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Adidas Telstar 18 The Adidas Telstar 18 was the official match ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the Russian Federation. It is designed by the company Adidas in Sialkot, Pakistan. A FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup official match ball supplier since 1970, and based on the concept of the first Adidas's World Cup match ball. The Telstar 18 was presented in Moscow on November 9, 2017 by Lionel Messi. Retired Brazilian footballer Ronaldo opened the 2018 FIFA World Cup by introducing a Telstar 18 that was sent into space to the International Space Station
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Adidas Telstar 18 The Adidas Telstar 18 was the official match ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the Russian Federation. It is designed by the company Adidas in Sialkot, Pakistan. A FIFA Partner and FIFA World Cup official match ball supplier since 1970, and based on the concept of the first Adidas's World Cup match ball. The Telstar 18 was presented in Moscow on November 9, 2017 by Lionel Messi. Retired Brazilian footballer Ronaldo opened the 2018 FIFA World Cup by introducing a Telstar 18 that was sent into space to the International Space Station
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in the 6th round of the 2017 CPL player draft. In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a white-ball contract for the 2018–19 season. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the second match of the tri-series, against Sri Lanka. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 26 March 2017. In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Powell as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the ICC
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the country visa-free, while a ticket, Fan-ID and a valid passport were required to enter stadiums for matches. Fan-IDs also granted World Cup attendees free access to public transport services, including buses, and train service between host cities. Fan-ID was administered by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, who could revoke these accreditations at any time to "ensure the defence capability or security of the state or public order". The official match ball of the 2018 World Cup group stage was "Telstar 18", based on the name and design of the first Adidas World Cup ball from
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round 65. Belgium came to the last with a two-stroke lead. Thomas Pieters put their second shot to four feet, which Thomas Detry holed to give Belgium a three-stroke victory with a final round of 68. Mexico tied with Australia for second place. Rounds 1 and 3 were four-ball (best ball), rounds 2 and 4 were foursomes (alternate shot). Prize money is for the pair. 2018 World Cup of Golf The 2018 World Cup of Golf (known as the 2018 ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf for sponsorship reasons) is a golf tournament that was played from 22–25 November
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play and score in a FIFA World Cup during the 2006 edition, and reached the final of the 2007 Copa América, where he was named young player of the tournament. As the squad's captain from August 2011, he led Argentina to three consecutive finals: the 2014 World Cup, for which he won the Golden Ball, and the 2015 and 2016 Copas América. After announcing his international retirement in 2016, he reversed his decision and led his country to qualification for the 2018 World Cup. Lionel Andrés Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, the third of four children
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and was selected as one of the best players of the tournament with the testimony of many football analysts. He made a big contribution to making his team closer to qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after striking a ball which hits the Congolese player Wilfred Moke and entered the net in Kinshasa before scoring a goal against Guinea in Conakry. In May 2018 he was named in Tunisia's preliminary 29 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He was selected in the final 23. Mohamed Amine Ben Amor Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (;
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2018 World Cup of Golf The 2018 World Cup of Golf (known as the 2018 ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf for sponsorship reasons) is a golf tournament that was played from 22–25 November at Metropolitan Golf Club in South Oakleigh, Australia. It was the 59th World Cup. The format is 72-hole stroke play; the first and third days were four-ball (best ball), and the second and fourth days were foursomes (alternate shot) play. The Belgian pair of Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry won with a score of 265, 23-under-par. Australia and Mexico tied for second place, three strokes
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ball and team events; the team of three gymnasts included Enid Sung and Danielle Prince. After the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Kiroi-Bogatyreva made her World Cup debut in Baku competing at AGF Trophy World Cup and followed on to compete in 2018 World Challenge Cup series in Guadalajara, Spain and Portimão, Portugal. In September 2018 Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva represented Australia at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. Kiroi-Bogatyeva is 2018 Australian All Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion Kiroi-Bogatyreva first competed internationally in 2012, with notable results including
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fixtures of each group were decided based on the respective draw position of each team, which was decided by drawing a ball with position numbers 1–4. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. There were 144 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 144/61 round 2 goals per match. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round The third round of CAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 October 2016 to 14 November 2017. A total of 20 teams which had advanced from the second round were drawn into five groups
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teams had met in six matches, most recently in 2017 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, which ended in a 1–0 Iceland victory. Hörður Magnússon headed wide from Jóhann Guðmundsson's outswinging corner. Alfreð Finnbogason shot wide from the edge of the area. Birkir Bjarnason pounced from a corner, but Lovre Kalinić made a save from Aron Gunnarsson's curling effort. At the restart, Milan Badelj's strike clattered off the crossbar. Badelj got his goal when he reacted to a loose ball in the Iceland box and hammered home from close range. Sverrir Ingason's header rebounded back off the bar. Dejan
