The International Break

Here was the final penalty in the AFCON 2012 Final between Zambia🇿🇲 and Ivory Coast🇨🇮. It was scored by Stopilla Sunzu, who has been called up by Zambia🇿🇲 for AFCON 2025. He is the only member of the legendary 2012 Zambian squad on the roster.

A clear battle for second in Group G: Iran🇮🇷 vs Egypt🇪🇬

Group I: The Group of Death France🇫🇷 Senegal🇸🇳 Norway🇳🇴 Iraq🇮🇶 / Bolivia🇧🇴 / Suriname🇸🇷 Incredibly unfortunate drawing for the winner of IC Playoff 2.

VERY EARLY FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE PREDICTIONS: Group A: 1. South Korea🇰🇷 2. Mexico🇲🇽 3. Ireland🇮🇪 4. South Africa🇿🇦 Group B: 1. Switzerland🇨🇭 2. Canada🇨🇦 3. Italy🇮🇹 4. Qatar🇶🇦 Group C: 1. Morocco🇲🇦 2. Brazil🇧🇷 3. Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 4. Haiti🇭🇹 Group D: 1. Paraguay🇵🇾 2. United States🇺🇸 3. Turkey🇹🇷 4. Australia🇦🇺 Group E: 1. Ecuador🇪🇨 2. Germany🇩🇪 3. Ivory Coast🇨🇮 4. Curaçao🇨🇼 Group F: 1. Netherlands🇳🇱 2. Japan🇯🇵 3. Tunisia🇹🇳 4. Ukraine🇺🇦 Group G: 1. Belgium🇧🇪 2. Iran🇮🇷 3. Egypt🇪🇬 4. New Zealand🇳🇿 Group H: 1. Spain🇪🇸 2. Cape Verde🇨🇻 3. Uruguay🇺🇾 4. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 Group I: 1. France🇫🇷 2. Norway🇳🇴 3. Senegal🇸🇳 4. Bolivia🇧🇴 Group J: 1. Argentina🇦🇷 2. Algeria🇩🇿 3. Austria🇦🇹 4. Jordan🇯🇴 Group K: 1. Portugal🇵🇹 2. Colombia🇨🇴 3. DR Congo🇨🇩 4. Uzbekistan🇺🇿 Group L: 1. England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2. Ghana🇬🇭 3. Croatia🇭🇷 4. Panama🇵🇦 #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup #FIFAWorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCupDraw

There is nothing like CONCACAF. Here is a quick recap: Group A: Suriname🇸🇷 crush El Salvador🇸🇻 4-0, officially eliminating the Salvadorans. Guatemala🇬🇹 erased a two-goal deficit versus group favorites Panama🇵🇦, but conceded just minutes later, ending their World Cup dreams. Suriname🇸🇷 remains atop Group A, and will face Guatemala🇬🇹 in the final matchday. Unless Panama🇵🇦 can erase a three-goal deficit, they are in with a victory. Panama🇵🇦 will face El Salvador🇸🇻, likely needing a victory, and possibly help from Guatemalaa🇬🇹, who they just eliminated. Group B: Curacao🇨🇼 smash Bermuda🇧🇲 7-0. Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹 are out, but they manage to hold Jamaica🇯🇲 to a draw. Curacao🇨🇼 is now on top of the group, setting up a "final" in Kingston🇯🇲 next week, where Curacao only needs a draw to become to smallest nation to ever appear at the World Cup. - Group C: The most chaotic group of them all. Haiti🇭🇹 pull off the shock of the day, defeating Costa Rica🇨🇷 1-0, putting themselves right back in position to qualify for the World Cup. With Costa Rica's🇨🇷 defeat, Honduras🇭🇳 would have clinched a World Cup spot with a victory of their own...but they failed! They fell to Nicaragua🇳🇮 2-0, meaning this group will also come down to the final day. Incredibly, Haiti🇭🇹 will face Nicaragua🇳🇮, giving them a massive advantage in the group. Costa Rica🇨🇷 must defeat Honduras🇭🇳 if they want any shot, while Honduras🇭🇳 will feel they likely need to win themselves.

