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World Cup Matchday 14: France and England set for quarterfinal date
The 2022 World Cup Round of 16 matchups continued on Sunday. This tournament has been full of upsets so far. However, Sunday’s games weren’t upsets at all. Both France and England are set for a quarterfinal date on Saturday. Now that is one hell of a matchup. *Insert historical joke here* Let’s review how these two […]
World Cup Matchday 14: Dutch, Argentina off to quarter final
The Round of 16 got underway today with a couple of matches. The Netherlands took on USA in the first of the day. The surprise package, Australia, had to deal with tournament favourites, Argentina. Dumfries leads the Netherlands to victory over the USA The smart money was on the Netherlands to win this match, but […]
World Cup Matchday 13: Group stage concludes with more upsets
Well, this World Cup is absolutely bonkers. So much of the unexpected has happened and more of it continued on Friday as we continue our daily World Cup coverage here at the Area 51 Sports Network. The group stages have reached the conclusion and the knockouts begin on Saturday. The 2022 World Cup has shown that […]
World Cup Matchday 12: Japan shock Group E, Canada and Belgium out in Group F
Morocco qualify as Canada finishes bottom of Group F Already eliminated, Canada could prove the spoilers for Morroco depending on the result in the other Group F match. But it was not to be as Canada lost their final match 2-1. It was not the start Canada wanted. Steven Vitória was caught making a poor […]
World Cup Matchday 11: Argentina, Poland and Australia advance
It was a wild day at the World Cup in Qatar. The fates of Group C and D were decided today. We got to a point where cards could have been used to determine who goes through to the knockout stages. Let’s review the intense action. Tunisia beat the defending champs Well, this is kind […]
World Cup Matchday 10: Netherlands, Senegal, USA, England all qualify for Round of 16
Senegal defeat 2018 demons to qualify over Ecuador Senegal was eliminated in World Cup 2018 by the fair play rule (yellow cards). They did not want to leave any doubt this time around as they triumphed in a 2-1 win over Ecuador. Pape Matar Sarr got things underway for Senegal in the 44th minute after […]
Canada’s women’s soccer, the Paris Olympics and drones
The 2024 Paris Olympics are on the horizon. Yup, it’s that time again. Athletes worldwide will come to Paris and try to fulfill lifelong dreams. As they sleep on the plane, bus or in their rooms in the athlete’s village, visions of gold, silver and bronze medals will occupy their heads. There are many sports […]
Five things we learned from Canada’s incredible Copa America run
The Copa America was a wild tournament on and off the pitch but Canada are among the wild stories. They knew it was going to be a tough test. The team had many doubters. It was expected they would go home early. But they finished fourth. It’s still hard to believe. Canada finished fourth at […]
Canada’s Copa América run ends with loss to Argentina
It was fun while it lasted but Canada is out of the Copa América. Argentina was always going to be a tough task. Let’s face it, the odds of Canada beating Argentina were as high as My Chemical Romance’s reunion; low but possible. However, MCR did get back together in 2019. But Canada wasn’t supposed […]
Canada are proving they can compete with the best
What a time to be alive, Canada is in the semi-finals of the Copa America. As Nickelback once sang: How the hell did we end up like this? Canada has also gone further than Brazil in the Copa America. What timeline are we living in? A pretty good one if you ask me. They will […]