All Blog Posts Tagged 'London' (33)

The 29-year-old striker from Burnaby, B.C., was named the winner of the 2012 Lou Marsh Award, given to Canada's top athlete by a select panel of media members.

She becomes the first ever soccer player to win the award in it's76-year-old history,…

According to Yahoo! Japan and the Nishinippon Shimbun, on Friday October 26, it has been made clear that 54-year-old Norio Sasaki has just made a firm decision to remain in his current position as Japan's national team coach. Moreover, it sounds like Norio Sasaki and the Japan Football Association have reached a broad agreement on terms and conditions of a contract. More specifically, Sankei Sports has revealed that Norio Sasaki, who has a good directorial eye, will shortly re-sign with the…

Saturday Fixtures 11th August

UEFA Women’s Champion’s League Group Stages

Group 4

Unia Racibórz 5 - 0 Slovan Bratislava (11:00)

Stadium: Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava (SVK)

Group 5

ASA Tel-Aviv 5 - 0 UWIC (16:30)

Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadion, Sarajevo (BIH)

Group 8

PK-35 6 - 0 Noroc (12:00)

Stadium:…

Monday 6th August

Semi-Finals London 2012 Olympic Women’s Football Tournament

France 1 - 2 Japan (17:00)

Canada 3 - 4 USA (after extra time)

Wednesday 8th August

Northern Ireland Women’s…

Saturday Fixtures 4th August

Austria – Frauenliga

Landhaus 4 - 1 Südburgenland (14:30)

Union Kleinmünchen 2 - 3 LUV Graz (15:00)

Womens International

Scotland 1 - 1 Iceland (15:00)

Denmark – Elitedivisionen

B 1913 3 - 2 BSF (11:00)

Taastrup 0 - 0 Vejle (12:00)

Fortuna…

Tuesday 31st July

Iceland - Úrvalsdeild Women

Breidablik 1 - 2ÍBV (19:00)

Valur 2 - 2 Thór / KA (19:00)

KR V Stjarnan (20:15)

Fylkir 1 - 2 Afturelding (20:15)

FH 1 - 3 Selfoss (20:15)

Norway – NM Women Cup

Arna-Bjørnar 4 - 1 Kolbotn (17:00)

Sandviken 0 - 1 Amazon…

Prince William, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge attended the launch of a project in South-East London that aims to train the next generation of sports coaches.

a very game Duchess of Cambridge attempts to dribble a football wearing her Pied-a-Terre wedged espadrilles  1

Duchess of Cambridge controls ball next to Prince William

Prince William kicks a…

Saturday Fixtures 28th July

London 2012 Olympic Women’s Football Tournament

Japan 0  0 Sweden

New Zealand 0 - 1 Brazil

Canada 3 - 0 South Africa

USA 3 - 0 Colombia

Great Britain 3 - 0 Cameroon

France 5 - 0 Korea DPR

Finland - Naisten Liiga

ONS 0 -…

Monday 23rd July

Iceland - Úrvalsdeild Women

Thór / KA 2 - 1 KR (19:30)

Northern Ireland Women’s Premiership

Mid-Ulster 2 - 1 Ballymena United (19:30)

Linfield Ladies 1 - 5 Crusaders Strikers (19:30)

Tuesday 24th…

Hey everyone,

Women’s Soccer United very kindly asked me to write a little blog all about my experience in the lead up to the Olympics. It seems pretty surreal to be able to say the Olympics and to think its only just around the corner. It is such a massive honour to be part of the Women’s Team GB football team, considering this team was based on players being selected from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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Canada has hit double digits in wins for the third consecutive women's international season, a first in Canadian Soccer Association history. Canada improved its 2012 record to 10 wins and four losses, with the most recent win a 1:0 victory over Colombia on 9 July in Vevey, Switzerland.

Both Canada and and 9 July opponent Colombia are currently preparing for the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament. Both teams are also scheduled to play two…

The Nadeshiko Japan squad to play in the Swedish Invitational Tournament was announced on Tuesday in Tokyo.

Preparing for this summer’s London Olympics, the Japan women’s side will play the United States on June 18 in Halmstad and hosts Sweden on June 20 in Goteborg in the three-nation competition.

Squad:

Goalkeepers:

FUKUMOTO Miho (Okayama Yunogo Belle), KAIHORI Ayumi (INAC…

Banyana Banyana national head coach Joseph Mkhonza has included three uncapped players in a 24-strong squad that will train at the Stellenbosch University Sports Performance Institute (SUSPI), Western Cape from Thursday, 12 April 2012.

The national camp is a continuation of the team’s preparations for their first appearance at the Olympics Games, to be held in London in July.

The Banyana Banyana…

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The US Women's National Team will take on Canada on 30th…

The 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards is coming to London at the start of what will be a truly special year for sport in the English capital. The Ceremony will be broadcast to a worldwide TV audience from the heart of London at Central Hall, Westminster, on the evening of Monday, February 6^th 2012 .The event provides a high profile focus as stars of the sporting world come together to salute the finest sports performances of the…

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger launched a withering attack on football's presence at next summer's Olympics, claiming it is "not a real tournament". 





The Olympic football tournament is a brilliant opportunity for young players to get worldwide exposure in a major tournament. Some of these players, not yet established enough to regularly play for their national teams, will get the chance to perform in front of 80,000 supporters at Wembley.

The…

October 4^th 2011

Nicaragua 1 – 3  El Salvador

Goals From:

N Quintana 10’ (Nicaragua)

F Gonzalez 37’ 55’ (El Salvador)

D Queles 41’ (El Salvador)

Costa Rica 4 – 0  Honduras

Goals From:

Shirley Cruz 5’ 18’ (Costa Rica)

Wendy Acosta 27’ (Costa Rica)

Raquel Rodriguez 80’ (Costa Rica)…

October 2^nd 2011

El Salvador 2 - 6 Costa Rica

Goals From:

D Queles 13’ (El Salvador)

A Herrera 19’ (El Salvador)

R Cedeno 22’ 23’ (Costa Rica)

S Cruz Trana 36’ (Costa Rica)

K Alvarado 50’ 74’ (Costa Rica)

W Acosta 90’ (Costa Rica)

Guatemala 4 - 0 Nicaragua

Goals From:

I Perez 6’ 73’…

September 30^th 2011

Round 1

Costa Rica 5 – 0 Nicaragua

Goals From:

Carolina Venegas 20’ 35’ (Costa Rica)

Mariela Campos 45’ (Costa Rica)

Lixy Rodrigues 80’ (Costa Rica)

Shirley Cruz Trafia 90’ (Costa Rica)

Guatemala 3 – 1 Honduras

Goals…