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Divisie season, having played just 380 minutes of Eredivisie football with Venlo. Nwakali signed on loan for FC Porto on July 18, 2018, and was assigned to Porto B ahead of the 2018-19 LigaPro season. Nwakali was named to the provisional squad for the Nigeria U17 side before the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup but did not make the final squad. However, coming into the 2015 U-17 World Cup he was named captain as he led his country to the title, winning the Golden Ball Award along the way. Kelechi Nwakali Kelechi Nwakali (born 5 June 1998) is a Nigerian
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crew in March 2018, and returned to Earth in June. The name of the ball was revealed on November 9, 2017 at the official presentation in Moscow by Lionel Messi, winner of the Golden Ball at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and attended by winners of the World Cup in different years: Zinedine Zidane, Kaká, Alessandro Del Piero, Xabi Alonso and Lukas Podolski. The Telstar 18 pays homage to Adidas's first World Cup match ball, named the Telstar, which was itself named for its resemblance to the original Telstar communications satellite. The word "Telstar" is a combination of the words
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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bids The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding process resulted in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) selecting the joint by country bid as the location for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup These are the bids from countries vying to host the 2023 FIFA's Women's World Cup. The official announcement for which one of these countries will host the Women's World Cup will not be made until early 2019. As of December 2018, Australia and South Africa are the official bidders and four countries (Japan, Thailand, New Zealand and Colombia) have expressed interest
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first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup in which a fourth substitution was made during extra time, after Aleksandr Yerokhin of Russia entered the pitch in the 97th minute. <section begin=r16-3 /><section end=r16-3 /> The teams had met in five matches, which includes two matches played in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, the first fixture ending in a 1–1 draw and the reverse fixture a 3–1 Denmark win. In the first minute, a long throw into the Croatia penalty area by Jonas Knudsen, allowed a run to Thomas Delaney who touched the ball on to Mathias Jørgensen,
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FIFA's headquarters in Zurich. Russia was chosen to host the 2018 World Cup, and Qatar was chosen to host the 2022 World Cup. This made Russia the first Eastern European country to host the World Cup, while Qatar would be the first Middle Eastern country to host the World Cup. Blatter noted that the committee had decided to "go to new lands" and reflected a desire to "develop football" by bringing it to more countries. In each round a majority of twelve votes was needed. If no bid received 12 votes in a round, the bid with the fewest votes
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Cup in Warsaw, Poland where she won gold in the all-around with a total of 71.200 points. On April 27–29, Sergeeva made her World Cup debut at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she won with a total of 69.050 ahead of Ukraine's Vlada Nikolchenko. She qualified in all apparatus finals and won gold in hoop, ribbon, silver in ball and bronze in clubs. On May 11–13, Sergeeva continued building up her success at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup where she won another gold in the all-around (69.300), she qualified in all apparatus finals and won 3 gold medals
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in the all-around and qualified into two finals (ball and ribbon). She finished 7th in the ball final and 4th in the ribbon final after Bulgarian Boryana Kaleyn. She competed at the 2018 Sofia World Cup finishing 18 in the all-around. On April 13–15, Tikkanen then competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup finishing 29th in the all-around. On May 11–13, Tikkanen achieved a new high placement finishing 8th in the all-around at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup, she also qualified into her first apparatus finals (clubs and ribbon) in a world cup. She finished 4th in the Clubs
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all-around at the MTM Ljubljana tournament. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Zelikman finished 5th in the all-around, she qualified in all the apparatus finals: finishing 4th in ball, clubs and 7th in hoop, ribbon. On May 4–6, she then competed at the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup finishing 11th in the all-around, she qualified into the ball final where she won her first world cup medal, a bronze behind Italian Milena Baldassarri. On May 11–13, Zelikman continued her success at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup, where she won silver in the all-around behind russia's Maria
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all-around at the Tashkent World Cup and placed 7th in clubs final. At the World Challenge Cup in the Portimao World Cup, Generalova finished 5th in all-around and qualified 3 apparatus finals, winning her first medal in a World Cup, taking bronze in ball, placed 4th in hoop and 5th in ribbon. In 2018 season, On March 15-18, Generalova competed at the 2018 Grand Prix Kiev finishing 5th in the all-around, she qualified in 3 apparatus finals and finished 6th in hoop, ball and clubs. On March March 24-25, she then finished 12th in the all-around at the 2018 Thiais
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on 11 July. The official anthem of the 2010 World Cup was "Sign of a Victory" by R. Kelly with the Soweto Spiritual Singers, which was also performed at the opening ceremony. The match ball for the 2010 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas, was named the "Jabulani", which means ""bringing joy to everyone"" in Zulu. It was the eleventh World Cup match ball made by the German sports equipment maker; it featured eleven colours, representing each player of a team on the pitch and the eleven official languages of South Africa. A special match ball with gold panels, called the
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Smith made his debut for Honduras in the 1980s and has earned over 30 caps, scoring 11 goals. He has represented his country in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup. He played as a defender in his last match, covering for an injury to Luis Pineda, in a 3–1 FIFA World Cup qualification loss against Mexico on 6 November 1996. He lost the ball on the edge of the area which led to a Mexico goal, and fans attacked his house in San Pedro Sula with stones and fireworks after the match.
