Podcasts about conifa world football cup

The Premier League and the rest of Europe's top five divisions totally dominate the football headlines, but have you ever wondered what other interesting news and stories the rest of European football and world football have to offer? If so, The Sweeper is the football podcast for you! On this episode, Turkish footballer Emirhan Delibaş is sacked by his club Beşiktaş for his profile on the dating app Bumble and Irishman Dylan Connolly receives a Facebook invitation to play in the OFC Champions League preliminary round in Tonga, where he meets the Queen at church. Elsewhere, the draw for this summer's CONIFA World Football Cup in Kurdistan – a tournament for unrecognised nations, states and peoples – has thrown up some interesting groups and the Seychelles have mysteriously been ruled out of AFCON 2025 ahead of the start of qualifying in March. To hear the bonus segment of this podcast all about our live experience at the 342nd Vienna Derby, the octogenarian Italian superfan who went viral and the Uzbek club that could soon be put out of business by former player Rivaldo, join us at patreon.com/sweeperpod. RUNNING ORDER: 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - Beşiktaş dismiss Emirhan Delibaş for Bumble profile 04:55 - Funny footballer sackings 08:15 - Dylan Connolly invited to play in OFC Champions League via Facebook 13:10 - Round-up of the preliminary round action in Tonga 16:35 - The draw for the CONIFA World Football Cup in Kurdistan 24:22 - Eritrea & Seychelles already out of AFCON 2025 27:28 - Paul accused of butchering the Icelandic language 28:50 - Football groundhop recommendations across Europe 32:24 - Bonus pod teaser

A first look ahead to the 2020 CONIFA World Football Cup in Skopje, North Macedonia. Sascha Duerkop, CONIFA General Secretary, gives us an introduction to the world of non-FIFA football, before Gabriel Stauring of Darfur United shares a captivating against-all-odds tale from the refugee camps of Chad.

Panjab FA lost 2-0 to Padania at the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. Despite being ranked No.1 in the world, Panjab were somewhat the underdogs. Whereas many felt Padania the number two side had a slight edge. DESIblitz highlights the all-important quarter-final tie

This time around on Ramble Meets, Luke spends an hour with Paul Watson, author, traveller and football coach whose experiences have seen him set up a football league on the tiny Pacific island of Pohnpei, run a professional club in Mongolia, and also take responsibility for organising the CONIFA World Football Cup, a tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unrecognised by FIFA.In this revealing interview, Paul recounts tales of a life less ordinary travelling around the world on his footballing mission, the characters he's met along the way, and what the future holds for his many projects.To purchase Paul's book about his time in Micronesia (and we heartily recommend you do!), search for Up Pohnpei! in all good bookshops. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Justin Walley has enjoyed a footballing odyssey like few others. As well as attending six World Cups, six European Championships, two Copa Americas, and having lived in eight different countries and visited 125, he has founded a football club in Latvia and developed a successful women's team there. He's since joined CONIFA and managed an international team, before taking Matabeleland to the CONIFA World Football Cup against the hair-raising tale of being in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe's regime fell.

We talk to Justin Walley, who's chronicled his time managing the Matabeleland team to the CONIFA World Football Cup in 2018. His fascinating book "One Football, No Nets" contains some incredible stories of coaching under the watchful eye of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. We also discuss groundhopping in Latvia, where Justin has also coached and even established clubs.

On The Gist, the return of In Search Of hosted by Zachary Quinto, which used to be hosted by Leonard Nimoy, made us notice all the times actors have filled the shoes of others through multiple different reboots. The FIFA World Cup is great, but only the ConIFA World Football Cup has competitors from Székely Land, Abkhazia, and the County of Nice. Slate’s Josh Keating wrote the book on Invisible Countries, those tiny nation-states with little recognition but great stories to tell.  In the Spiel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Joe Crowley in the recent Democratic primary race for Congress. Many commentators have called her authentic, but does that word have any actual meaning? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Gist, the return of In Search Of hosted by Zachary Quinto, which used to be hosted by Leonard Nimoy, made us notice all the times actors have filled the shoes of others through multiple different reboots. The FIFA World Cup is great, but only the ConIFA World Football Cup has competitors from Székely Land, Abkhazia, and the County of Nice. Slate’s Josh Keating wrote the book on Invisible Countries, those tiny nation-states with little recognition but great stories to tell.  In the Spiel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Joe Crowley in the recent Democratic primary race for Congress. Many commentators have called her authentic, but does that word have any actual meaning? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Southpaws gets international and phones in Sarah Leach (@HiggsSearcher/@trulytrite) from London! Sarah has been in the stands for the CONIFA World Football Cup, an event organized for unrecognized, contested, or unaffiliated countries and regions to honor their soccer tradition. Note: Please forgive some audio issues involved with latency resulting from cross Atlantic Internet connections!

Croatia's Davor Suker and Belgium's Kevin de Bruyne look ahead to Russia 2018. We speak to the former South Africa international Matthew Booth about his time playing in the Russian Premier League. And we meet the teams and players unrecognised by FIFA, as they compete in the CONIFA World Football Cup. Photo: Davor Suker at the 1998 World Cup (Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin: we've seen him shirtless on horseback, wielding a hockey stick, and maneuvering for global domination. But how does Putin's Russia really feel about football? Host David Goldblatt talks with Russian journalist Sasha Goryunov about what the West misunderstands about the 2018 World Cup host country. Plus, we preview the tournament, visit the CONIFA World Football Cup of unrecognized nations, and welcome two new cohosts to the show.

Iain Macintosh, comedian Mark Watson and Conifa president Per-Anders Blind update us on the progress of Cascadia, Padania et al as the Conifa World Football Cup enters the knockout phase. Plus, the green card makes its debut, the greatest Essex XI, and all you needed to know about reindeer herding

We go along to a very different kind of football tournament as we visit the CONIFA World Football Cup in London and speak to one of its media partners, Away Day Neutrals, to learn more about the tournament.

It's the eve of the biggest international football tournament you've never heard of. Iain Macintosh is your guide as we tell you everything you need to know about the 2018 Conifa World Football Cup - the participants from places like Tibet, Cascadia and Matabeleland; the rule changes; and why Yorkshire may be the team to watch in the future

In which JP & Zippy join forces once again to discuss Timbers, Thorns, and T2. We also chat about ConIFA World Football Cup. GOJ delivers his latest installment of the United Cats of Ameowica (New Hampshire). Oh, and has Zippy ever told you about his travels? 0-11 Africa Talk 11-45 Timbers talk (mostly) 48 Zippy rants about time zones 50 intermission 52 Thorns talk, live from a bowling alley 1:04 T2 1:12 ConIFA 1:33 United Cats of Ameowica Please e-mail us at soccertouchdown@gmail.com, tweet or insta @soccertouchdown, and we're probably on facebook too.

Jorge Arangure of Vice Sports joins to discuss his reporting on the case, filed Friday in Texas, that could upend everything from pay-to-play to MLS’s single entity status. Plus: Abkhazia, world champs? George and Bobby talk to Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times, who reported on the CONIFA World Football Cup. And in Tiki Talka, George answers a listener’s questions about how we make the magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices