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Australia–England Sports Rivalries
The England–Australia sporting rivalry is one which spreads across multiple sports and can be traced back as far as 1868. History It is believed that the initial trigger of the Australia-England sporting rivalry began with an insulting article written in a local British newspaper in the 19th century. "Nothing of interest comes from Australia except gold and black cricketers", proclaimed the British Daily Telegraph in 1868 with a mixture of colonial arrogance and paternal intrigue. England and Australia are considered two of the top sporting nations in the world, and frequently compete for the position of second greatest sporting nation in the world after the United States. Commonwealth Games Australia and England have topped the medal tally in every edition of the Commonwealth Games, with the exception of the 1978 Commonwealth Games where home nation Canada came out victorious. As of 2017, Australia has won the most Commonwealth Games gold medals with 852 and England sits seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson (; 5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish association football, football player and Coach (sport), manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 trophies with a variety of league clubs in Sweden, Portugal, and Italy. In European competition, he won the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup in 1982 UEFA Cup final, 1982, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, 1999, the last edition of the tournament before its abolition, the UEFA Super Cup in 1999 UEFA Super Cup, 1999, and reached the UEFA Champions League, European Cup final in 1990 European Cup final, final. Eriksson later managed the national teams of England national football team, England, Mexico national football team, Mexico, the Philippines national football team, Philippines and the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast, as well as Manchester City F.C., Manchester Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's association football, football championship contested by List of women's national association football teams, women's national teams and organised by FIFA. The tournament, which took place from 20 July to 20 August 2023, was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It was the first FIFA Women's World Cup with more than one host nation, as well as the first World Cup to be held across multiple List of football federations#Continental, confederations, as Australia is in the Asian Football Confederation, Asian confederation, while New Zealand is in the Oceania Football Confederation, Oceanian confederation. It was also the first Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. This tournament was the first to feature an expanded format of 32 teams from the previous 24, replicating the format used for the FIFA World Cup, men's World Cup from 1998 FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Dier
Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier (born 15 January 1994) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back and Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich. He will join Ligue 1 club AS Monaco FC, Monaco on 1 July 2025. Dier grew up in Portugal, where he came through the youth ranks at Sporting CP, making his Sporting CP B, reserve and senior debuts in 2012. In 2014, he moved to English club Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £4 million, going on to score 13 goals and total 365 appearances for the club, including in the 2015 Football League Cup final and the 2019 UEFA Champions League final. After ten years with Tottenham, he moved to Bayern Munich in January 2024, winning the Bundesliga in his second season at the club. Despite interest from Portugal, Dier opted to represent England national football team, England in int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Own Goal
An own goal occurs in sports when a player performs actions that result in scoring points for the opposition, such as when a Association football, footballer puts a ball into their own net. In some parts of the world, the term has become a metaphor for ''any'' action that backfires on the person or group undertaking it, sometimes even carrying a sense of "poetic justice". During The Troubles, for instance, it acquired a specific metaphorical meaning in Belfast, referring to an IED (improvised explosive device) that detonated prematurely, killing the person making or handling the bomb with the intent to harm others. A player trying to Match fixing, throw a game might deliberately attempt an own goal. Such players run the risk of being sanctioned or banned from further play. Association football In association football, an own goal occurs when a player causes the ball to go into their own team's Goal (sport), goal, resulting in a Scoring in association football, goal being scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Rashford
Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Premier League club Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, on Loan (association football), loan from Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, and the England national football team, England national team. A product of the Manchester United youth system, Rashford joined the club at the age of seven. 18-year-old Rashford scored two goals on both his First team (association football), first-team and European debut against FC Midtjylland, Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal F.C., Arsenal three days later. He also scored in his first Manchester derby, as well as on his EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League debuts. With United, Rashford has won two FA Cups, two EFL Cups, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League. Rashford scored on his England debut in May 2016, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euro 2016