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first international call-up in 2004, and has appeared for his country in almost all African Cup of Nations qualifiers and tournaments since then. He has also featured in FIFA World Cup qualifiers for both 2006 and 2010. Sissoko has made 34 official appearances for Mali, and has scored 2 goals. With the Mali national football team, he finished fourth in the 2004 African Cup of Nations, and third in the 2013 African Cup of Nations. A large, quick, combative, and physically strong central defensive midfielder, Sissoko excels as a ball winner, a role which allows him to support his more
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a fee reported to be in the region of €7 million. On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Şahin joined Bundesliga rivals SV Werder Bremen. According to media reports, he signed a two-year contract moving to the club on a free transfer. Şahin won the bronze ball prize at the 2005 Under-17 World Cup in Peru after a successful tournament with Turkey, finishing in fourth place. Şahin is the youngest player to have played and scored for Turkey. Notably, he scored during his debut which was a match against Germany, the country of his
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Adidas Teamgeist The +Teamgeist () was the official match ball for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The plus sign in its name was introduced for trademark purposes, since the regular German word "Teamgeist", meaning "team spirit", could not be trademarked. The ball was designed by the Adidas Innovation Team and the Molten Corporation and is made by Adidas, which has provided the balls used in all World Cup matches since the 1970 World Cup when the Telstar was introduced. The +Teamgeist ball differs from previous balls in having just 14 curved panels (making the ball topologically equivalent to
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2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup The 2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline has an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There are also under-23 categories in the XCO and a junior categories in the DHI. The cross-country series and the downhill series have seven rounds each, some of which are held concurrently. The series is returning to some classic venues, including Fort William, Nové Město, and Mont-Sainte-Anne. The series is also returning to Stellenbosch, the first time a World Cup
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a bronze medal in the all-around, in the event finals, she won her first World Cup gold with ribbon, and finishing 4th in ball, clubs and 8th with hoop. On April 13–15, Ashram won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup, she qualified to all apparatus finals; she won the gold with clubs, silver with ball, placed 5th in hoop and ribbon. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Ashram won silver in the all-around (73.100 points) behind Aleksandra Soldatova, she qualified in all event finals taking silver in hoop, ball, ribbon and
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bagged individual medals with gold in clubs, silver in hoop, ribbon and bronze in ball. On April 13-15, Taseva won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup behind Dina Averina, she qualified to all apparatus finals; taking silver with ribbon, bronze with hoop, clubs and finished 4th in ball. On April 27-29, Taseva competed in a World Challenge Cup event at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she won finished 4th in the all-around behind Belarusian newcomer Anastasia Salos, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals finishing 4th in ball and 7th in hoop. "(Team competitions
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Sayed Shirzad Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. Shirzad represented Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. He made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Rawalpindi Rams. He wasn't required to bat in this match, while with the ball he bowled two wicket-less overs. He made his List A debut for Boost Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 July 2018. He was the leading wicket-taker for Boost
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Martín Cáceres headed over in the 68th minute from a Sanchez delivery. Saudi Arabia had plenty of the ball in the closing stages but were unable to score a goal. The result ensured that both Russia and Uruguay would advance to the knockout stage, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia would be eliminated at the group stage. Uruguay have won all four of their World Cup matches against Asian opposition. Suarez became the sixth player to make 100 appearances for his country. He also became the first Uruguay player to score in three World Cups. Uruguay's victory had also helped Russia
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in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago. He made his debut for the senior national team in a May 2005 friendly match against Norway and has, as of November 2016, collected a total of 71 caps, scoring 6 goals. He has represented his country in 25 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as at the 2005, 2007 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups. In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World
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G. Ball Cup is named after S. G. "George" Ball, one of the five people responsible for the formation of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and who was club secretary for over fifty years. In 2018, sixteen clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL S G Ball Cup. Bold means the team still currently play in the competition. S. G. Ball Cup The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition
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visit of King Felipe VI of Spain to Japan. On 21 May 2017, Inui became the first Japanese footballer to score against FC Barcelona, sniping the ball via cross-bar behind Ter Stegen, twice. On 1 June 2018, upon expiration of his Eibar contract, Inui joined Real Betis on a free transfer for a three-year deal. Inui made his full international debut for Japan on 20 January 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen. In May 2018 he was named in Japan’s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On 24 June, Inui scored his first
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The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria. The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was expected to be held in South Africa, but due to the country's withdrawal, a new host was chosen on 19 March 2015, and it was Papua New Guinea. The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in France from 5–24 August 2018, a year later France will host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards both went to Patricia Guijarro of Spain. The topscorer award. Awarded to the best player of
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played with a brown ball. The 1974 Chile Durlast was all white. A new version of the Telstar, named Telstar 18, is the official match ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The design maintains the general pattern, except the corners of the pentagons are stretched into pixellated gradients. Adidas Telstar Telstar was a football made by Adidas. The 32-panel design of the ball, based on the work of Eigil Nielsen, has become iconic and is the standard design now used to portray a football in different media. The ball was first introduced as the Telstar Elast for the 1968
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ended up with her best career result and the best result for Romania in Winter Olympics in the last 24 years: 7th place at 2018 Winter Olympics and also 10th place(3rd in run1 for her) with the team relay. This performance was a strong one for her country, considering the circumstances there. In the same world cup season, Raluca Strămăturaru finished 6th at Lillehammer2018, which represents her best result in the world cup contest. She also took 10th place at Altenberg2017 and 7th place in the sprint event from Winterberg2017. All those results, in the 2017-2018 season, made her end
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between the champions of the Prva HNL and the Croatian Cup. No Croatian Club has ever won the UEFA Champions League, however Hajduk Split, at the time Croatia's premier club, made it to the quarter-finals of the 1994–95 league, losing on aggregate to eventual champion Ajax. The Croatian national football team won a bronze medal in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and a silver medal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Davor Šuker won the Golden Boot as the top goal scorer in 1998 and Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament in 2018.
