Football

Bahader was awarded the title by Guinness World Records on Saturday evening on what, actually, wasn't the old boy's finest night.

He missed a penalty as his team, 6th October, lost 3-2 to El Ayat Sports club in the Egyptian third division.

The former amateur player, who turns 75 on November 3, scored a goal from the penalty spot in his debut match on March.

The record was previously held by 73-year-old Israeli Isaak Hayik.

The OFC Executive Committee approved a number of changes last week in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the OFC Champions League and a handful of youth tournaments all pushed back to a later date.

Competitions Director Chris Kemp hoped the new schedule would stick but admitted it was something out of their control.

Vanuatu RISPEK is part of World Vision's ‘It Takes a World to End Violence Against Children’ campaign.

In Vanuatu, the campaign is called Vanuatu Rispek - It Takes Respect to Create a Safer Vanuatu with the slogan 'Rispektem Yu wan, Rispektem Narafala man' (Respect Yourself, Respect others).

The campaign aims to help young people understand their rights and the rights of others in relation to consent and to feel empowered to take a stand against sexual violence to create a safer Vanuatu.

The Championship will be held from August 5 to August 18.

Except for new inclusion in Stahl Gubag, Joseph Wawai, Laventine Munuo and Cameron Nuabi, coach Harrison Kamake has retained the bulk of his U-17 team that participated in the OFC U-17 Championship in Tahiti last year. 

The team did well by qualifying for the OFC U-17 Championship semi-final for the first time in the nation’s history and lost to New Zealand.

Donning beards and wigs, they disguised themselves as men so they could watch their team, Persepolis, play rivals Sepidrood at the Azadi stadium in Tehran last Friday.

Images of the women at the stadium have been widely shared on both Persian and English social media.

Although there's no official ban on women going to sporting events in Iran, it is rare for them to attend as they are often refused entry.

Prior to the Islamic revolution of 1979, women were allowed to attend sporting events.

Women have been punished for attending games in the past.

Family, friends, school, the sea and football surrounded him and each of them set the foundations for the journey he has found himself on since he was chosen as part of the first intake of the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) Academy Programme.

Although the 25-year-old has been able to seize the opportunities that have come his way, he said it has not been an easy, or typical, ride.

“Growing up in Vanuatu, where I came from, is not easy,” he stated.

At the end of a rural road in Vanuatu’s Port Vila, a school overlooks the well-used football field, and at one end, behind the goal lies a beach soccer pitch with homemade goals.

It’s here in this picturesque locale where the children and young adults of Erakor Village hone their skills day in and day out.

Benjamin Noel, a teacher in the local school and an OFC Just Play trainer, has been working in the village for ten years managing football development and helping to introduce the OFC Just Play Programme to the local community.

Kaka, who played most of his career at AC Milan and Real Madrid, revealed his decision in an interview with the Brazilian O Globo channel.

The attacking midfielder won the Italian Serie A with Milan and the 2007 Champions League and collected league and cup titles with Real. He also won the 2002 World Cup with Brazil, who he was capped for 92 times from 2002 to 2016, and the Ballon d'Or as best player in the world in 2007.

He was the last player to win the award before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo began their decade-long duopoly at the top of the game.

Coach Chrishtophe Gamel said they applied the plan and were almost victorious.

“I am angry because we made a silly mistake and most of all our senior players made the mistake,” he said after the match.

“The gold medal might have flown away from us but we are still in the running as there are other teams who are strong contenders. We needed a victory against Vanuatu and now we are hanging in the middle.

In the first half Vanuatu scored 2 goals by Jacky Ruben and Azariah Soromon,

The two teams got back into the field in the second half, where Vanuatu scored another 2 goals by Azariah Soromon and Tony Kaltack.

In the last three minutes of the game, Vanuatu scored the fifth goal.

Vanuatu went on to beat Tonga 5-0.

Photo source Van2017