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Official Media Guide of Australia at the 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil 0
OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 0 Released: 14 May 2014 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA TM AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP Version 1 CONTENTS Media information 2 2014 FIFA World Cup match schedule 4 Host cities 6 Brazil profile 7 2014 FIFA World Cup country profiles 8 Head-to-head 24 Australia’s 2014 FIFA World Cup path 26 Referees 30 Australia’s squad (preliminary) 31 Player profiles 32 Head coach profile 62 Australian staff 63 FIFA World Cup history 64 Australian national team history (and records) 66 2014 FIFA World Cup diary 100 Copyright Football Federation Australia 2014. All rights reserved. No portion of this product may be reproduced electronically, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of Football Federation Australia. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUPTM A publication of Football Federation Australia Content and layout by Andrew Howe Publication designed to print two pages to a sheet OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 1 MEDIA INFORMATION AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM / 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL KEY DATES AEST 26 May Warm-up friendly: Australia v South Africa (Sydney) 19:30 local/AEST 6 June Warm-up friendly: Australia v Croatia (Salvador, Brazil) 7 June 12 June–13 July 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 13 June – 14 July 12 June 2014 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony Brazil -
Brazil Win WC Qualifier Amid
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021 16 Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves to Britain’s Cameron Nor- rie during their third round match on day 7, of the French Open tennis tourna- ment at Roland Garros in Paris, France. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Swiatek through to 4th round Familiar results at French Open as Rafael and Djokovic advance PARIS, June 5, (AP): Iga Swiatek closed out her latest French Swiatek, 20, has won 20 consecutive sets at Roland Garros, Open victory and raised a triumphant right fi st. Rafael Nadal and that streak was in jeopardy when she trailed Kontaveit won less than half an hour later and celebrated with a left 4-2. The title holder dominated from there and lost only 12 uppercut. points in the second set. The two defending champions make for a potent one-two The eighth-seeded Swiatek next faces 18-year-old Ukrain- combination at Roland Garros. Both won going away Satur- ian Marta Kostyuk, who has reached the round of 16 at a ma- day to reach the fourth round. jor event for the fi rst time. Sofi a Kenin advanced to the fourth round for the third TENNIS consecutive year by winning a seesaw all-American match against Jessica Pegula, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Kenin is the highest- seeded player left in the women’s draw at No. 4, and she has Swiatek rallied from a break down in the opening set to shaken a slump with her return to Roland Garros, where she beat Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 6-0. -
GULF TIMES Pakistan to Win Over Debutants Ireland SPORT Page 6
FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 7 Atletico bid to Mohoric sprints erase pain of to stage 10 fi nals past in win as Yates Marseille clash extends lead Wednesday, May 16, 2018 CRICKET Sha’baan 30, 1439 AH Imam-ul-Haq sees GULF TIMES Pakistan to win over debutants Ireland SPORT Page 6 FOOTBALL / AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Unbeaten Al Duhail storm Duhail join fellow Qatari side Sadd and Iran’s Persepolis and Esteghlal into quarter-fi nals in last eight from West Asia SPOTLIGHT We deserved to qualify for quarters: Sadd’s Bounedjah By Sports Reporter portunities,” added Bounedjah, Doha who himself saw a penalty kick blocked by Ahli goalkeeper Mo- hammed al-Owais, before he was aghdad Bounedjah was able to convert the rebound. relieved that missed “At the end of the day, though, chances did not come we were able to score the two back to haunt Al Sadd goals that mattered and we Bafter the AFC Champions League qualifi ed for the quarter-fi nals. Round of 16 win over Al Ahli on That’s all that matters. We con- Monday. sider this qualifi cation a gift for Bounedjah, the leading scorer the Al Sadd fans after ending the in the tournament, was again season without a title,” the strik- the man of the hour for Al Sadd er added. in their Round of 16 second leg Meanwhile, Al Sadd head against Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli. coach Jesualdo Ferreira praised The 26-year-old netted his eighth the eff orts of his players. Ferreira and ninth goals of the 2018 AFC said: “We played a great game. -
Hosts Russia Have Point to Prove in World Cup Opener Saudi Returns to the Global Showpiece for the First Time Since 2006
Established 1961 27 Sports Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Hosts Russia have point to prove in World Cup opener Saudi returns to the global showpiece for the first time since 2006 MOSCOW: Host nation Russia are under enormous pres- for club and country than Soviet goalkeeping legends Lev sure to perform as they head into tomorrow’s World Cup Yashin and Rinat Dasayev. But the team’s reliance on the curtainraiser against Saudi Arabia in a contest between the 32-year-old, who infamously went a staggering 43 two lowest-ranked nations in the tournament. Champions League matches without keeping a clean sheet Stanislav Cherchesov’s side will walk out onto the pitch over an 11-year span, speaks volumes about the home at the 80,000-capacity Luzhniki stadium, the historic cru- team’s chances. cible of Russian sport, ranked a lowly 70th in the world, Russia have never made the knockout stage of a World three spots below Group A Cup as an independent nation rivals Saudi Arabia, and without and are desperate to make a victory in eight months. amends this summer. Only A 1-1 draw in Moscow with South Africa, in 2010, have fall- Turkey last week made former en at the group stage as hosts national team goalkeeper Our team have but poor form combined with a Cherchesov the first Russian or series of injuries have left Soviet manager to go winless in not achieved Russia in disarray. seven consecutive games, four of those ending in defeat. Russia big results INJURY LIST has spent more than $13 billion Zenit St Petersburg striker on preparations for the big Alexander Kokorin was lost to event, and President Vladimir a serious knee injury in March, Putin called on the team to pull adding to the absence of themselves together as they look to progress from a sec- defenders Georgi Dzhikiya and Viktor Vasin. -
Sydney Monday 10 October 2011 the Message from Qantas Socceroos Is
Sydney Monday 10 October 2011 The message from Qantas Socceroos is that that they are ready to face Oman tomorrow in their 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier at ANZ Stadium tomorrow (Tuesday 11 October 2011, Kick-Off 7.30pm AEDT). Speaking at the official pre-match media conference today, Osieck is expecting a tough encounter but will be preparing his team for victory. “We can forget about whatever happened in the past, tomorrow is they game and we have to fully focus on that. That is what we are going to do. “The qualification has not come to an end. All teams in our group still have the chance to go through. “So that makes every game difficult because all teams will go for the three points. “They try to get the utmost out of it and that is what I am expecting tomorrow as well. “A victory is a victory, there is never an excuse for a victory and we go for that tomorrow,” concluded Osieck Qantas Socceroos captain Lucas Neill is also expecting a tough game against Oman tomorrow, but believes that his team is up for the challenge. “We know they’re very difficult, we know they can cause problems because of the pace that they have. With their speed they can break on the counter. “We have to be playing to our potential, or as close to our potential as possible on the night, otherwise we could find ourselves in an embarrassing situation. “Are we ready? Of course we’re ready this is the reason we have come back to play this game. -
Public Speaks out on City Budget
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