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a €40 million fee in 2012. Witsel won four honours during his time in Russia, before leaving for Tianjin Quanjian in January 2017. He returned to Europe with Borussia Dortmund in August 2018. Witsel made his senior international debut in 2008 and earned his 100th cap for Belgium on 15 November 2018. He represented the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, helping them to third place in the last tournament. On 17 September 2006, a 17-year-old Witsel made his debut with Standard Liège during a competitive game against FC Brussels
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off the last ball with all three results possible. Swann dug the last ball from Patel away for a single, which meant that the game was tied. India batted first and opener Sachin Tendulkar scored his 47th ODI century and 5th World Cup century, the highest number of centuries by anyone ever in a World Cup. Support came from Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh who both made half-centuries. Tim Bresnan took his first five-wicket haul in ODI matches, which included three wickets with four balls in the 49th over. Chasing 339 to win, Andrew Strauss made his highest score in
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represent Costa Rica in September. He made his international debut on 2 September 2011 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over the United States. As of December 2014, Wallace has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring 3 goals. He represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica’s 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wallace holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. University of Maryland
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his nation at under-17 and under-19 level. Hazard made his senior international debut in November 2008, aged 17, in a friendly match against Luxembourg. Nearly three years after his debut, Hazard scored his first international goal against Kazakhstan in October 2011. He has since earned over 90 caps, and was a member of the Belgian squad which reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2016. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he captained Belgium to third place which was their best finish in history, receiving the Silver Ball as the second best player of
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exiting play on the wings, especially in the second leg of the semi-finals against the Philippines where he constantly threatened the opponent's defense. In May 2015, he was called up to Thailand to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) against Vietnam. Known for his stamina, work-rate, direct running and movement off the ball. Despite his lack of technical proficency on the ball, his style of play often results in his appearance on the scoresheet. Some of them are crucial goals for his club and country. Mongkol Tossakrai Mongkol Tossakrai (, born September 5, 1987) simply known as
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race has been held in South Africa since 2014. "Standings after 7 of 7 events" 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup The 2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline has an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There are also under-23 categories in the XCO and a junior categories in the DHI. The cross-country series and the downhill series have seven rounds each, some of which are held concurrently. The series is returning to some classic venues, including Fort William, Nové Město,
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after a free-kick from the right. Penalties were required and while Fyodor Smolov's Panenka attempt with the first effort was foiled by Subašić, parity was restored when Akinfeev got down to his left to keep out Mateo Kovačić's second kick for Croatia. After Fernandes' failure, Modrić's strike found the net, following touches off Akinfeev's glove and the post. The decisive penalty fell to Ivan Rakitić, who rolled the ball into the bottom-left corner to give Croatia the win. Russia became the first country in World Cup history to contest two shoot-outs while hosting the event. There were three headed goals
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Peru) Dakar 2013 (Argentina, Chile, Peru) Dakar 2014 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) Dakar 2015 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) Dakar 2016 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) Dakar 2017 (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay) Dakar 2018 (Peru, Bolivia, Argentina) X-raid X-raid is a German motoring team owned by Sven Quandt, whose family is a majority shareholder of BMW, for which it plays the official team in the Dakar Rally and in the Cross-Country World Cup. Winner of the Cross Country Championship Portugal Winner of the FIA Cup for Cross Country Bajas Winner of the FIA Cross Country World Cup Winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross Country
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the Argentina-Uruguay 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas qualifier match held in 23 February 2018 in Olavarría. The logo design was inspired from the Flag of Argentina. The ball represents the sun of the flag while the hands depicted contesting a tip off was derived from the two blue bands of the flag. The hands are meant to evoke a "sense of a journey unfolding". The brand identity used for the tournament had its sun as its primary symbol which is meant to symbolize the "new stars that will rise and shine" in the tournament. 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World
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the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Gibraltar on 13 June 2015. Trapp made his international debut on 6 June 2017 in a 1–1 friendly draw away to Denmark, playing the full 90 minutes. He was selected for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia later that month, which his country won, but he did not play any match. On 4 June 2018, Trapp was selected in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was unused in a group-stage exit for the defending champions. In July 2018, Trapp became engaged to Brazilian model Izabel Goulart. Kevin
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Argentina claimed the restart. After the siren sounded to indicate there was no time left on the clock Argentina fumbled the ball in a ruck leading to the ball being kicked out of play and Wales being crowned the 2009 Sevens Rugby World Cup Champions. The 12-man squad, coached by Paul John of Pontypridd, for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Squad for 2018 Commonwealth Games: Wales national rugby sevens team The Wales national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens and in the Commonwealth Games. Wales were the World Cup Sevens
