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Cold weather cancels many games for Omonia Youth teams

The cold weather cancelled most matches for community grassroots club Omonia Youth FC, who are sponsored by Diamond Corp. Ltd. There were some matches that were played though and there are three significant performances to report on.

Sophia Karanicholas and …

last minute defeat for New Salamis

East Thurrock United showed great tenacity to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in this gripping Isthmian North encounter in freezing Haringey. A battling 2-1 win meant the Rocks leapfrogged hosts New Salamis to go seventh in the table.…

Upgrading of Cyprus sports a priority

We have set as a priority the upgrading of Cyprus sports in all sectors and to this end we adopted a comprehensive strategy that focuses on the promotion and essential support of our country’s talented athletes, on a team and …

Tournament favourites Brazil knocked out by Croatia

Tournament favourites Brazil were knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia kept their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals.

Croatia, beaten finalists four years ago, scored with all four of their spot-kicks as Rodrygo – taking …

The Greek Company SPARTAN Elite Security Proudly announce and welcome onboard to their high-profile client portfolio Premier League’s Nottingham Forest

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Morocco’s World Cup dream continues as Portugal are eliminated

Morocco’s extraordinary run in Qatar continued on Saturday as they claimed another massive scalp in beating Portugal 1-0 to become the first African and Arab country to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

A hugely significant victory broke new ground for …

England’s defeat to France in Qatar was watched by an average UK audience of 19.4 million viewers, TV figures showed.

Olivier Giroud sent France into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco as his late header after Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener clinched a gutsy 2-1 win over England on Saturday with Harry Kane blazing a penalty over the bar six minutes from …

Argentina beat Netherlands

Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 on penalties in a dramatic, testy match at Lusail’s Iconic Stadium to set up a semi-final against Croatia, following their World Cup quarter-final finish at 2-2 after extra-time.

A total of 17 yellow cards were …

Fixtures

Friday 9th December 2022
World Cup Quarter Finals
Croatia v Brazil 15.00pm (QTR FINAL 1) BBC 1
Netherlands v Argentina 19.00pm (QTR FINAL 2) BBC 1
Cyprus football
Pafos v APOEL
Doxa v AEK Larnaca
Saturday 10th December 2022
World …

Three UK Cypriots run Palermo Marathon in Sicily

John Lingi (aged 31), Costas Adamou, and Georgina Kassiras took part in the historic city of Palermo Marathon in Sicily on Sunday 20th Novem-ber.
It was Costas’ fifth Marathon (in 5 years) and John’s first, whilst it was Georgina’s first …