"Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria achieved 240 Mbit/s in a speed test. Vodacom is a sponsor of many South African sports. In provincial rugby union, they are the sponsors of the Pretoria-based Vodacom Blue Bulls. In football, they sponsor two clubs in the Premier Soccer League: the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. They also sponsor the South African Football Association and the national teams Bafana Bafana (men), Amajita (under 20's), and previously Banyana Banyana (women). However, competitor MTN was one of the sponsors of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. Vodacom also owns the naming rights to several stadiums,"
"Botswana national football team The Botswana national football team, nicknamed 'The Zebras' (Setswana: ""Dipitse"") is the national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they did qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history. Although Botswana have entered the FIFA World Cup preliminary stages five times, it took them nearly eleven years after playing their first match to register their first victory which was a 4–1 victory in the African pre-preliminary qualifying rounds for Germany 2006 against Lesotho. The"
"Several teams from Gauteng play in the country's top-level association football (more commonly referred to as soccer) league, the Premier Soccer League (PSL), including Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. The national squad Bafana Bafana's home stadium is Soccer City in Johannesburg. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first ever world cup held by an African nation, Gauteng's stadia hosted many games. The first ever FIFA world cup match on African soil took place at Soccer City on 11 June 2010. Along with Soccer City, Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Ellis Park Stadium hosted matches in Gauteng. Rugby, or more accurately"
"Cup of Nations, rumours circulated that SAFA had been attempting to attract a high-profile international manager to coach ""Bafana Bafana"" and that former England boss Sven-Göran Eriksson had been targeted. This rumour however has been denied. By failing to register a single goal at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations and by missing out on Germany 2006, local supporters had become increasingly unhappy with the decline in performance of the national team. In light of these poor performances it was decided that the hiring of a more experienced manager was essential. Former World Cup-winner and Brazilian national team coach Carlos"
"Madagascar national football team The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed ""Barea"" (a species of Zebu that is depicted on the country's coat of arms), is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Fédération Malagasy de Football. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup. It will take part in its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. Among its biggest wins was a 1–0 home victory over Egypt in the qualification rounds of the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the country at the time, the team was known as"
"Bafana"" on 20 June 2004 in a 3–0 defeat to Ghana. The high point of his international career was playing at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan where he made a substitute appearance in all three of South Africa's group matches. In total, he accumulated 13 caps scoring one goal. George Koumantarakis Georgios ""George"" Koumantarakis (; born 27 March 1974 in Athens, Greece) is a retired South African football player of Greek descent. He was born in Athens, Greece but grew up in Durban, South Africa. Was top goals scorer in the PSL in 1997.He is mostly"
"team played its first match in 1922 and is one of only four national teams to have taken part in the first three FIFA World Cups, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium. Overall, it has played in seven World Cups had its most successful period during the 1990s, when it reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and was ranked third by FIFA in 1997. The core player of this ""Golden Generation"" was Gheorghe Hagi, who was nicknamed ""the Maradona of the Carpathians."" Other successful players include Iuliu Bodola, Nicolae Dobrin, Dudu Georgescu, Florea Dumitrache, Liță"
"level in 1977. Papua New Guinea is the most decorated nation in international Australian Football, having won the equal most Australian Football International Cup titles (3 - 2008, 2014, 2017) and five medals including 3 silver medals (2002, 2005, 2011), as well as three gold medals at the Arafura Games. The team's nickname is the Mosquitos or ""Mozzies"" (aka Binatangs – local PNG name for small insects, similar to a mosquito). The Mosquito's guernsey has the ""kumul"" (raggiana bird-of-paradise), a national symbol of PNG (and element of the national flag of Papua New Guinea), in the national colours of red,"
"Lebanon women's national football team The Lebanese National Women's Football Team (Arabic: لبنان الوطني لكرة القدم – French: ""Équipe du Liban de football"") represents the Lebanese Republic in international association football competitions. Their official nickname is ""The Cedars"". The team is controlled by Lebanon Football Association (LFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and also the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). The team has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor to the AFC Women's Asian Cup. They are regular participants at the WAFF Women's Championship and claimed third place in the 2007"
"defeat of Mozambique on 11 September 2012. Furman was selected for the final squad of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournament hosted by his home country. In the second group match of the tournament, the Bafana Bafana convincingly defeated Angola 2–0 and Furman was named as Man of the Match. Furman played the full 90 in South Africa's final group game, a 2–2 draw with Morocco, that secured Bafana Bafana top spot in the group and ensured their first passage to the quarter-finals of the competition since 2002. The quarter-final game against Mali on 2 February ended 1–1 after"