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his head. In May 2018, he was named in Spain's 24-men squad for the warm up matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Thiago was selected in the final 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup. Thiago appeared in two matches, against Portugal and Morocco. Thiago is a highly creative and technically gifted playmaker, with excellent dribbling skills and ball control, which allows him to operate effectively in a deep-seated playmaking role as a central midfielder, although he is also capable of playing in a more advanced role as an attacking midfielder. He has been noted for his accurate
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10 August 2012. He joined Los Angeles FC in January 2018. Vela made his debut with the senior Mexico national team in 2007 in a friendly match against Brazil, and scored his first goal for his country in a friendly against Guatemala. He participated in Mexico's CONCACAF Gold Cup victory in 2009, and participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Vela rejected all subsequent call-ups for more than three years, including friendlies, World Cup qualifiers, and various major tournaments including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, citing various reasons for his refusals. In November 2014, Vela made his
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Federico Pellegrino Federico Pellegrino (born 1 September 1990) is an Italian cross-country skier. Pellegrino is a world champion and Olympic silver medalist in cross-country skiing. In the 2015/2016 season, he won the sprint cup. Pellegrino made his World Cup debut in the 2009-10 season. He has achieved his best results in the sprint events and won the Sprint Cup in the 2015-16 season. As of 30 November 2018 Pellegrino has won 12 individual World Cup victories, all of them sprints. He won his first international medal in cross-country skiing at the 2015 World Championships in Falun, Sweden. Together with Dietmar
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ten-man shortlist for FIFA's Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player. The Castrol Performance Index, the official statistical analyser of the World Cup, rated Kroos as the best player at the 2014 World Cup, with a rating of 9.79 out of 10. Kroos is considered the only player from the former German Democratic Republic to ever win the World Cup. On 4 June 2018, Kroos was included in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 23 June, Kroos scored in stoppage time against Sweden to resurrect Germany's World Cup hopes with a 2–1 victory. But
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2001, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur, before ending his career back in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach. With the German national team, Ziege won UEFA Euro 1996 and finished runner-up at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also represented the country at UEFA Euro 2000, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. An attacking left wing-back, Ziege was considered a dead-ball specialist. At club level, Ziege played for Bayern Munich (1990–97), Milan (1997–99) and Middlesbrough (1999–2000). In the summer of 2000, Liverpool F.C. made a £5.5m bid which exactly matched a get-out clause in Ziege's contract. Middlesbrough insisted they
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In preparation for World Championship, Zeng participated in Minsk World Challenge Cup (8/17-19), and Kazan World Challenge Cup (8/24-26). She finished in all-around 14th and 9th separately with scores of 66.400 and 69.150. On Sept. 10-14 2018 World Championships, Zeng was tenth in all-around qualification with best 3 of 4 routines. In the AA finals, Zeng finished eighth with a score of 73.250. She didn't make any event finals but was reserves for hoop, ball and clubs. This was third straight world championships when Zeng made top ten in the all-around. On Sept. 29-Oct 1, Zeng competed Pan American Championships
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other competitive meeting was during the group stage of Euro 2004, which finished as a 2–2 draw. Their next, and most recent, meeting was in a March 2011 friendly match, which finished as a 0–0 draw. France entered the 2018 World Cup as one of the favourites to win the tournament, particularly for their strong squad featuring several youth talents. The team finished as runners-up to Portugal at Euro 2016, which the country hosted. The team qualified for the World Cup finals after finishing first in their qualification group, ahead of Sweden and the Netherlands. At the World Cup, France
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in early 2016 and Białkowski returned with a string of impressive performances which saw him win consecutive player of the month awards and then the Supporters' Player of the Year for 2015–16. During a game against Spain U-21 Białkowski was red carded after he handled the ball outside the penalty area. In May 2018 he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Individual Bartosz Białkowski Bartosz Marek Białkowski (; born 6 July 1987), is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Town as a goalkeeper. Born in Braniewo, Poland, Białkowski made
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who will host the World Cup is usually made six or seven years in advance of the tournament. However, there have been occasions where the hosts of multiple future tournaments were announced at the same time, as was the case for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which were awarded to Russia and Qatar, with Qatar becoming the first Middle Eastern country to host the tournament. For the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, the final tournament is rotated between confederations, allowing only countries from the chosen confederation (Africa in 2010, South America in 2014) to bid to host the tournament.
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results were counted "(not counting points in brackets)" for IFSC Climbing World Cup 2018. 6 best competition results were counted "(not counting points in brackets)" for IFSC Climbing World Cup 2018. For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted "(not counting results in brackets)". "Country names as used by the IFSC" An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. 6 best competition results were counted ("not counting points in brackets") for IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2018. 6 best competition results were counted
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Oberstdorf, Germany 5 January 2019, Val di Fiemme, Italy 6 January 2019, Val di Fiemme, Italy The race for Fastest of the Day counts for 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage. 2018–19 Tour de Ski The 2018–19 Tour de Ski is the 13th edition of the Tour de Ski and part of the 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event will begin in Toblach, Italy on 29 December 2018 and conclude in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on 6 January 2019. The cups are defended by Heidi Weng (Norway) and
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying process, and for the first time in World Cup history, all eligible national teams registered for the preliminary competition, but Zimbabwe and Indonesia were disqualified before playing their first matches. Bhutan, South Sudan, Gibraltar and Kosovo made their FIFA World Cup qualification debuts.