The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Spain were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2008 and 2012 tournaments, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Italy, Portugal won the tournament for the first time, following a 1–0 victory after extra time over the host team, France, in the final played at the Stade de France. For the first time, the European Championship final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996. Under the new format, the finalists contested a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage including three rounds and the final. Nineteen teams – the top two from each of the nine qualify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium Of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the ninth largest football stadium in England. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland home matches. The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the former Monkwearmouth Colliery site on which it stands. A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to the town. As well as hosting Sunderland games, the stadium has hosted three matches for the England national football team, as well as an England under-20, an England under-21 and two England women's team matches. With an original capacity of 42,000, it was expanded in 2000 to seat 49,000. Its simple design is apparently to allow for redevelopments up to a capacity of 64,000. The attendance record at the Stadium of Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Grella
Vincenzo Grella (born 5 October 1979) is an Australian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Dandenong to Italian immigrants, Antonio and Maria, Grella began his senior career in Australia before moving to Italy, where he spent over ten years, playing for Empoli, Ternana, Parma and Torino. He moved to Blackburn Rovers of the Premier League in 2008 where he spent four seasons, before returning to Australia in 2012 to play for Melbourne Heart. He retired from professional football in January 2013, after a long-standing struggle with injuries. Grella represented the Australian national team on 46 occasions, and played at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. His 2010 FIFA World Cup profile describes him as a possessing the "ability to mop up loose balls and halt opposition counter-attacks." Club career Italy He had a ten-year stint in Italy's professional leagues after beginning his career in the NSL. He has been a regular for Australia since 2003, playing in his custo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Jeffers
Francis Jeffers (born 25 January 1981) is an English football coach and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach at Oldham Athletic. Jeffers started his career at his boyhood club Everton, making his debut in 1997 as a 16-year-old. After scoring 20 goals in 60 appearances for Everton, he signed for Arsenal in 2001. During his time at Arsenal, he won the FA Cup twice in 2002 and 2003 despite not being a member of either Cup Final squad. In 2004, Jeffers joined Charlton Athletic, where he spent two seasons, including spending time on loan at Scottish club Rangers. He moved to Blackburn Rovers in 2006, spending one season at the Lancashire club, whilst also spending time out on loan at Ipswich Town in 2007. He joined Sheffield Wednesday in 2007. He spent three seasons at Wednesday, making 60 appearances for the club. He left Sheffield Wednesday in 2010, moving to Australian side Newcastle Jets. He left Newcastle Jets to move to Scottish club Motherwell in 2011, befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Konchesky
Paul Martyn Konchesky (born 15 May 1981) is an English Association football, football coach and former professional player who most recently was manager of West Ham United W.F.C., West Ham United Women of the FA WSL. During a 21-year playing career, Konchesky played as a Full-back (association football), left back notably in the Premier League for Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United F.C., West Ham United, Fulham F.C., Fulham, Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and Leicester City F.C., Leicester City, as well as in the Football League for Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers and Gillingham F.C., Gillingham. He spent the final three years of his career playing non-league football for Billericay Town F.C., Billericay Town and East Thurrock United F.C., East Thurrock United. Konchesky made 15 appearances for the England national under-21 football team, England under-21 team an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Beattie (footballer)
James Scott Beattie (born 27 February 1978) is an English football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently director of football at Southern League Premier Division South club AFC Totton. He was previously a part of Garry Monk's backroom staff, working with him at Birmingham City, Middlesbrough, Leeds United, Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, he came through the ranks at Blackburn Rovers, eventually signing professionally for them in 1995. Beattie then went on to have spells at Southampton, Everton, Sheffield United, Stoke City, Rangers, and a short spell on loan at Blackpool, before eventually returning to Sheffield United for a second term. When signed by Everton, and for his first spell at Sheffield United, he commanded the highest fee ever paid for a player by each club at that time. Early life Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Beattie was a gifted pupil and attended the Queen Elizabeth's Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
