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Part 1: Canada 🇨🇦
🏔️ Vancouver Whitecaps' relocation fears
❓ Vancouver FC's continental berth
🆕 Supra du Québec: Canada's Athletic Bilbao
Part 2: Rest of the world 🌍
🇬🇵🇲🇶🇬🇫 4 points for a win in the Caribbean?!
🇳🇴 Lillestrøm: Norway's cup winners
🏆 The World Cup draw for the debutants
Part 1: Canada 🇨🇦
🏔️ Vancouver Whitecaps' relocation fears
❓ Vancouver FC's continental berth
🆕 Supra du Québec: Canada's Athletic Bilbao
Part 2: Rest of the world 🌍
🇬🇵🇲🇶🇬🇫 4 points for a win in the Caribbean?!
🇳🇴 Lillestrøm: Norway's cup winners
🏆 The World Cup draw for the debutants
🆚 An exhibition game in CONIFA, the global body for teams not affiliated with FIFA, is taking place on France's south coast today.
The Principality of Rouet-Provence, who represent a coastal area near Marseille, will face Raetia, which is situated in the Alps of east Switzerland & north Italy.
The Principality of Rouet-Provence, who represent a coastal area near Marseille, will face Raetia, which is situated in the Alps of east Switzerland & north Italy.
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🆚 An exhibition game in CONIFA, the global body for teams not affiliated with FIFA, is taking place on France's south coast today.
The Principality of Rouet-Provence, who represent a coastal area near Marseille, will face Raetia, which is situated in the Alps of east Switzerland & north Italy.
The Principality of Rouet-Provence, who represent a coastal area near Marseille, will face Raetia, which is situated in the Alps of east Switzerland & north Italy.
🇲🇹 Third-tier Victoria Hotspurs are set for a big challenge in the last 32 of Malta's FA Trophy today - a trip to national champions Ħamrun Spartans.
Victoria Hotspurs are the only club not based on the island in Malta's football pyramid & instead hail from the neighbouring island of Gozo.
Victoria Hotspurs are the only club not based on the island in Malta's football pyramid & instead hail from the neighbouring island of Gozo.
January 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
🇲🇹 Third-tier Victoria Hotspurs are set for a big challenge in the last 32 of Malta's FA Trophy today - a trip to national champions Ħamrun Spartans.
Victoria Hotspurs are the only club not based on the island in Malta's football pyramid & instead hail from the neighbouring island of Gozo.
Victoria Hotspurs are the only club not based on the island in Malta's football pyramid & instead hail from the neighbouring island of Gozo.
🏟️ Dundee United and Dundee, whose stadiums are around 180 metres apart, will go head-to-head in the Scottish Premiership today.
Amazingly, however, it will not be Europe's closest top-flight city derby this weekend: PSG & Paris FC, who meet tomorrow, are only 30 metres apart.
Amazingly, however, it will not be Europe's closest top-flight city derby this weekend: PSG & Paris FC, who meet tomorrow, are only 30 metres apart.
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 AM
🏟️ Dundee United and Dundee, whose stadiums are around 180 metres apart, will go head-to-head in the Scottish Premiership today.
Amazingly, however, it will not be Europe's closest top-flight city derby this weekend: PSG & Paris FC, who meet tomorrow, are only 30 metres apart.
Amazingly, however, it will not be Europe's closest top-flight city derby this weekend: PSG & Paris FC, who meet tomorrow, are only 30 metres apart.
🏴 Bonny(rigg Rose) and Clyde(bank) are running away with it at the top of the Lowland League, the fifth tier of Scottish football, this season.
They will face each other in the next edition of the 'Bank Robber Derby', which could decide the title & the promotion play-off spot, on 7 March 2026.
They will face each other in the next edition of the 'Bank Robber Derby', which could decide the title & the promotion play-off spot, on 7 March 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
🏴 Bonny(rigg Rose) and Clyde(bank) are running away with it at the top of the Lowland League, the fifth tier of Scottish football, this season.
They will face each other in the next edition of the 'Bank Robber Derby', which could decide the title & the promotion play-off spot, on 7 March 2026.
They will face each other in the next edition of the 'Bank Robber Derby', which could decide the title & the promotion play-off spot, on 7 March 2026.
🇮🇩 Things have all started to go wrong for Borneo Samarinda since we posted about their 100% record (11 wins from 11 games) in November.
They have since picked up only one point from a possible 12 & been replaced at the top of the Indonesian Super League table by Persib Bandung.