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La Liga. Vermaelen made his international debut for Belgium in 2006, he took part at the 2008 Olympics where Belgium came fourth, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where Belgium came third. Vermaelen started his youth career in his home country with Germinal Ekeren, which later became Germinal Beerschot after a merger. Vermaelen joined the academy of Dutch club Ajax. He made his professional debut on 15 February 2004 in a 0–2 away win over FC Volendam. His breakthrough came when he returned to Ajax and won the KNVB
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his debut in the Euro Hockey League. He played with the Argentina U21 squad at the 2013 Sultan of Johor Cup and the 2013 Junior World Cup before he made his debut for the main squad in 2014 at the 2014 South American Games. He won the gold medal at that tournament and made four goals. He was also part of the Argentina squad which won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup, which was his first World Cup. In 2018 he was selected for the 2018 World Cup. Lucas Martínez Lucas Martínez Ruiz (born 17 November 1995) is
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19 December 2018." The following players have represented their country at the World Cup whilst playing for Urawa Red Diamonds: World Cup 1998 World Cup 2006 World Cup 2010 World Cup 2014 World Cup 2018 Excepting two seasons in which they were in the second tier, Mitsubishi/Urawa has always competed in the top flight, thereby being the club with the most top flight seasons total. Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds, are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J1 League. The name Red Diamonds alludes to the club's pre-professional era parent company Mitsubishi. The corporation's
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shootout win. He was named Man of the Match for his performance against Slovakia, assisting Mario Gómez's second goal before scoring the third himself in a 3–0 win. Draxler was named captain of an inexperienced Germany squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, scoring a penalty kick in the team's opening match as they defeated Australia 3–2. Following Germany's title win, Draxler was awarded the Golden Ball as best player of the tournament. On 4 June 2018, Germany's manager Joachim Löw included Draxler in his final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 17 June, Draxler made his
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4th in the all-around behind Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky, she qualified to 3 event finals taking bronze in clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 6th in ball. Kaleyn competed at the quadrennial held 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland from July 20–30, however she did not advance to any of the apparatus finals. In 2018 season, Kaleyn participated at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing 10th in all-around. She qualified to 3 finals, winning gold with ball, silver with hoop and bronze with ribbon. on March 30-April 1, Kaleyn began the world cup events competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup
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taking over as Bosnia and Herzegovina manager in 2008 and sensationally leading them to the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. Luka Modrić is the only Croatian player to ever win the Golden Ball award. He was team captain in 2018, when Croatia reached the World Cup final. Team Awards Individual Awards Croatia at the FIFA World Cup Croatia national football team have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on five occasions (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018) since gaining independence in 1991. Before that, from 1930 to 1990 Croatia was part of Yugoslavia. Their best result
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March 2018, Kim scored an own goal against Northern Ireland. In the game, at the 19th minute, Northern Ireland got a free kick around penalty arc out of Kim Min-jae's foul. Three players were around the ball, George Saville, Jamie Ward, and Oliver Norwood. Saville ran away from the ball and stood on the edge of the wall, which Ward ran past to receive a pass from Norwood before delivering a low cross that Kim inadvertently turned into the top corner of his own net. On 14 May 2018, Shin Tae-yong announced preliminary squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup, which
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round The first round of OFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2016 OFC Nations Cup qualification) was played from 31 August to 4 September 2015 in Tonga. In this round, four teams, as determined by the OFC in March 2014, played a single round-robin tournament held in a single country which was later decided to be in Tonga. All matches were held at the Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Nuku'alofa. Samoa, the winner, advanced to the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, held from 28 May – 12 June 2016, to join
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down a ball on the edge of the penalty area from Dedryck Boyata, his initial shot with his right foot was saved by Joe Lewis but he followed up by shooting with his left foot to the roof of the net. Celtic were awarded a penalty in the 52nd minute for a hand-ball by Dominic Ball. Scott Sinclair's took the penalty which was saved by Joe Lewis diving to his right. The win was Brendan Rodgers seventh straight domestic trophy win with Celtic and Celtic's 18th Scottish League Cup win. 2018 Scottish League Cup Final The 2018 Scottish League Cup
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not reach the ball) may result in a useful free kick situation and a reprimand for the offender in the form of a penalty card. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard, renowned for being difficult to dispossess, set a World Cup record for successful dribbles completed in any World Cup game since 1966, with a 100% success rate in ten dribbles against Brazil. Early references to dribbling come from accounts of medieval football games in England. For example, Geoffrey Chaucer offered an allusion to such ball skills in fourteenth century England. In the "Canterbury Tales" (written
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2018 ISSF World Cup The 2018 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Considering 2020 Olympic Games, the ISSF has made lots of changes in the categories and competition. For the first time, Mixed team medal events in 10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Rifle and Trap categories have been introduced officially while 50m Rifle Prone Men, 50m Pistol Men and Double Trap Men, which were earlier part of World Cup Series and Olympic Games has been discontinued from this World Cup series. Which
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who also finished 5th in all-around at the 1975 Worlds, although the competition was not attended by rhythmic powerhouses Bulgaria, East Germany, and the Soviet Union. In 2018 season, on March 30-April 1, Minagawa began the world cup events competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup finishing 10th in the all-around, she qualified in ball final finishing in 7th. on April 13–15, Minagawa competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup finishing 10th in the all-around, she then qualified in the hoop final. On April 27–29, Minagawa participated at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she won finished 7th in the
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Ebola epidemic. On 14 June 2018, Ronaldo featured at the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. He walked out with a child wearing a Russia 2018 shirt at the beginning, and returned at the end of the ceremony with the official ball of the 2018 World Cup – Adidas Telstar 18 – which was sent into space with the International Space Station crew in March and came back to Earth in early June. Ronaldo is regarded as one of the greatest and most complete forwards of all time. Dubbed "Il (or O)