Nicaragua🇳🇮 vs Honduras🇭🇳 — Match Preview: 📍Managua, Nicaragua 🏟️ Estadio Nacional de Fútbol - After a catastrophic 2022 World Cup campaign, which followed a failed 2018 campaign, Honduras🇭🇳 has finally turned the ship around. A win here for Honduras🇭🇳 against a far inferior Nicaragua🇳🇮 team could potentially clinch their spot in the 2026 World Cup, all depending on the result of 🇭🇹/🇨🇷. Nicaragua🇳🇮 totally fell apart in October, and now have no chance at qualification. They will look to give their fans something to cheer about, perhaps crushing the souls of the Honduran players. Never doubt the unpredictability of CONCACAF, but you have to think Honduras🇭🇳 is not going to let this opportunity pass them by.

FULL-TIME: Norway🇳🇴 11 Moldova🇲🇩 1 - 6' - Felix Myhre⚽️ 11' - Erling Haaland⚽️ 36' - Erling Haaland⚽️ 43' - Erling Haaland⚽️ 45+1' - Martin Odegaard⚽️ 52' - Erling Haaland⚽️ 67' - Thelo Aasgaard⚽️ 71' - Own Goal🔴 76' - Thelo Aasgaard⚽️ 78' - Thelo Aasgaard⚽️ 83' - Erling Haaland⚽️ 90+1' - Thelo Aasgaard⚽️

FIRST HALF HAT-TRICK FOR DENIS BOUANGA!!!!! Seychelles🇸🇨 0 Gabon🇬🇦 3 4' - Bouanga⚽️ 34' - Bouanga⚽️ 38' - Bouanga⚽️

Two nations from opposite sides of Africa will meet in Nairobi, Kenya🇰🇪 for the #CHAN2024 final. Morocco🇲🇦 vs Madagascar🇲🇬

Sudan🇸🇩 do not even have a domestic league at the moment due to the ongoing civil war. That's compared to Algeria🇩🇿, who have one of the best domestic leagues in Africa. The spirit of man has triumphed once again. Absolutely incredible. #CHAN2024 #Sudan #Algeria

It's going to be a crucial few months for 99th-ranked #Mozambique🇲🇿, who will resume their best World Cup Qualifying Campaign to date before they play at #AFCON2025 in December. As it stands, The Mambas🇲🇿 are three points behind group leaders Algeria🇩🇿, and three points ahead of Botswana🇧🇼 and Uganda🇺🇬. September 5: (A) Uganda🇺🇬 September 8: (H) Botswana🇧🇼 They could all but secure a playoff in these two matches, and will hope Algeria🇩🇿 falters in their matches. Good luck! 🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿@moz_osmambas

#CHAN2024 Best XI of the Group Stage: GK: Michel Ramandimbisoa🇲🇬 LB: Mohamed Husseini🇹🇿 CB: Ayoub Ghezala🇩🇿 CB: Alphonce Omija🇰🇪 RB: Shomari Kapombe🇹🇿 CM: Manzur Suleiman Okwaro🇰🇪 CAM: Allan Okello🇺🇬 CAM: Austin Odhiambo🇰🇪 ST: Abderrahmane Meziane🇩🇿 ST: Oussama Lamlaoui🇲🇦 ST: Clement Mzize🇹🇿 3x #Tanzania🇹🇿 3x #Kenya🇰🇪 2x #Algeria🇩🇿 1x #Uganda🇺🇬 1x #Morocco🇲🇦 1x #Madagascar🇲🇬 Who did I miss?

