Friday February 14
AUSTRALIA: At 15 years and 325
days, Mohamed Toure becomes the
youngest scorer in A-League history
with a goal in Adelaide United’s 2-0
win against Central Coast Mariners.
CAF SUPER CUP: Zamalek beat
Esperance of Tunisia 3-1 to win the
CAF Super Cup for a fourth time.
The Egyptian side’s coach, Patrice
Carteron, won the same title last
year with Morocco’s Raja.
ENGLAND: Manchester City say
they will appeal after they are
banned from European competition
for the next two seasons and fined
€30m for “serious breaches” of
UEFA’s club licensing and financial
fairplay regulations.
ITALY: The FIGC, Italian football’s
governing body, says FIFA should
make changes to the VAR system,
allowing coaches to challenge
decisions and ask for technology
to intervene. Serie A began using
video assistant referees in 2017.
MOROCCO: VAR is used in a
top-flight league game in Africa
for the first time as IRT Tangier
beat FUS Rabat 2-1.
REP OF IRELAND: Defending
champions Dundalk kick off the
new season with a 1-0 win over
Derry City.
Saturday February 15
NEPAL: Two points behind Nepal
Army Club going into the last game
of the season, Machhindra beat the
A-Division League leaders 1-0 to
claim their first title.
NORTHERN IRELAND: Stephen
Lowry is on target from the penalty
spot as Coleraine beat his brother
Philip’s Crusaders side 2-1 in the
League Cup Final.
Sunday February 16
PORTUGAL: Moussa Marega walks
off the pitch during Porto’s 2-1
win at Vitoria Guimaraes whenhe is subjected to racist abuse from
home fans after scoring what turns
out to be his side’s winning goal.
Team-mates and opposition players
try to persuade him to stay on
before he is eventually substituted.
Monday February 17
ENGLAND: Pep Guardiola confirms
his commitment to Manchester City
despite their UEFA ban, stating:
“Whatever league we are in, I will
still be here. Even if they put us in
League Two, I will still be here. This
is a time for sticking together.”
SPAIN: Radio station SER
Catalunya claims Barcelona hired
a firm to produce disparaging
social media posts aimed at its
own players, including Lionel Messi
and Gerard Pique, in an attempt to
protect the reputation of president
Josep Maria Bartomeu and damage
the image of those who disagreed
with him. The club denies any
such action and “demands animmediate rectification of the
information published”.
USA: Ron Jans steps down as
coach of Cincinnati following
an MLS investigation into
claims that the Dutchman
made “extremely inappropriate
comments” during pre-season.
Tuesday February 18
INDIA: Goa will be the first club
from India to feature in the AFC
Champions League group stage
after finishing top of the Indian
Super League regular season with^
a 5-0 victory over Jamshedpur.
Wednesday February 19
FIFA: Paris Saint-Germain
president Nasser Al Khelaifi is
charged by the Swiss Attorney
General in connection with an
investigation – allegedly involving
ex-FIFA secretary general Jerome
Valcke and a third businessman- into the awarding of media rights
for FIFA tournaments.
Saturday February 22
ITALY: Four Serie A games this
weekend – Atalanta v Sassuolo,
Internazionale v Sampdoria, Torino
v Parma and Verona v Cagliari –
are postponed over fears of the
spread of coronavirus. Cristiano
Ronaldo marks the 1,000th senior
game of his career with a goal in
Juventus’ 2-1 win at SPAL.
NIGERIA: Kazeem “Kaka” Tiyamiyu,
a 21-year-old defender with
second-tier side Remo Stars, is
knocked down and killed by a
vehicle in an apparent hit-and-run
while being questioned by police
History boy...Mohamed
Toure of Adelaide
United (in red)FEBRUARY 14-MARCH 11, 2020