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debut against Namibia. He played a further 3 List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Hong Kong. In his 4 matches, he scored 75 runs at a batting average of 18.75, with a high score 36. With the ball, he took a single wickets at an overall competition cost of 57 runs. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Papua New Guinea against the United Arab Emirates in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier on 4 March 2018. In August 2018, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for Group A of the 2018–19
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Adidas Jabulani The Jabulani is a football manufactured by Adidas. It was the official match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The ball is made from eight spherically moulded panels and has a textured surface intended to improve aerodynamics. Nevertheless, the ball received extensive criticism from players and coaches before and during the World Cup who said that the path of the ball through the air was unpredictable. The ball was consequently developed into the Adidas Tango 12 series of footballs. The ball was constructed consisting of eight (down from 14 in the 2006 World Cup) thermally bonded, three-dimensional
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team that won the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica. She captained Japan to the final of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan, where they were defeated by North Korea on penalty kicks, and won the Golden Ball award as the tournament's top scorer. In June 2018, Nagano was called up to the senior team for the first time for a friendly match against New Zealand. In August 2018, Nagano was part of Japan’s victorious team in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France, turning in a player of the match performance
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qualified in all the apparatus finals, winning gold with hoop and ball, a bronze with clubs and finishing 4th with ribbon. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Soldatova won gold in the all-around posting a new personal best total of 77.050 points. She swept all the gold medals in the apparatus finals with high scores in hoop(19.900), ball(19.600), clubs(18.000) and ribbon(18.300). On May 4–6, Soldatova competed at the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup where she won silver in the all-around (72.750) behind Linoy Ashram. She qualified in all apparatus finals however mistakes with hoop and ball led
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Denayer. In May 2018 he was named in Belgium’s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On 4 June 2018, Boyata was named in the final 23-man squad for Belgium at the 2018 World Cup. He played every minute of Belgium's group stage games at the 2018 World Cup, however he was dropped for the rest of Belgium's games in the knockout stage as Belgium finished third. Due to his performances at the 2018 World Cup, Belgian FA technical director Chris Van Puyvelde tipped Boyata to help his country win the UEFA Euro 2020. Boyata is from Uccle,
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2018 FIFA Club World Cup The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) is the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the national league champion from the host country. The tournament will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 12 to 22 December 2018. Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won the last two editions, and have qualified for this edition
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coach of Chalatenango for the Apertura 2018 tournament. With Chalatenango Alfaro it was also goalkeeper coach in 2016. On November 25, Alfaro got to classify the team to play the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018. In the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018, Chalatenango was defeated by Alianza 0–7 in the Estadio Cuscatlán. Alfaro made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against Nicaragua, and has earned a total of 42 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in two World
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he made a spectacular save while rushing out and attempting to anticipate Brazilian superstar Ronaldo, doing his trademark leap/step-over the attacking striker to grab the ball, which injured Ronaldo in the process; Barthez later commented that he never intended to hurt the striker. Following France's World Cup victory, Barthez was one of the most popular national players in France, after Zinedine Zidane. Two years later, Barthez was again the starter as his country won Euro 2000. It was the first time in over 20 years that a national team held both the World Cup and Euro titles, a feat last
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24 August 2017, England manager Gareth Southgate included Maguire in his squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Malta and Slovakia. He made his debut when starting in England's 1–0 away win over Lithuania, which was the team's final match in their successful 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. Maguire was named in the 23-man England national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He assisted Harry Kane's winner against Tunisia on 18 June 2018 in England's World Cup opener. England won 2–1. Maguire scored his first England goal on 7 July 2018 with a 30th-minute
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2018, making them record World Cup players for their country. At a score of 6-0 in favour of England at the 2018 World Cup, Felipe Baloy scored after a long free kick by Ricardo Avila for Panama's first World Cup goal. In the following match against Tunisia, Panama scored through an own goal by Tunisian defender Yassine Meriah. Panama at the FIFA World Cup Panama has qualified once for the finals of a FIFA World Cup, the 2018 edition. They directly qualified after securing the third spot in the hexagonal on the final round. This meant that after 10 failed
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Rishabh Pant Rishabh Rajendra Pant (born 4 October 1997) is a professional Indian cricketer who plays for India, Delhi, and the Delhi Capitals. In December 2015, he was named in India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. On 1 February 2016, during the tournament, he hit an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at this level. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 2018. Rishabh Pant made his first-class debut on 22 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy and
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2018 Arnold Palmer Cup The 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from 6–8 July 2018 at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd time the event had been contested and the first under a new format in which women golfers played in addition to men and an international team, representing the rest of the world, replaced the European team. The United States won the match 38½–21½. The contest was played over three days. On Friday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Saturday there were 12 mixed foursomes matches in the morning and
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the first half. Croatia managed an equalising goal of their own through a shot by Perišić in the 68th minute. The match was won 2–1 by Croatia after a 109th-minute goal by Mandžukić. This made Croatia the first team to earn three come-from-behind victories in the FIFA World Cup, all three matches also going into extra time. The official match ball for the final was the Telstar Mechta (; dream or ambition), a red-coloured variant of the Adidas Telstar 18 introduced for the knockout stage. The Telstar family, a homage to the original 1970 Telstar, was designed similarly to 2014's
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Finland 8–0 before they were sent packing by Brazil in the Quarter-finals. They were the runner-up to Germany at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Nigeria also played in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Canada and lost to Germany in the finals 0-1, Asisat Oshoala got both the golden ball and golden boot. The "Flamingoes" are the country’s cadet team (U-17), which qualified for the inaugural women's U-17 World Cup New Zealand 2008. Squad for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations Nigeria women's national football team The Nigeria national women's football team, nicknamed the
