BY XINHUA Kenya believes hosts Eritrea will be under pressure to top their group in the regional Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Under-15 tournament, which will take place from August 17 to September 1 in Asmara.
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BY GILBERT WANDERA | STANDARD MEDIA Council for East and Central Africa Football Association [CECAFA] will host it’s first ever Under-15 regional tournament in Eritrea. The move is meant to develop the region’s capacity at this level according to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa.
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BY NATNAEL YEBIO W. | SHABAIT Football is a way of life in Eritrea. During evenings on the weekend, Asmara is filled with people of all ages wearing jerseys of the team they support. Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona (I have six), and Real Madrid. A foreigner could be forgiven for assuming that the […]
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BY SHABAIT President Isaias Afwerki today met and held talks with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Denden Hall. President Isaias during the meeting called on FIFA to keep-up the reformation programs it has already started and praised President Infantino’s visit to Eritrea as enhanced relations are means to better achievements.
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By Mike Seium | For Eri-International Sports Blog, Just after the signing of two players from the Swedish Premier league, in the city of the Hague where the 1998 border issue between Eritrea and Ethiopia was solved, another 17-year-old Eritrean teenage player has emerged. Hennos Asmelash and his family along with a new team mate […]
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By Mike Seium | Eri-International Sports, Amazing achievements that were due to pay dividends in time are starting to bear fruit in 2017 already. Young Eritreans by heritage are embarking on great success stories in the international soccer arena. A 19 year old midfielder and play maker who was a member of the Swedish champion […]
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105 years later, the 17 year-old Eritrean-Swedish player made history to become Sweden national team’s youngest scorer of all time. By Aaron West, Alexander Isak has had a week to remember. He made his debut against the Ivory Coast on Sunday, becoming the second-youngest player ever to turn out for the national team. On Thursday, he […]
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By Jonathan Johnson, Chelsea have moved ahead of Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus in the race to sign AIK attacker Swedish Eritrean Alexander Isak, a source close to the Swedish club has told ESPN FC. The source said Chelsea had tabled a firm bid for the 17-year-old and were now considered favourites to land him.
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