Here was Uganda's🇺🇬 historic equalizer: #CHAN2024

The Best Player From Every #FIFA Member Nation: #AFC: (46) Afghanistan: Omid Popalzay🇦🇫 Australia: Alessandro Circati🇦🇺 Bahrain: Ali Madan🇧🇭 Bangladesh: Hamza Choudhoury🇧🇩 Bhutan: Chencho Gyeltshen🇧🇹 Brunei: Nazzirrudin Ismail🇧🇳 Cambodia: Sieng Chanthea🇰🇭 China: Serginho🇨🇳 Guam: Jason Cunliffe🇬🇺 Hong Kong: Everton Camargo🇭🇰 India: Sunil Chhetri🇮🇳 Indonesia: Egy Maulana Vikri🇮🇩 Iran: Sardar Azmoun🇮🇷 Iraq: Aymen Hussein🇮🇶 Japan: Takumi Minamino🇯🇵 Jordan: Musa Al-Taamari🇯🇴 Kuwait: Yousef Nasser🇰🇼 Kyrgyzstan: Joel Kojo🇰🇬 Laos: Bounphachan Bounkong🇱🇦 Lebanon: Samy Merheg🇱🇧 Macau: Chan Man🇲🇴 Malaysia: Faisal Halim🇲🇾 Maldives: Ali Fasir🇲🇻 Mongolia: Naranbold Nyam-Osor🇲🇳 Myanmar: Maung Maung Lwin🇲🇲 Nepal: Anjan Bista🇳🇵 North Korea: Jong Il-gwan🇰🇵 Oman: Muhsen Al-Ghassani🇴🇲 Pakistan: Abdullah Iqbal🇵🇰 Palestine: Wessam Abou Ali🇵🇸 Philippines: Gerrit Holtman🇵🇭 Qatar: Akram Afif🇶🇦 Saudi Arabia: Salem Al-Dawsari🇸🇦 Singapore: Ikhsan Fandi🇸🇬 South Korea: Son Heung-min🇰🇷 Sri Lanka: Ahmed Waseem Razeek🇱🇰 Syria: Omar Khribin🇸🇾 Taiwan: Chen Po-liang🇹🇼 Tajikistan: Parvizdhon Umarbayev🇹🇯 Thailand: Suphanat Muenta🇹🇭 Timor Leste: Joao Pedro🇹🇱 Turkmenistan: Altymyrat Annadurdyyew🇹🇲 UAE: Fabio Lima🇦🇪 Uzbekistan: Abdukodir Khusanov🇺🇿 Vietnam: Nguyen Tien Linh🇻🇳 Yemen: Abdulwasea Al-Matari🇾🇪 #CAF: (54) Algeria: Mohamed Amoura🇩🇿 Angola: Milson🇦🇴 Benin: Steve Mounie🇧🇯 Botswana: Thatayone Ditlhokwe🇧🇼 Burkina Faso: Edmond Tapsoba🇧🇫 Burundi: Youssouf Ndayishimiye🇧🇮 Cabo Verde: Wagner Pina🇨🇻 Cameroon: Bryan Mbeumo🇨🇲 Central African Republic: Geoffrey Kondogbia🇨🇫 Chad: Mahamat Thiam🇹🇩 Comoros: Zaydou Youssouf🇰🇲 Ivory Coast: Amad Diallo🇨🇮 Djibouti: Samuel Akinbinu🇩🇯 DR Congo: Yoane Wissa🇨🇩 Egypt: Mohamed Salah🇪🇬 Equatorial Guinea: Luis Asue🇬🇶 Eritrea: Ali Sulieman🇪🇷 Eswatini: Justice Figuareido🇸🇿 Ethiopia: Gatoch Panom🇪🇹 Gabon: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang🇬🇦 Gambia: Yankuba Minteh🇬🇲 Ghana: Mohammed Kudus🇬🇭 Guinea: Serhou Guirassy🇬🇳 Guinea Bissau: Franculino🇬🇳 Kenya: Michael Olunga🇰🇪 Lesotho: Hlompho Kalake🇱🇸 Liberia: Oscar Dorley🇱🇷 Libya: Ali Yousef🇱🇾 Madagascar: Rayan Raveloson🇲🇬 Malawi: Gabadinho Mhango🇲🇼 Mali: Yves Bissouma🇲🇱 Mauritania: Aboubakary