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October 2018. In December 2018, during the first Test against Australia, he took eleven catches, the most by a wicket-keeper for India in a Test. Rishabh Pant Rishabh Rajendra Pant (born 4 October 1997) is a professional Indian cricketer who plays for India, Delhi, and the Delhi Capitals. In December 2015, he was named in India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. On 1 February 2016, during the tournament, he hit an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at this level. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018, and
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ribbon and finished 4th in ball. On June 24–27, Shang competed at the 2017 Asian Championships and qualified to the hoop and ball final. On August 30 - September 3, Shang competed at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy; finishing 29th in the all-around qualifications and thus not making the top 24 all-around finalists. On April 13–15, Shang competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup finishing 24th in the all-around. On May 11–13, Shang competed at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup finishing 11th in the all-around. Shang Rong (gymnast) Shang Rong (Chinese: 尚蓉; Pinyin: Shāng Róng; born 12
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on to compete on her first World Cup of the season at Pesaro and won the all-around title as well the clubs, ball and hoop finals. She withdrew from Penza World Cup citing illness. She returned to competition at the Sofia World Cup where she beat the defending champion Daria Kondakova and won the event finals in ball and hoop. She did not qualify for the ribbon finals because of the two per country rule, with Kondakova and Dmitrieva ahead of her in the ribbon qualifications. She was also the champion in all-around at the 2012 Corbeil-Essonnes Cup ahead of
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FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals The FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2007–08 season in various places in Europe or Canada. The World Cup Finals is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and are held as the last World Cup race weekend of the season. The inaguaral World Cup Finals was held in 2008 in Bormio, Italy. As of the 2018–19 season, the World Cup Finals consists of three stages; a sprint, a mass start race and a pursuit. The first stages was arranged on 14 March
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Adidas Tricolore Tricolore was the official match ball of 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design. Made by Adidas, it was the first multi-coloured ball to be used in the tournament's final stage and was also the final World Cup ball to bear the classic Tango design, introduced in the 1978 tournament. The design of blue triads decorated with cockerel motifs was adopted to represent the colours of the flag of France. Tricolore was also the first Adidas World Cup match ball manufactured outside of
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consolidated their good form in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA). Northern Ireland reached the playoff stage of the qualification,seeing the best chance of returning to the competition for the first time in 32 year. However in the first leg they suffered from a controversial penalty decision made by Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan, he deems Evans' young brother Corry handled the ball and booked him for that so he would miss the second leg, where the ball clearly struck Corry's shoulder. Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill claimed it was the worst decision he had ever seen in a game
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it with his knee and turned the ball into the bottom corner of the net. With just under 10 minutes left, Jérôme Boateng was dismissed after picking up a second yellow card for a tackle on Marcus Berg, and Neuer then made a one-handed save to deny substitute John Guidetti from a downward header. Toni Kroos tapped a free-kick short to Reus before sweeping the return pass into the top right corner from left of the penalty area with his right foot. Kroos' goal in (94.39) is the latest winner ever scored on the World Cup stage. The previous record
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was part of Mexico's winning team at the 2015 Gold Cup, as well as representing his country at the 2013 and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, along with the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup. In 2014, he was included in "The Guardian"'s list of "The 100 best footballers in the world". Herrera began playing football for the youth sides of Pachuca. As a youth, he was nicknamed "Zorrillo" (skunk), as well as "Zorro" (fox). Herrera made his debut for Pachuca on 21 July 2010 in a 0–1 defeat to Chivas USA in a 2010 North American SuperLiga match. Herrera made
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A.C. Milan and he was chosen for the squad which qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. He played in the opening defeat against Portugal. Wilkins became the first Englishman to be sent off at the World Cup in a goalless draw with Morocco in 1986, for throwing the ball at Gabriel González. The ball hit the referee having been thrown in protest at being deemed offside. He was suspended for the next two games and was not reinstated by the time the quarter final against Argentina came round, a game which England lost 2–1. Wilkins made his 84th
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on 1 December 1976, in a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica. He was also instrumental in leading the nation to the 1982 FIFA World Cup – the second time in history – where he appeared in all three group stage matches, including the 1–10 loss to Hungary. González represented his country in 31 World Cup qualifiers, and scored 21 goals in full internationals. A slender and highly creative forward, with superb ball-control, technical ability and dribbling skills, he was also known for his quick feet and use of tricks as well as his accuracy with the ball
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most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: "Country names as used by the IFSC" 99 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen. Miho Nonaka (4T4z 5 5) won the competition in front of Janja Garnbret (4T4z 7 5). 109 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen. Jernej Kruder (3T4z 7 8) won the competition in front of Tomoa Narasaki (2T4z 3 7). 100 athletes attended the World Cup in Moscow.
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Playing his first tournament for Nepal, he picked up 9 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 15.88 and an economy of 3.31, including five-wicket haul against Canada, which is the best bowling figures of a Nepalese bowler in the List A format. He made his Twenty20 International debut for Nepal against the Netherlands on 30 June 2015. KC scored 42* runs in the must win match against Canada winning the match in the last ball and qualifying Nepal to enter 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. He was adjudged man of the match for making the last wicket partnership
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of Johannesburg's nicknames: "the City of Gold". The Jo'bulani ball was the second World Cup Final ball to be produced, the first time being the +Teamgeist Berlin for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The balls were made in China, using latex bladders from India, thermoplastic polyurethane-elastomer from Taiwan, ethylene vinyl acetate, isotropic polyester/cotton fabric, glue and ink from China. It was announced on 4 December 2009 that the Jabulani was to be the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. The word "jabulani" means "celebrate" in Zulu. The ball was also used as the
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in a 2–1 win against Cyprus. In May 2018 he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In June 2018 he was selected in Serbia’s squad for the 2018 World Cup, but he failed to make any appearances there. Standing at 6-foot-3-inches (1.91 m), Grujić has been described as "tall, rangy, comfortable on the ball and with a good range of passing" and dubbed the "new Matić" because of his likeness in both appearance and position to fellow Serbian defensive midfielder Nemanja Matić. Red Star Belgrade Cardiff City Serbia U20 Marko Grujić Marko
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