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Due to the “ongoing situation” in the Middle East, according to football officials, who moved the women’s Asian Cup qualifiers to Qatar on Friday. They were scheduled to begin the week of next week in Jordan.

After Israel and Iran launched more airstrikes against one another, the conflict is now escalating, with the risk of the United States getting involved.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that matches from Group A qualifying matches that were scheduled for June 23 through July 5 in Amman, Jordan, have been moved to Qatar and will now take place July 7 through November.

More information about the venue and match times will be made in due course, according to the AFC.

The Women’s Asian Cup in Australia will take place in March 2026, in Group A qualifying for Jordan, Singapore, Iran, Lebanon, and Bhutan.

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The participating teams’ “ongoing situation in the region and logistical concerns raised by” the football association of Singapore (FAS), according to a separate statement from the association.

The winner of each of the eight qualifying groups will be able to attend the 2026 showpiece.

Asisat Oshoala, the head coach of the Super Falcons, and Ashley Plumptre, the team’s star striker, have been added to the list of players Justin Madugu has chosen for the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations.

Rasheedat Ajibade, the tournament’s captain, will make his debut at the event that will take place in Morocco on July 5 through July 26, 2024, according to the list released on Friday.

The team also includes three members from the local league who will hope to inspire others and win back the coach’s confidence. &nbsp,

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The only home-based players in the group are goalkeeper Rachael Unachukwu and defensemen Sikiratu Isah and Miracle Usani.

For the competition, regulars Michelle Alozie, Oluwatosin Demehin, Deborah Abiodun, Christy Ucheibe, Ifeoma Onumonu, and Jennifer Echegini were also called up.

Nigeria, the defending champion of the WAFCON with nine titles, is attempting to reach ten in Morocco. The Super Falcons compete against Tunisian and Algerian teams in Group B, along with the Mares of Botswana and Tunisian and Algerian opponents.

As part of team preparations for the WAFCON, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has already scheduled warm-up games against the Black Queens of Ghana and Portugal.

The Super Falcons will face Ghana on June 29th in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city, before facing their long-awaited rivals.

Tunisia will kick off their campaign on July 6 before Group B matches with Botswana (August 10) and Algeria (August 13).

The tournament’s top four teams will advance to Brazil for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Nigeria Squad for Morocco’s 2024 World Cup of Nations

Goalkeepers:

Chiamaka Nnadozie (Free agent, last at Paris FC, France)

Tochukwu Oluehi (Saudi Arabia’s Shaualat Alsharqia FC)

Rachael Unachukwu (Nasarawa Amazons)

Defenders:

Osinachi Ohale (Pachuca, Mexico), Shukurat Oladipo (AS Roma, Italy), Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA), Sikiratu Isah (Nasarawa Amazons), Oluwatosin Demehin (Galatasaray, Turkey), and Miracle Usani (Edo Queens) are represented by

Midfielders:

Rasheedat Ajibade (Free agent, last at Atletico Madrid, Spain), Halimatu Ayinde (FC Rosenborg, Sweden), Jennifer Echegini (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Toni Payne (Everton Ladies), and Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal) are all Free agents.

Forwards:

Mohamed Salah, a forward for Liverpool, was one of the six players chosen for the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Men’s Player of the Year award on Friday.

With 29 goals and 18 assists, the 33-year-old helped Liverpool win the Premier League title last year.

The Football Writers’ Association chose the Egypt star as the clear favorite to win the PFA prize, winning almost 90% of the votes and the biggest winning margin in this century.

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Alexis Mac Allister, Alexis MacAllister, Declan Rice, Cole Palmer of Chelsea, Alexander Isak, a Newcastle striker, and Bruno Fernandes, a Manchester United midfielder, are also on the shortlist.

Given his struggles for Chelsea last season, Palmer was a surprise choice for the list. He won the PFA Young Player of the Year award for 2023-24.

In 52 games, Rice made a career-high nine goals and added 10 assists for Arsenal, who also had a top nine goals.

Newcastle qualified for the Champions League, won the League Cup, and ended a 56-year trophy drought with the 23 goals scored by Sweden’s Isak.

Eight league goals and ten assists made Fernandes one of United’s few bright spots during its worst top-flight campaign since 1973-74.

On August 19th, Manchester will host the awards ceremony of this year.

The country’s prime minister said on Thursday that he had cancelled the group’s participation in the practice, and that the United States had rejected visa applications for several Senegal women’s basketball players who were scheduled to train there.

The administration’s tightened border controls and immigration crackdown are contributing to the visa refusals.

The United States will host the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 and the FIFA World Cup in 2026.

According to a memo from the internal administration, the United States is considering enforcing a travel ban that prohibits entry to its territory in Senegal.

Ousmane Sonko, the prime minister of Senegal, stated on Facebook that he had been informed that the national basketball team’s members had been denied visas.

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He claimed that he had instructed the nation’s sports minister to halt what was supposed to be a 10-day training camp in the US.

The United States only renewed visas for “those who held old visas and rejected new requests,” according to Babacar Ndiaye, president of the Senegalese Basketball Federation.

Les Lionnes planned to train in the United States ahead of the Ivory Coast Afrobasket 2025 competition, which will start in July.

The US Embassy in Senegal did not respond to a request for comment, despite a statement from a US State Department representative telling AFP that it was unable to comment on individual cases.

Prime Minister Sonko thanked China for “awarding dozens of training scholarships for our athletes and their coaches” in addition to putting a stop to the training.

The Premier League fined Manchester City more than £1 million last year for the club’s nine games’ delayed kick-offs.

Premier League officials revealed on Thursday that Pep Guardiola’s side had broken the kick-off and restart times between October and February.

Before the Manchester derby at Old Trafford resumed in December, the delay was two minutes and 24 seconds.

City accepted the breaches and offered an apology, according to the Premier League.

The fines total £1.08 million ($1.45 million).

In a Premier League statement, the organization of the competition is set at the highest possible professional standard and provides certainty to fans and participating clubs, according to rules relating to kick-offs and restarts.

Additionally, it guarantees that every Premier League game’s broadcast is scheduled.

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City has previously faced penalties for their tardy kick-offs.

For 22 kick-off and restart violations, the club was fined more than £2 million last year.

As Guardiola’s four-year reign as champions came to an end, his side finished third in the Premier League last season.

City are currently participating in the Club World Cup in the United States, where they also suffered a shocking FA Cup final defeat against Crystal Palace.