Koita🇲🇷 Mauritius: Lindsay Rose🇲🇺 Morocco: Achraf Hakimi🇲🇦 Mozambique: Geny Catamo🇲🇿 Namibia: Peter Shalulile🇳🇦 Niger: Oumar Sako🇳🇪 Nigeria: Victor Osimhen🇳🇬 RepublicOfTheCongo: Prestige Mboungou🇨🇬 Rwanda: Hakim Sahabo🇷🇼 Sao Tome And Principe: Ronaldo Afonso🇸🇹 Senegal: Sadio Mané🇸🇳 Seychelles: Gervais Waye-Hive🇸🇨 Sierra Leone: Juma Bah🇸🇱 Somalia: Sak Hassan🇸🇴 South Africa: Lyle Foster🇿🇦 South Sudan: Tito Okello🇸🇸 Sudan: Seif Teiri🇸🇩 Tanzania: Mbwana Samatta🇹🇿 Togo: Kevin Denkey🇹🇬 Tunisia: Hannibal🇹🇳 Uganda: Allan Okello🇺🇬 Zambia: Kings Kangwa🇿🇲 Zimbabwe: Marshall Munetsi🇿🇼 #CONCACAF: (35) Anguilla: Lamar Carpenter🇦🇮 Antigua and Barbuda: Quinton Griffith🇦🇬 Aruba: Rovien Ostiana🇦🇼 Bahamas: William Bayles🇧🇸 Barbados: Niall Reid-Stephen🇧🇧 Belize: Carlos Bernardez🇧🇿 Bermuda: Reggie Lambe🇧🇲 British Virgin Islands: Tyler Forbes🇻🇬 Canada: Alphonso Davies🇨🇦 Cayman Islands: Elijah Seymour🇰🇾 Costa Rica: Manfred Ugalde🇨🇷 Cuba: Jorge Aguirre🇨🇺 Curaçao: Juninho Bacuna🇨🇼 Dominica: Troy Jules🇩🇲 Dominican Republic: Junior Firpo🇩🇴 El Salvador: Brayan Gil🇸🇻 Grenada: Joshua Isaac🇬🇩 Guatemala: Aaron Herrera🇬🇹 Guyana: Omari Glasgow🇬🇾 Haiti: Frantzdy Pierrot🇭🇹 Honduras: Luis Palma🇭🇳 Jamaica: Leon Bailey🇯🇲 Mexico: Edson Alvarez🇲🇽 Montserrat: Kaleem Simon🇲🇸 Nicaragua: Juan Barrera🇳🇮 Panama: Michael Amir Murillo🇵🇦 Puerto Rico: Ricardo Rivera🇵🇷 Saint Lucia: Caniggia Elva🇱🇨 Saint Kitts and Nevis: Romaine Sawyers🇰🇳 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Oalex Anderson🇻🇨 Suriname: Gleofilo Vlijter🇸🇷 Trinidad and Tobago: Levi Garcia🇹🇹 Turks and Caicos Islands: Billy Forbes🇹🇨 US Virgin Islands: Jamie Browne🇻🇮 United States: Christian Pulisic🇺🇸 #CONMEBOL: (10) Argentina: Lionel Messi🇦🇷 Bolivia: Miguelito🇧🇴 Brazil: Vinicius Junior🇧🇷 Chile: Alexis Sanchez🇨🇱 Colombia: Luis Diaz🇨🇴 Ecuador: Moises Caicedo🇪🇨 Paraguay: Miguel Almiron🇵🇾 Peru: Paolo Guerrero🇵🇪 Uruguay: Manuel Ugarte🇺🇾 Venezuela: Salomon Rondon🇻🇪 #OFC: (11) American Samoa: Billjay Vaitoelau🇦🇸 Cook Islands: Taylor Saghabi🇨🇰 Fiji: Roy Krishna🇫🇯 New Caledonia: Lues Waya🇳🇨 New Zealand: Chris Wood🇳🇿 Papua New Guinea: Tommy Semmy🇵🇬 Samoa: Michael Tumua Leo🇼🇸 Solomon Islands: Raphael Lea’i🇸🇧 Tahiti: Teaonui Tehau🇵🇫 Tonga: Hemaloto Polovili🇹🇴 Vanuatu: Brain Kaltak🇻🇺 #UEFA: (55) Albania: Armando Broja🇦🇱 Andorra: Iker Alvarez🇦🇩 Armenia: Eduard Spertsyan🇦🇲 Austria: Marcel Sabitzer🇦🇹 Azerbaijan: Nariman Akhundzade🇦🇿 Belarus: Vitaly Lisakovich🇧🇾 Belgium: Kevin De Bruyne🇧🇪 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ermedin Demirovic🇧🇦 Bulgaria: Kiril Despodov🇧🇬 Croatia: Josko Gvardiol🇭🇷 Cyprus: Ioannis Pittas🇨🇾 Czechia: Patrik Schick🇨🇿 Denmark: Morten Hjulmand🇩🇰 England: Bukayo Saka🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Estonia: Karl Hein🇪🇪 Faroe Islands: Arni Frederiksburg🇫🇴 Finland: Oliver Antman🇫🇮 France: Kylian Mbappe🇫🇷 Germany: Florian Wirtz🇩🇪 Georgia: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia🇬🇪 Gibraltar: Liam Walker🇬🇮 Greece: Christos Tzolis🇬🇷 Hungary: Dominik Szoboszlai🇭🇺 Iceland: Albert Gudmundsson🇮🇸 Israel: Oscar Gloukh🇮🇱 Italy: Alessandro Bastoni🇮🇹 Kazakhstan: Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov🇰🇿 Kosovo: Vedat Muriqi🇽🇰 Latvia: Kristers Tobers🇱🇻 Liechtenstein: Nicolas Hasler🇱🇮 Lithuania: Gvidas Gineitis🇱🇹 Luxembourg: Leandro Barreiro🇱🇺 Malta: Teddy Teuma🇲🇹 Moldova: Oleg Reabciuk🇲🇩 Montenegro: Nikola Krstovic🇲🇪 Netherlands: Xavi Simons🇳🇱 North Macedonia: Eljif Elmas🇲🇰 Northern Ireland: Conor Bradley🇬🇧 Norway: Erling Haaland🇳🇴 Poland: Robert Lewandowski🇵🇱 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo🇵🇹 Republic of Ireland: Evan Ferguson🇮🇪 Romania: Dennis Man🇷🇴 Russia: Maksim Glushenkov🇷🇺 San Marino: Nicola Nanni🇸🇲 Scotland: Scott McTominay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Serbia: Aleksandar Mitrovic🇷🇸 Slovakia: Milan Skriniar🇸🇰 Slovenia: Benjamin Sesko🇸🇮 Spain: Lamine Yamal🇪🇸 Sweden: Alexander Isak🇸🇪 Switzerland: Manuel Akanji🇨🇭 Turkey: Hakan Calhanoglu🇹🇷 Ukraine: Ilya Zabarnyi🇺🇦 Wales: Brennan Johnson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Here it is. A moment of history. The first ever goal for the Marshall Islands, courtesy of Josiah Blanton. 🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭

The 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup will conclude tomorrow: Marshall Islands🇲🇭 v Turks and Caicos Islands🇹🇨 U.S. Virgin Islands🇻🇮 v Ozark United U19 - Will the Marshall Islands🇲🇭 find a way to score their first ever international goal?