"Ivory Coast national football team The Côte d'Ivoire national football team (), nicknamed ""Les Éléphants"" (""The Elephants""), represents Ivory Coast in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF). Until 2005, their greatest accomplishment was winning the 1992 African Cup of Nations against Ghana on penalties at the Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal. Their second success came in the 2015 edition, again defeating Ghana on penalties at the Estadio de Bata in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. The team qualified for three consecutive FIFA World Cups between 2006 and 2014, but has never advanced beyond the group"
"Barbados national football team The Barbados national football team, nicknamed ""Bajan Tridents"", is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semifinal round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2–1 win over Costa"
"The following 20 players were called up for CONCACAF Nations League vs French Guiana in November 2018: ""Matches in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches"" Guyana national football team The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the ""Golden Jaguars"", is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. It is one of three South American nations to be a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF alongside Suriname and French Guiana. Until the independence of Guyana in 1966, it competed as British Guiana. They qualified for the Caribbean Nations Cup in 1991, coming fourth, and in 2007. Guyana"
"of the national flag. The team are nicknamed the ""Blue Ayuyu"". The Ayuyu is the name given in the Mariana Islands to the Coconut crab, also known as the Robber crab. Selected for the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship in Mongolia against Guam, Mongolia, and Macau. <br> The Northern Mariana Islands, although a member of the East Asian Football Federation are not members of FIFA and so are not ranked. Additionally, although associate members of the AFC, they are, as of June 2016, not included on their ranking list of member associations. The team has steadily fallen down the Elo"
"Rwanda national football team The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football. It is controlled by the Rwandese Federation of Association Football (), the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname ""Amavubi"" (Kinyarwanda for ""The Wasps""), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World"
"Guyana national football team The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the ""Golden Jaguars"", is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. It is one of three South American nations to be a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF alongside Suriname and French Guiana. Until the independence of Guyana in 1966, it competed as British Guiana. They qualified for the Caribbean Nations Cup in 1991, coming fourth, and in 2007. Guyana has never qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the FIFA World Cup. Guyana (as British Guiana) played its first international football match on 21 July 1905, a 4–1"
"Papua New Guinea national football team The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Its nickname is the ""Kapuls"", which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus. Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 153, in June 2017. Papua New Guinea had previously left the FIFA rankings, having not competed in a match between July 2007 and August 2011. Their matches at the 2015 Pacific Games saw them return to the rankings, and they competed in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup in June 2016."
"Gabon national football team The Gabon national football team, nicknamed ""Les Panthères"" (The Panthers) or ""Les Brésiliens"" (The Brazilians), is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have qualified seven times (as of 2017) for the Africa Cup of Nations. Gabon made their debut on 13 April 1960 by entering the first Friendship Games (""Jeux de L'Amitié"") tournament, created for French-speaking African countries (a precursor to the modern African Games), held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. In the First Round they were drawn against Upper Volta"
"of their matches and subsequently firing coach Paulo Duarte. Belgian coach Paul Put was announced as new coach in March 2012. Burkina Faso finished first of their group, but lost to Nigeria in the final of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The team is nicknamed ""Les Etalons"", which means ""The Stallions"". It is in reference to the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga. The following players have been selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against Angola on 18 November 2018. <br>""Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2018 after the game against Angola."" The following players"
"to make the group stages. In July 2017, David Bright became manager of the Zebras for the fourth time after the BFA chose not to renew Butler's contract. ""As of 18 November 2018"" Botswana national football team The Botswana national football team, nicknamed 'The Zebras' (Setswana: ""Dipitse"") is the national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they did qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history. Although Botswana have entered the FIFA World Cup preliminary stages five times,"
"following their controversial loss in the final, the team's name was changed to the ""Super Eagles"". Today, only the senior men's national team uses the nickname. The women's national team is called the ""Super Falcons"", and Nigeria's underage male teams are nicknamed the ""Flying Eagles"" & the ""Golden Eaglets"". Many important matches have been played against various nations who have been occasional rivals. Of these nations, Ghana is widely considered Nigeria's primary rival as the two sides have met one another more than any other opponent. The record is dominated by Ghana although Nigeria has enjoyed periods of success. The"
