Ukraine Just One Win Away From World Cup After Emotional Victory Over Scotland
It's been 97 days since Russian forces stormed into Ukraine with a siege of Chernihiv, efforts to capture Kyiv, an assault on Kharkiv and the opening of a southern front.
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Scottish Fans Join In Singing Ukraine National Anthem In Incredible Moment Of Unity
Soccer, football, calcio, whatever you call it, it is one of the most uniting sports on the planet. That was as evident as ever on Wednesday before the World Cup qualifying game between Scotland and Ukraine. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, there was an extraordinary moment of solidarity before the game. Watch as Scotland fans sing Ukraine’s national anthem.
Seville Business Probably Regrets Leaving Chairs Out As Rangers-Frankfurt Fans Play Game Of Dodge-Chair
Soccer fans have known for some time that thousands of Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt fans meeting in Seville, Spain, for the Europa League final was going to cause trouble. The two wildly passionate fanbases were on a collision course in Spain that could only end in one way: violence.
Spain’s chief of police warned on Tuesday that shit was going to go down in the city of Seville for this Europa League final.
FIFA Announces Postponement Of Scotland Vs. Ukraine World Cup Qualifier And Poland Gets A Bye
FIFA has postponed Ukraine's World Cup qualification playoff match against Scotland on March 24, world football's governing body said in a statement on Tuesday.
The winners of the game at Hampden Park in Glasgow will take on Austria or Wales for a place in November's World Cup finals in Qatar.
Ukraine's Football Association had asked FIFA to postpone the qualifier following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Scottish FA Statement: Scotland Men's National Team v Ukraine postponement.
Tim Akinola's Dundee Confusion And The Peculiar Link Between Scotland And Nigeria
A bit of confusion arose when Arsenal U-23 midfielder Tim Akinola received an offer for his first senior loan spell with Dundee United, and understandably so.
Scotland's Elgin City Is Officially America's Team
*Fox NFL theme music*
*Camera pans to Lincoln Financial Field*
Joe Buck: "Welcome to Philadelphia, PA for this riveting divisional game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Elgin City FC, as these two rivals fight for the NFC East title. I'm Joe Buck and this is my partner Troy Aikman, and Troy, what have you made of this stifling Elgin City defense?"
That's right, move over Dallas Cowboys, Elgin City FC is now America's Team.
But how did we get here?
Wintry Arctic Blast Causes Football Chaos Throughout UK
The UK was hit by a wintry blast from the Arctic this weekend as Storm Arwen brought high winds, freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall across the nation, while England and the Premier League experienced the brunt of it on Sunday.
The weather disrupted football matches across the land, most notably at Turf Moor as Burnley and Tottenham’s match was called off less than an hour before kickoff.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche, despite appearing pitch-side to monitor the situation in only a dress shirt, agreed with the decision.
These Non-League Highlights From Scotland Are The Closest Thing To Footballing Perfection
Usually when we write about a random lower league soccer match, some wild incident or crazy goal has to be involved — and Scotland has been a hotbed for such action, ranging from the offbeat to the downright bizarre.
This Collaboration Between AC/DC And Scotland Goes As Hard As Hells Bells
There doesn’t seem to be much of a reason behind this collaboration between AC/DC and Umbro, but who needs one when the final products look like this.
According to the Umbro press release, the inspiration is an AC/DC show at the Glasgow Apollo on April 30, 1978. This was shortly before Scotland’s appearance at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, and the band performed their encore wearing the Scotland ’78 jersey.
Humanity Hits All-Time Low As Czech School Children Boo Rangers’ Kamara For Being Racially Abused
Rangers fell 1-0 to Sparta Prague on Thursday, but the real loser was humanity. Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara — who was racially abused by a Czech player from Slavia Prague last season — was booed throughout Thursday night’s match.