They have since picked up only one point from a possible 12 & been replaced at the top of the Indonesian Super League table by Persib Bandung.
January 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
🇮🇩 Things have all started to go wrong for Borneo Samarinda since we posted about their 100% record (11 wins from 11 games) in November.
They have since picked up only one point from a possible 12 & been replaced at the top of the Indonesian Super League table by Persib Bandung.
They have since picked up only one point from a possible 12 & been replaced at the top of the Indonesian Super League table by Persib Bandung.
🇵🇱 What on earth is going on at Legia Warsaw?! And could Poland’s record champions really get relegated?!
Listen to the full Ekstraklasa segment:
🟢 Spotify: bit.ly/3KLbuYP
🍎 Apple: apple.co/3L9tL1T
📺 YouTube: bit.ly/4qCQqTr
Listen to the full Ekstraklasa segment:
🟢 Spotify: bit.ly/3KLbuYP
🍎 Apple: apple.co/3L9tL1T
📺 YouTube: bit.ly/4qCQqTr
January 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
🇵🇱 What on earth is going on at Legia Warsaw?! And could Poland’s record champions really get relegated?!
Listen to the full Ekstraklasa segment:
🟢 Spotify: bit.ly/3KLbuYP
🍎 Apple: apple.co/3L9tL1T
📺 YouTube: bit.ly/4qCQqTr
Listen to the full Ekstraklasa segment:
🟢 Spotify: bit.ly/3KLbuYP
🍎 Apple: apple.co/3L9tL1T
📺 YouTube: bit.ly/4qCQqTr
🏆 The 16 countries in the AFCON 2025 knockout stages, which start this weekend:
🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇸🇩 Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇸🇩 Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇹🇳 Tunisia
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
🏆 The 16 countries in the AFCON 2025 knockout stages, which start this weekend:
🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇸🇩 Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇸🇩 Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇧🇬 There is only one top-flight football club based in Montana - and it is in the Bulgarian town of 40,000 people rather than the US state of 1.1 million.
Nicknamed 'The Glory', the club where Stiliyan Petrov started his professional career are hovering just above the drop zone in the Parva Liga.
Nicknamed 'The Glory', the club where Stiliyan Petrov started his professional career are hovering just above the drop zone in the Parva Liga.
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
🇧🇬 There is only one top-flight football club based in Montana - and it is in the Bulgarian town of 40,000 people rather than the US state of 1.1 million.
Nicknamed 'The Glory', the club where Stiliyan Petrov started his professional career are hovering just above the drop zone in the Parva Liga.
Nicknamed 'The Glory', the club where Stiliyan Petrov started his professional career are hovering just above the drop zone in the Parva Liga.
🇦🇺 Canberra United, the only club in Australia's A-League Women that is not affiliated with a men's team, currently top the standings.
Canberra United are also the only Australian top-flight club in men's or women's football to be based in the capital city of Canberra.
Canberra United are also the only Australian top-flight club in men's or women's football to be based in the capital city of Canberra.
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
🇦🇺 Canberra United, the only club in Australia's A-League Women that is not affiliated with a men's team, currently top the standings.
Canberra United are also the only Australian top-flight club in men's or women's football to be based in the capital city of Canberra.
Canberra United are also the only Australian top-flight club in men's or women's football to be based in the capital city of Canberra.
🇬🇷 What an amazing season the AEK Athens squad are having on all fronts!
🔝 Top of the Super League
🏆 4/4 wins in the Greek Cup
🇪🇺 Third place & qualification in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League
💰 €500,000 bonus from owner Marios Iliopoulos for European exploits
🔝 Top of the Super League
🏆 4/4 wins in the Greek Cup
🇪🇺 Third place & qualification in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League
💰 €500,000 bonus from owner Marios Iliopoulos for European exploits
December 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🇬🇷 What an amazing season the AEK Athens squad are having on all fronts!
🔝 Top of the Super League
🏆 4/4 wins in the Greek Cup
🇪🇺 Third place & qualification in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League
💰 €500,000 bonus from owner Marios Iliopoulos for European exploits
🔝 Top of the Super League
🏆 4/4 wins in the Greek Cup
🇪🇺 Third place & qualification in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League
💰 €500,000 bonus from owner Marios Iliopoulos for European exploits
🇲🇱 No living football manager has coached more national teams than Belgian journeyman Tom Saintfiet, who is currently with Mali at AFCON 2025:
🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago, 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇿🇲 Zambia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago, 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇿🇲 Zambia
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🇲🇱 No living football manager has coached more national teams than Belgian journeyman Tom Saintfiet, who is currently with Mali at AFCON 2025:
🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago, 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇿🇲 Zambia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago, 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇿🇲 Zambia
🇳🇬 The Wikipedia page of Nigerian Premier League team Wikki Tourists specifically states that the club are not connected in any way to Wikipedia!
Wikki Tourists FC actually got its name from the Wikki Warm Spring, a famous natural hot spring located near its home city of Bauchi.
Wikki Tourists FC actually got its name from the Wikki Warm Spring, a famous natural hot spring located near its home city of Bauchi.
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🇳🇬 The Wikipedia page of Nigerian Premier League team Wikki Tourists specifically states that the club are not connected in any way to Wikipedia!
Wikki Tourists FC actually got its name from the Wikki Warm Spring, a famous natural hot spring located near its home city of Bauchi.
Wikki Tourists FC actually got its name from the Wikki Warm Spring, a famous natural hot spring located near its home city of Bauchi.
🇺🇾 Uruguay is introducing a new competition in January: the Copa de la Liga (League Cup), which will be contested by the 16 top-flight clubs.
Interestingly, if it has the same two finalists as the Supercopa (Super Cup) - in this case Peñarol & Nacional - the final will count for both titles.
Interestingly, if it has the same two finalists as the Supercopa (Super Cup) - in this case Peñarol & Nacional - the final will count for both titles.
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🇺🇾 Uruguay is introducing a new competition in January: the Copa de la Liga (League Cup), which will be contested by the 16 top-flight clubs.
Interestingly, if it has the same two finalists as the Supercopa (Super Cup) - in this case Peñarol & Nacional - the final will count for both titles.
Interestingly, if it has the same two finalists as the Supercopa (Super Cup) - in this case Peñarol & Nacional - the final will count for both titles.
🔝 Dominant football clubs in Asia that have won 100% of their league matches this season:
🇱🇦 Ezra (9/9)
🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta'zim (12/12)
🇸🇬 Lion City Sailors (5/5)
🇹🇲 Arkadag* (28/28)
* The season in Turkmenistan is complete. Arkadag have won every league match in their history.
🇱🇦 Ezra (9/9)
🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta'zim (12/12)
🇸🇬 Lion City Sailors (5/5)
🇹🇲 Arkadag* (28/28)
* The season in Turkmenistan is complete. Arkadag have won every league match in their history.
December 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🔝 Dominant football clubs in Asia that have won 100% of their league matches this season:
🇱🇦 Ezra (9/9)
🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta'zim (12/12)
🇸🇬 Lion City Sailors (5/5)
🇹🇲 Arkadag* (28/28)
* The season in Turkmenistan is complete. Arkadag have won every league match in their history.
🇱🇦 Ezra (9/9)
🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta'zim (12/12)
🇸🇬 Lion City Sailors (5/5)
🇹🇲 Arkadag* (28/28)
* The season in Turkmenistan is complete. Arkadag have won every league match in their history.
🎅 From both The Sweeper Podcast & our friends at Finnish football club FC Santa Claus, we wish you an amazing Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🎅 From both The Sweeper Podcast & our friends at Finnish football club FC Santa Claus, we wish you an amazing Christmas!
🇶🇦 Without a win in the AFC Champions League this season and despite being 2-1 down deep into stoppage time, Al-Sadd have pulled off an insane comeback!
The Qatari side pulled level with UAE team Shabab Al-Ahli in the 95th minute, before adding further goals in the 101st and 103rd minutes to win!
The Qatari side pulled level with UAE team Shabab Al-Ahli in the 95th minute, before adding further goals in the 101st and 103rd minutes to win!
December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🇶🇦 Without a win in the AFC Champions League this season and despite being 2-1 down deep into stoppage time, Al-Sadd have pulled off an insane comeback!
The Qatari side pulled level with UAE team Shabab Al-Ahli in the 95th minute, before adding further goals in the 101st and 103rd minutes to win!
The Qatari side pulled level with UAE team Shabab Al-Ahli in the 95th minute, before adding further goals in the 101st and 103rd minutes to win!
📺 NEW EPISODE 📺
Part 1: Asia with John Duerden
🇮🇳 India's Super League crisis
🇲🇾 Malaysia's naturalisation scandal
🇰🇷 Jeonbuk's racism row in South Korea
Part 2: Rest of the world
🇲🇦 AFCON 2025 with Ali Howorth
🇵🇱 The utterly mad Polish Ekstraklasa
🇨🇽 Football & crabs on Christmas Island
Part 1: Asia with John Duerden
🇮🇳 India's Super League crisis
🇲🇾 Malaysia's naturalisation scandal
🇰🇷 Jeonbuk's racism row in South Korea
Part 2: Rest of the world
🇲🇦 AFCON 2025 with Ali Howorth
🇵🇱 The utterly mad Polish Ekstraklasa
🇨🇽 Football & crabs on Christmas Island
December 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
📺 NEW EPISODE 📺
Part 1: Asia with John Duerden
🇮🇳 India's Super League crisis
🇲🇾 Malaysia's naturalisation scandal
🇰🇷 Jeonbuk's racism row in South Korea
Part 2: Rest of the world
🇲🇦 AFCON 2025 with Ali Howorth
🇵🇱 The utterly mad Polish Ekstraklasa
🇨🇽 Football & crabs on Christmas Island
Part 1: Asia with John Duerden
🇮🇳 India's Super League crisis
🇲🇾 Malaysia's naturalisation scandal
🇰🇷 Jeonbuk's racism row in South Korea
Part 2: Rest of the world
🇲🇦 AFCON 2025 with Ali Howorth
🇵🇱 The utterly mad Polish Ekstraklasa
🇨🇽 Football & crabs on Christmas Island
🇧🇴 Nacional Potosí have won the 2025 Copa Bolivia, the first major trophy in their history, and reached the Copa Libertadores qualifying rounds.
Their opponents will be Botafogo, who will face a tough task in the away leg: the Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte is almost 4,000 metres above sea level!
Their opponents will be Botafogo, who will face a tough task in the away leg: the Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte is almost 4,000 metres above sea level!
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🇧🇴 Nacional Potosí have won the 2025 Copa Bolivia, the first major trophy in their history, and reached the Copa Libertadores qualifying rounds.
Their opponents will be Botafogo, who will face a tough task in the away leg: the Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte is almost 4,000 metres above sea level!
Their opponents will be Botafogo, who will face a tough task in the away leg: the Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte is almost 4,000 metres above sea level!
⬆️ The top nations at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations by FIFA ranking:
🇲🇦 Morocco (11), 🇸🇳 Senegal (19), 🇪🇬 Egypt (34), 🇩🇿 Algeria (35), 🇳🇬 Nigeria (38), 🇹🇳 Tunisia (40), 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast (42), 🇲🇱 Mali (54), 🇨🇩 DR Congo (56), 🇨🇲 Cameroon (57)
🇲🇦 Morocco (11), 🇸🇳 Senegal (19), 🇪🇬 Egypt (34), 🇩🇿 Algeria (35), 🇳🇬 Nigeria (38), 🇹🇳 Tunisia (40), 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast (42), 🇲🇱 Mali (54), 🇨🇩 DR Congo (56), 🇨🇲 Cameroon (57)
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
⬆️ The top nations at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations by FIFA ranking:
🇲🇦 Morocco (11), 🇸🇳 Senegal (19), 🇪🇬 Egypt (34), 🇩🇿 Algeria (35), 🇳🇬 Nigeria (38), 🇹🇳 Tunisia (40), 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast (42), 🇲🇱 Mali (54), 🇨🇩 DR Congo (56), 🇨🇲 Cameroon (57)
🇲🇦 Morocco (11), 🇸🇳 Senegal (19), 🇪🇬 Egypt (34), 🇩🇿 Algeria (35), 🇳🇬 Nigeria (38), 🇹🇳 Tunisia (40), 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast (42), 🇲🇱 Mali (54), 🇨🇩 DR Congo (56), 🇨🇲 Cameroon (57)
🇸🇿 Eswatini has almost certainly set a record for the longest streak of national champions with animals in their name - from 2004/05 to 2023/24.
Royal Leopards, Mbabane Swallows, Young Buffaloes & Green Mamba were all champions in that time, before Nsingizini Hotspurs broke the run last season!
Royal Leopards, Mbabane Swallows, Young Buffaloes & Green Mamba were all champions in that time, before Nsingizini Hotspurs broke the run last season!
December 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🇸🇿 Eswatini has almost certainly set a record for the longest streak of national champions with animals in their name - from 2004/05 to 2023/24.
