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Sophie Fayad
Sophie Sayed Fayad (; born 8 December 2004) is a Lebanese football and futsal player who plays as midfielder for Lebanese club EFP. Club career A youth player for Salam Zghata, Fayad played as a starter in the under-17 championship aged just 12; she helped her side finish second and scored 10 goals in 2017. International career Youth Fayad represented Lebanon at various youth levels. In 2018, she played for the Lebanon U15 team at the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship. The following year, she competed with the Lebanon U16 squad during the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification. She went on to play with the Lebanon U17 team, participating in the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification. In 2019, she was part of the Lebanon U18 team that won the WAFF U-18 Girls Championship in Bahrain. Notably, she was the youngest player in the squad at just 15 years old. She won her second regional title at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship. In 2023, Fayad played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Batroun
Batroun ( ';, ancient Botrys (), is a coastal city in northern Lebanon and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the capital city of Batroun District. The main Political Party of this city is the Free patriotic movement. Batroun is the village of Gebran Bassil the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement. Etymology ''Batroun'' appears in Western Aramaic, and is attested in as ''bṯrwn'' () in premodern Arabic texts, with the expected lenition of t for an Aramaic term. Elie Mardini suggests the shift of the th to t in Aramaic terms in the Levant is due to the merger of certain fricatives in Levantine Arabic. History Batroun is likely the "Batruna" mentioned in the Amarna letters (EA 078, EA 079, EA 081, EA 087, EA 088, EA 090, EA 093, EA 095, EA 124, EA 129), dating to the 14th century B.C. Batroun was mentioned by the ancient geographers Strabo,Strabo, ''Geographica'', 16.2.18Greek sourcean Pliny, Ptolemy, Stephanus of Byzantium,Stepha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WAFF U-15 Girls Championship
The West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship (), or simply WAFF Women's Championship, is an international women's association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the governing body of football in West Asia. The championship has been held, on average, every two to three years. The first edition was contested in 2005, with hosts Jordan winning the competition. Jordan are also the current champions, having won the 2024 edition, and are the most successful team with six titles. Results ; Notes Teams reaching the top four :* = ''hosts'' Records and statistics Summary Under-age tournaments Under-20 ; Notes :* = ''hosts'' Under-17 ; Notes :* = ''hosts'' Under-14 :* = ''hosts'' See also *WAFF Championship *AFF Women's Championship *CAFA Women's Championship *EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) *SAFF Women's Championship *AFC Women's Asian Cup External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Palestine Women's National Football Team
The Palestine women's national football team () represents Palestine in international women's football competitions. The team was established by Samar Araj in 2003 and is controlled by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), the governing body for football in Palestine. Palestine played their first match in 2005 against Jordan in a 9–0 defeat at the WAFF Women's Championship. Five years later, they entered their first AFC Women's Asian cup Qualification. Although Palestine didn't make it to the final tournament, they recorded their first international win during the qualification campaign with a 4–0 win against the Maldives. Whilst the team has yet to qualify for any major international tournament, they participated in seven (out of eight) WAFF Women's Championship editions. Their best performance came in 2014 when they finished as runners-up, marking their highest achievement to date. History On 15 May 2024, 76 years from the Nakba, the Palestine women's national te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lebanese Football Association
The Lebanese Football Association (LFA; ; ) is the governing body of association football in Lebanon. Formed in 1933, it is a member of both FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation, AFC. It is also one of the founding members of the West Asian Football Federation, WAFF, joining in its inception in 2001. History In 1931 Khalil Hilmi, a member of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, Riyadi Beirut, attempted to form a federation. However, the proposal failed as Al Nahda SC, Nahda opposed its formation. On 22 March 1933, representatives of thirteen football clubs gathered in the Minet El Hosn district in Beirut to form the Lebanese Football Association (LFA). Hussein Sejaan was the LFA's first president. Lebanon was one of the first nations in the Middle East to establish an administrative body for association football. The LFA joined FIFA in 1936 and the Asian Football Confederation, AFC in 1964. In 2001, the LFA joined the West Asian Football Federation, WAFF as one of its founding mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Syria Women's National Football Team
The Syria national women's football team () is the national women's football team of Syria. The team was established in 2005, and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association (SFA), the governing body for football in Syria. Whilst the team has yet to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup, or the AFC Women's Asian Cup, their best achievement was when they finished third in the 2005 and 2022 editions of the West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship. History Women's football began to develop in Syria around 1950, when the first women's football team in the Levant and the Middle East was established in Aleppo. Despite this, a women's football league or national team was not established until the beginning of the 21st century. Everything changed only in 2005 when the national team was formed as one of the first in the WAFF to play its first ever match in the 2005 West Asia Championship where the team lost 5–0 to the Iran selection on 23 September. The competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualification
The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification is a women's under-20 football competition that will determine the participating teams in the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to participate. A total of eight teams will qualify to play in the final tournament. The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 will qualify automatically, while the other four teams will be decided by qualification. There will be two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round scheduled to be played between 4 and 12 March 2023, and the second round scheduled to be played between 3 and 11 June 2023. Draw Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea and South Korea automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification and thus not participating in q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
West Asian Football Federation
The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ) is a regional sub-confederation of association football, governed under the Asian Football Confederation. Founded in 2001, it governs football, futsal and beach football for nations in West Asia. The WAFF consists of 12 member associations. History The founding members of the West Asian Football Federation are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, joined the federation. Four other West Asian nations, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia, joined in 2010. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014, with the creation of the Central Asian Football Association. Members Former members Competitions Current title holders Titles by nation FIFA World Rankings Men's national football team Leading Men's team: ImageSize = width:150 height:500 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:15/05/2001 till:24/1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
National News Agency (Lebanon)
The National News Agency (NNA; ) is the official news agency of the government of Lebanon, located at the headquarters of the Ministry of Information in Hamra, Beirut. Established in 1961, the domestic and international news publisher publishes in Arabic, English and French. As of 2023, the NNA has about 300 employees working at more than 20 offices across Lebanon and is an active member of Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA). Stolen photo archive On 27 February 2023, a server, which contained photos of events since 1961, and five computers were reportedly stolen from the agency's archive room; the archive had pictures of the country's 1975–1990 civil war. Later, Minister Ziad Makary, who had described the theft as a "crime of national proportions", said that only part of the photo archive was taken, and the ministry still had the database. See also * Télé Liban Télé Liban (also known as TL, ) is the first Lebanese public television network, owned by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Al Anbaa (Lebanon)
''Al Anbaa'' is a newspaper based in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 1951 the print edition of the paper ceased publication in 2012. Since then it has been published as an online newspaper. History and profile ''Al Anbaa'' was established by Kamal Jumblatt, and the first issue appeared on 15 March 1951. As of 2008 the publisher and director-in-charge was Aziz El Metni who survived an arson attack in Qornet Shehwan on 19 January 2008. As of 2010 the editor-in-chief was Rami Hassib Rayess who was also a senior media officer at the #FF9966. The paper is close to the Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt publishes editorials in the paper. His father and the founder of the paper, Kamal Jumblatt, also regularly published articles in ''Al Anbaa''. Some of them contained harsh criticisms against President Bechara El Khoury in the early 1950s. For instance, he argued in an article that Bechara El Khoury and his family were like an "octopus with three heads: injustice, corrup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Qualification
The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, the 9th edition of the international women's under-17 football championship of Asia. Therefore, players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to participate. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament in Indonesia. The host country Indonesia and the top three teams of the previous tournament (Japan, North Korea and China) qualified automatically, while the other four teams were decided by qualification, with the matches played between 22–30 April 2023 (first round) and 19–24 September 2023 (second round) in centralised venues. This tournament also served as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where three teams from the U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualify directly for the World Cup. Teams The 42 AFC m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Qualification
The 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification is a women's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship. A total of eight teams qualify to play in the final tournament held in Thailand, four of which are decided by qualification. Teams Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 33 teams entered the competition, with North Korea, South Korea, and Japan, automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and thus not participating in qualification. The final tournament hosts Thailand, despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, entered to participate in qualification. As a result, a total of 30 teams entered qualification. Due to the increased number of teams, two qualification rounds were scheduled for the first time. The draw for the first round of the qualifiers was held on 30 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |