubs let go of their African players.
Moving the Cup of Nations to the middle of the year from 2019 was meant to fix this, but the 2022 and 2024 tournaments in Cameroon and Ivory Coast were still at the start of the year.
This year's tournament in Morocco was pushed back six months because FIFA started a new Club World Cup, which was in the US in June and July.
JOHN CENA BREAKS SILENCE: WHY HE STOPPED SPEAKING MANDARIN AFTER THE TAIWAN COUNTRY SCANDAL
John Cena opens up to Joe Rogan about the 2021 Taiwan controversy and why he now avoids speaking Mandarin in public appearances.
So, it turns out John Cena isn't doing his bing chilling routine anymore after that whole Taiwan thing in 2021 blew up. He talked about it with Joe Rogan, and apparently, trying to be culturally aware backfired big time and became a learning experience.
Cena spent a lot of time learning Mandarin to get WWE going in China. Once he thought he was good, he tried to do most of his Chinese appearances in Mandarin. Things were going well, but then they weren't.
He said that he was doing a bunch of readings off a prompter for different places. He didn't double-check one because it was the end of a long day. It told him to tell people in Taiwan to go see something, and the prompter called Taiwan a country.
That caused a stir because of the whole China-Taiwan situation. Chinese viewers got angry, and Cena had to apologise. But then American fans got mad at him for apologising.
Cena joked that he might be the only person who almost got cancelled for doing his homework. He said the lesson was that knowing the language doesn't mean you know the culture.
Now, Cena is playing it safe.
After the China incident, he's keeping his Mandarin skills on the down-low because he knows he doesn't really get Asian geopolitics. His work on Peacemaker and other stuff wasn't hurt by the whole thing, but he's being more careful when he travels.
Cena explained that he avoids speaking the language when he goes anywhere global because he doesn't understand the cultural stuff.
He said he was fluent in Mandarin but admitted he was reading in pinyin. Rogan and others tried to blame the incident on others, but Cena took responsibility.
Cena said it was his fault and that he could learn from it.
Asia's reaction was harsh, but the American response felt worse. Cena knew Americans might be bummed that he seemed to be giving in to Chinese politics, but his main point was something else.
Cena advised not to react right away. He wants people to take a breath, figure out what's happening, and find the best way to act, maybe after a few days.
_1766052624.webp)
Read More News