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Football Far North Coast
Football Far North Coast (FFNC) is the governing body controlling Association Football on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The name of the organization was changed in late 2005 from Soccer Far North Coast in line with the national governing body which changed from Soccer Australia to Football Federation Australia. FFNC is governed by Northern New South Wales Football, which is one of two organisations governing state level association football (soccer) in New South Wales (the other being Football New South Wales). There are nine senior men's leagues, from the Premier League to the League Seven and six senior women's leagues - Women's Premier League to League Five. The top league controlled by Football Far North Coast is the Premier League, of which 8 teams currently compete. The team who finishes last in the Premier are relegated to the Men's Championship League. Men's Premier League/First Division history 2021 — The COVID-19 Season Take 2 Like 2020 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goonellabah, New South Wales
Goonellabah is the eastern suburb of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, and is on the Bruxner Highway. At the 2006 census, Goonellabah had a population of 12,527 people. The City of Lismore has its main offices on Oliver Avenue in the suburb. Kadina High School was established here in 1976. Goonellabah has many sporting teams which compete in local competitions. These include football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ..., table tennis, cricket, hockey, touch, and tennis. Heritage listings Goonellabah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 562 Ballina Road: Tulloona References Towns in New South Wales Northern Rivers City of Lismore {{NorthernRivers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Women's National Football Team
The China women's national football team (, recognized as China PR by FIFA) represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football competitions and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. China women's team won silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It also has won 9 titles at Asian Cup and 3 Gold medals at Asian Games. Team image Nicknames The China women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''铿锵玫瑰'' (Steel Roses)". FIFA World Ranking , ''after the match against ''. Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend 2022 2023 Official ResultsA-level matchesonly.'' Honours Intercontinental * FIFA Women's World Cup : ''Runners-up:'' 1999 * Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer In New South Wales
Soccer in New South Wales is a popular participation and spectator sport. It is organised and managed on a state level by two separate governing bodies; Football NSW and Northern New South Wales Football which are affiliated at a national level to Football Federation Australia. New South Wales and the state historically has had a large influence on soccer in Australia. It has the most registered soccer players in the country, with over 457,285 players, and the most teams in the professional A-League competition. New South Wales has the highest participation of any football playing state in the country, with a total of 7% of the population regularly playing or watching the sport. National Representation Current top level teams Five of the twelve teams in the A-League are based in New South Wales: Western Sydney Wanderers, Sydney FC, Macarthur FC, Newcastle Jets and Central Coast Mariners. NSW is represented in the national women's W-League by Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC and We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Bay Rams
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives '' Don Juan'' and ''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage''; many of his shorter lyrics in ''Hebrew Melodies'' also became popular. Byron was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, later traveling extensively across Europe to places such as Italy, where he lived for seven years in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa after he was forced to flee England due to lynching threats. During his stay in Italy, he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium (known commercially as Metricon Stadium) is a stadium on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara. The stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football, serving as the home ground of the Gold Coast Suns, who compete in the Australian Football League. In addition, the venue is used occasionally for cricket, including Big Bash League matches. Carrara Stadium received substantial redevelopment work prior to the entry of the Brisbane Bears to the VFL/AFL in 1987, but following the Bears relocation to the Gabba in 1993, it was used for other sports including rugby league, rugby union and even baseball. The stadium has hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as the athletics competitions. The venue would host Cricket for the 2032 Summer Olympics if Cricket is approved by the International Olympic Committee. History Early history In 1983, the Nerang Bulls Rugby Union Club was formed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffs Harbour International Stadium
The Coffs Harbour International Stadium (known as the C.ex Coffs International Stadium under a sponsorship arrangement) is an Australian stadium located in the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. The stadium was opened in June 1994, and has a capacity of 20,000 people on the ground, although the seating capacity in the stand is only 1,000. The record attendance for a sporting event is 12,000. , ''The Coffs Coast Advocate'', 6 June 2007. The stadium claims a place in the as the venue for the highest scoring match in |
France Women's National Football Team
The France women's national football team (french: Équipe de France féminine de football, sometimes shortened as Féminin A) represents France in international women's football. The team is directed by the French Football Federation (FFF). France competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup. The France women's national team initially struggled on the international stage failing to qualify for three of the first FIFA Women's World Cups and the six straight UEFA European Championships before reaching the quarter-finals in the 1997 edition of the competition. However, since the beginning of the new millennium, France have become one of the most consistent teams in Europe, having qualified for their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2003 and reaching the quarter-finals in two of the three European Championships held since 2000. In 2011, France reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Northern Star
''The Northern Star'' is a daily newspaper serving Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The newspaper is owned by News Corp Australia. ''The Northern Star'' is circulated to Lismore and surrounding communities, from Tweed Heads to the north, to Kyogle and Casino to the west and Evans Head to the south and includes the seaside towns of Byron Bay and Ballina. The circulation of ''The Northern Star'' is 14,737 Monday to Friday and 22,653 on Saturday. ''The Northern Star'' website is part of the APN Regional News Network. History The two-page first issue of ''The Northern Star'' was brought out on 13 May 1876, on the tiny Albion hand press that today holds pride of place in the foyer of the Goonellabah Media Centre. In 1955, building started on the media centre in Goonellabah, and in 1957, the move was made from the Molesworth St office. In 1981, ''The Northern Star'' commissioned a 7unit Goss Urbanite Web Offset press capable of printing 20,000 fifty-six page copies – 1.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Casagrande
Lisa Maree Casagrande (born 29 May 1978, Lismore, New South Wales) is an Australian retired footballer. She played at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1995 (scoring a goal) and 1999, and at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Club career Casagrande played as a forward for the Goonellabah Football Club (1995-1996), the Northern NSW Pride (1996-1997) and the Canberra Eclipse (1997-1999). International career Casagrande made her international debut at age 14 in a match against Japan. She represented the Australian team 64 times playing as a midfielder. She played at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, scoring a goal against the United States in the qualification; at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. She competed at the University of Portland from 1999 to 2001, and retired at age 22. In 2013, the Football Federation Australia named her to its "Teams of the Decade" for 1990–1999. In 2015, she was inducted into the Football Federation Australia H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Lihong
Zhao Lihong (; born 4 December 1972) is a female PR China, Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored one goal. Four years later she was a member of the Chinese team which finished fifth in the Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics, women's tournament. She played all three matches and scored one goal. She played for the Philadelphia Charge in the Women's United Soccer Association in 2002. References External links *profile 1972 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of China Olympic silver medalists for China 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Qingmei
Sun Qingmei (; born June 19, 1966) is a Chinese former footballer who played for the China national team at the 1991 and 1995 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Club career During her childhood in Hebei, Sun's parents locked her in her bedroom in a bid to stop her playing football. She was a member of the state track and field team when she started football training in 1983 and joined the Hebei club in 1984. After the 1991 Women's World Cup, Sun accepted a transfer to the Japan Women's Football League with Matsushita Denki. She helped the Takatsuki, Osaka-based team win the league title in the 1994 season. International career At the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in Guangdong she was part of the hosts' team who lost the third place play-off to Brazil. The Chinese press voted her into the tournament's official all-star team. At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, Sun played the full 80 minutes in all four of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shui Qingxia
Shui Qingxia (; born 18 December 1966 in Funing County, Jiangsu, Funing) is a female PR China, Chinese association football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches. Four years later she was a squad member of the Chinese team which finished fifth in the Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics, women's tournament, but she did not see any action. International goals External links *profile 1966 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Olympic footballers of China Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in football 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics China women's internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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