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Tomás Dabó
Tomás Soares Dabó (born 20 October 1993) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a right back. Club career Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Dabó finished his formation with S.C. Braga. He made his professional debut with their reserves on 11 August 2012, in a 2–2 second division away draw against S.L. Benfica B where he featured the full 90 minutes. Dabó played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 26 August 2013, again starting in a 2–1 home win over C.F. Os Belenenses. After leaving the Minho Province, he was sparingly played over two seasons at fellow league team F.C. Arouca. Dabó settled rarely in the following years, representing in quick succession S.C. Farense ( Portuguese third level), FC Dacia Chișinău (Moldovan National Division), FC Metaloglobus București (Romanian Liga II), F.C. Rieti (Italian Serie C) and ŠKF Sereď (Slovak Super Liga). International career Dabó represented Portugal at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bissau
Bissau () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. it had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, its administrative and military center. Etymology The term Bissau may have come from the name of a clan N'nssassun, in its plural form Bôssassun. Intchassu (Bôssassu) was the name given to the nephew of King Mecau—the first sovereign of the island of Bissau—son of his sister Pungenhum. Bôssassu formed a clan of the Papel peoples. History From well before the arrival of Europeans to the early 20th century, the island of Bissau was governed as a kingdom inhabited by the Papel people. According to oral tradition, the kingdom was founded by Mecau, the son of the king of Quinara (Guinala), who moved to the area with his pregnant sister, six wives, and subjects of his father's kingdom. The kingdom was composed of seven clans, descended from the sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ŠKF Sereď
ŠKF Sereď () is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Sereď, that plays in the 3rd tier 3. Liga, of the Slovakian league system. It was founded as Sereďský športový klub in 1914. The club won the Slovak 2. Liga in 2017–18, thereby earning promotion to Slovakia's Super Liga. History Events Timeline * 28 June 1914: Founded as Sereďský Športový Klub * 1950s: Renamed TJ Slavoj Sereď * 1966: Renamed TJ Hutník Sereď * 19??: Renamed ŠKF Sereď * 2018: Renamed ŠKF iClinic Sereď for sponsorship reasons * 2020: Reverted to ŠKF Sereď * 2021: Renamed to ŠKF Orion Tip Sereď for sponsorship reasons Promotion to Fortuna Liga Sereď played the 2017–18 season in the 2. Liga of the Slovakian league system. They place first in the competition and won promotion to play in the 2018-19 Slovak Super Liga season. In the 2021–22 Fortua Liga season, Sereď finished as 5th team, but were denied a license for the next season, because the club lacked infrastructure - a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Births
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''Match of the Day'', ''Test Match Special'', ''Ski Sunday'' and ''Today at Wimbledon''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the #BBC Sport Online, BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''Grandstand (TV programme), Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabon National Football Team
The Gabon national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football du Gabon'') represents Gabon in men's international football. The team's nickname is The Panthers and it is governed by the Gabonese Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but have qualified nine times (as of 2025) for the Africa Cup of Nations. Gabon is a member of both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). History 1960s Gabon made their debut on 13 April 1960 by entering the first Friendship Games (''Jeux de L'Amitié'') tournament, created for French-speaking African countries (a precursor to the modern African Games), held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. In the First Round they were drawn against Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), who were also making their debut, and lost 5–4, despite leading 3–2 at half-time. They did not play another match for over a year and a half, until the next time the tournament was staged, in December 1961 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. They were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cap (sport)
In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the early days of football, the concept of each team wearing a set of matching shirts had not been universally adopted, so each side would distinguish itself from the other by wearing a specific sort of cap. An early illustration of the 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match between Scotland and England in 1872 shows the Scottish players wearing cowls, and the English wearing a variety of school caps. The practice was first approved on 10 May 1886 for association football after a proposal made by N. Lane Jackson, founder of the Corinthian F.C., Corinthians: The act of awarding a cap is now international and is applied to other sports. Although in some sports physical caps may not now always be given (wheth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baciro Candé
Baciro Candé (born 6 April 1967) is a Bissau-Guinean professional association footballer, football player and association football manager, manager. Career Candé was born in Catió. He played professional football in Portugal's Segunda Liga as a Defender (association football), defender with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Estrela da Amadora and Amora F.C., Amora. After he retired from playing, Candé became a football coach. He began managing in Guinea-Bissau with Desportivo de Farim, UD Internacional, U.D.I.B, Nuno Tristão FC, Bula Futebol Clube, Estrela Negra de Bissau and Ajuda Sport Clube, and won the 1988–89 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau with Desportivo de Farim. Next, he spent several years managing SC de Bissau, Sporting Clube de Bissau, winning nine league titles with the club. Since 2003 until 2010 he coached the Guinea-Bissau national football team, Guinea-Bissau national team. He returned as head coach of the national team in March 2016. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya, until CAF rescinded its hosting rights in August 2014 due to the Second Libyan civil war. The tournament was instead hosted by Gabon. This event was also part of the Africa Cup of Nations 60th Anniversary. Cameroon won their fifth title after defeating seven-time champions Egypt 2–1 in the final. Burkina Faso finished third after beating Ghana 1–0 in the third place play-off. As champions, Cameroon qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Tournament hosts Gabon and defending champions Ivory Coast were both eliminated in the group stage. Host selection First bidding Bids : CAF received 3 bids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bola
''A Bola'' (; ) is a Portuguese language, Portuguese sports newspaper published in Lisbon. History and profile ''A Bola'' was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira, Ribeiro dos Reis and Vicente de Melo and was then published twice a week. It became a daily newspaper in 1995. Although its subtitle is "newspaper of all sports", its content is mainly about association football, football. Since the 1952–53 Primeira Liga, 1952–53 season, it hands the Bola de Prata (Portugal), Bota de Prata award to the Primeira Liga's top goalscorer. It is the most popular newspaper among Portuguese emigrants abroad and is widely read in the Portuguese-speaking African countries, former Portuguese colonies in Africa. From 2006, it is also printed in Newark, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, an American city with a large Portuguese American, Portuguese population. In 2012, they launched the television channel A Bola TV. In 2023, Ringier, Ringier Sports Media Group acquired the company. Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-elimination Tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diário De Notícias
() is a Portuguese weekly newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal. History and profile ''Diário de Notícias'' was first published in Lisbon on 29 December 1864 by Tomás Quintino Antunes and Eduardo Coelho. At its early phase the paper had no explicit political stance and financially relied on the advertisements. Its headquarters is in Lisbon. During the 1880s the novelist Eça de Queiroz, then stationed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in the Portuguese diplomatic service, contributed occasional "London letters" to the newspaper. Some of these were afterwards published in a book entitled '' Cartas de Inglaterra''. Before the Carnation Revolution ''Diário de Notícias'' belonged to the Empresa Nacional de Publicidade, a propaganda arm of the dictatorship. Following the Carnation Revolution, the paper remained nationalized until the early 1990s. Then the paper and ''Jornal de Notícias'' we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea National Under-20 Football Team
The South Korea national under-20 football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international youth Association football, football competitions and also can be managed as under-18 or under-19 team if necessary. South Korean under-20 team won twelve AFC U-20 Asian Cup (AFC Youth Championship) titles and reached the FIFA U-20 World Cup final once, both are the most successful results among Asian teams. History Recent 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. 2025 All-time results South Korea entered annual AFC Youth Championship from 1959 to 1976 excluding the 1975 tournament and the youth matches of those days were played for 80 minutes. The FIFA World Youth Championship was founded in 1977 and the AFC Youth Championship became a qualifying tournament of the World Youth Championship. The top two teams (generally finalists) of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