Royal Leopards, Mbabane Swallows, Young Buffaloes & Green Mamba were all champions in that time, before Nsingizini Hotspurs broke the run last season!
Royal Leopards, Mbabane Swallows, Young Buffaloes & Green Mamba were all champions in that time, before Nsingizini Hotspurs broke the run last season!
🇬🇷 What a season it has been for Levadiakos, who sit fourth in the Greek Super League and have only lost to the three clubs above them this season.
In the second tier as recently as 2024, they are currently in the race for the European places for the first time in their history.
In the second tier as recently as 2024, they are currently in the race for the European places for the first time in their history.
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🇬🇷 What a season it has been for Levadiakos, who sit fourth in the Greek Super League and have only lost to the three clubs above them this season.
In the second tier as recently as 2024, they are currently in the race for the European places for the first time in their history.
In the second tier as recently as 2024, they are currently in the race for the European places for the first time in their history.
🤝 Some lesser-known shared club names in world football:
🇮🇪 Bohemian & 🇨🇿 Bohemians 🔵
🏴 Hibernian & 🇲🇹 Hibernians ⚫️
🇦🇿 Sabah & 🇲🇾 Sabah 🟢
🇨🇩 Simba & 🇹🇿 Simba 🔴
What is the most obscure club name you can think of?
🇮🇪 Bohemian & 🇨🇿 Bohemians 🔵
🏴 Hibernian & 🇲🇹 Hibernians ⚫️
🇦🇿 Sabah & 🇲🇾 Sabah 🟢
🇨🇩 Simba & 🇹🇿 Simba 🔴
What is the most obscure club name you can think of?
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🤝 Some lesser-known shared club names in world football:
🇮🇪 Bohemian & 🇨🇿 Bohemians 🔵
🏴 Hibernian & 🇲🇹 Hibernians ⚫️
🇦🇿 Sabah & 🇲🇾 Sabah 🟢
🇨🇩 Simba & 🇹🇿 Simba 🔴
What is the most obscure club name you can think of?
🇮🇪 Bohemian & 🇨🇿 Bohemians 🔵
🏴 Hibernian & 🇲🇹 Hibernians ⚫️
🇦🇿 Sabah & 🇲🇾 Sabah 🟢
🇨🇩 Simba & 🇹🇿 Simba 🔴
What is the most obscure club name you can think of?
🇭🇷 Rijeka are the current champions of Croatia, but did you know that the club - then called US Fiumana - once played in Italy's Serie A in 1928/29?
During the interwar period the city of Rijeka, which is called Fiume in the Italian language, belonged to the Kingdom of Italy.
During the interwar period the city of Rijeka, which is called Fiume in the Italian language, belonged to the Kingdom of Italy.
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🇭🇷 Rijeka are the current champions of Croatia, but did you know that the club - then called US Fiumana - once played in Italy's Serie A in 1928/29?
During the interwar period the city of Rijeka, which is called Fiume in the Italian language, belonged to the Kingdom of Italy.
During the interwar period the city of Rijeka, which is called Fiume in the Italian language, belonged to the Kingdom of Italy.
🇳🇴 Eliteserien winners Viking Stavanger have marked their first Norwegian league title in 34 years by releasing a special commemorative shirt.
It has been created to honour the entire title-winning squad & includes an image of every player who made an appearance during the season.
It has been created to honour the entire title-winning squad & includes an image of every player who made an appearance during the season.
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🇳🇴 Eliteserien winners Viking Stavanger have marked their first Norwegian league title in 34 years by releasing a special commemorative shirt.
It has been created to honour the entire title-winning squad & includes an image of every player who made an appearance during the season.
It has been created to honour the entire title-winning squad & includes an image of every player who made an appearance during the season.
🇮🇹 Finally, at the 16th time of asking, Fiorentina have won a game in Serie A this season, thrashing 10-man Udinese by a 5-1 scoreline!
Nonetheless, the Viola will be bottom of the table at Christmas & could still drop down to the second division for the first time since 2004.
Nonetheless, the Viola will be bottom of the table at Christmas & could still drop down to the second division for the first time since 2004.
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🇮🇹 Finally, at the 16th time of asking, Fiorentina have won a game in Serie A this season, thrashing 10-man Udinese by a 5-1 scoreline!
Nonetheless, the Viola will be bottom of the table at Christmas & could still drop down to the second division for the first time since 2004.
Nonetheless, the Viola will be bottom of the table at Christmas & could still drop down to the second division for the first time since 2004.