"Ghana national football team The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in international association football and has done so since the 1950s. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is administered by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana and the oldest football association in Africa (founded in 1920). Prior to 1957, the team played as the Gold Coast. Although the team qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006, they had qualified for four Olympic Games Football Tournaments"
"Brunei national football team The Brunei national football team (also known as the Brunei Darussalam national football team) nicknamed ""Tebuan"" (The Wasps), is the national team of the Brunei and is controlled by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. The team was founded in 1959 and joined FIFA in 1969. In the past, they have also frequently featured in the Malaysian league and cup competitions as one of the state representative sides. Brunei Football Association was formed on 15 March 1956 and at that time was known as the Brunei State Football Amateur Association. In 1993, the word ""Amateur"""
"Lebanon squad within the last twelve months. Lebanon women's national football team The Lebanese National Women's Football Team (Arabic: لبنان الوطني لكرة القدم – French: ""Équipe du Liban de football"") represents the Lebanese Republic in international association football competitions. Their official nickname is ""The Cedars"". The team is controlled by Lebanon Football Association (LFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and also the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). The team has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor to the AFC Women's Asian Cup. They are regular participants at the WAFF Women's Championship"
"Burkina Faso national football team The Burkina Faso national football team, is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final. The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978, but it was 1996 before they returned to the biennial tournament. They"
"Antigua and Barbuda national football team The Antigua and Barbuda national football team is the national team of Antigua and Barbuda and is controlled by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football and the Caribbean Football Union. The official nickname of the Antigua and Barbuda national football team is ""The Benna Boys"" due to the indigenous music of the country. The name was selected in a contest with the fanbase in 2012 after the team advanced to the third round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. ""The Benna"
"Honduras national football team The Honduras national football team () nicknamed ""Los Catrachos"", ""La Bicolor"" or ""La H"", is governed by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). To date, the team has qualified three times for the FIFA World Cup, in 1982, 2010 and 2014. Outside the FIFA World Cup tournament, Honduras has competed in several other international continental championships, like the CONCACAF Championship which they won in 1981, and the Copa América championship in which their best result was third place in 2001. Apart from that Honduras has also won the Central American Cup championship four"
"Mauritania national football team The Mauritania national football team (; ) nicknamed Al-Murabitun in reference to Almoravid dynasty, is the national team of Mauritania and is controlled by the Fédération de Football de la République Islamique de Mauritanie and is a member of the Confederation of African Football. They have not qualified for the FIFA World Cup. However, in the Amilcar Cabral Cup, a regional tournament for West Africa, Mauritania came fourth in 1980 on hosting the competition. The national football team of Mauritania were later runners-up in 1995, losing on penalties to Sierra Leone after the final finished 0–0."
"Philippines national football team The Philippines national football team (Filipino: ""Pambansang koponan ng futbol ng Pilipinas"") is the national football team of the Philippines and represents the country in international football. The team is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the governing body of football in the Philippines. Philippines' home grounds are Panaad Stadium in Bacolod, Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan, and the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. The Philippines’ current manager is Sven-Göran Eriksson. Despite being one of the oldest national teams in Asia and has been playing at the international level as early as 1913. Prior"
"national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. Sekondi Hasaacas FC is a Ghanaian professional association football club based in Sekondi-Takoradi. The club won the Ghana Premier League in 1977 and is currently participating in the Division One League following relegation from the 2015-16 Ghana Premier League. The side is the most followed football club in the Western Region, a region of almost 4 million population and is nicknamed Hasmal which comes with the response 'We Go Doo'. The support base of the club is referred to as Council"
"Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed in French ""Les Lions Indomptables"" (The Indomitable Lions or Untameable Lions), is the national team of Cameroon. It is controlled by the ""Fédération Camerounaise de Football"" and has qualified seven times for the FIFA World Cup, more than any other African team (in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014), and they were the only African team to appear at both the 1990 and 1994 tournaments. However, the team has only made it once out of the group stage. They were the first African team to reach the quarter-final"
"have been called up for Burkina Faso in the last 12 months. Burkina Faso national football team The Burkina Faso national football team, is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final. The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978,"
"Guinea national football team The Guinea national football team, nicknamed ""Syli nationale"" (National Elephants), is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was second in 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008, 2015). Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 9 May 1962, losing 2–1 against Togo. In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in"