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FOOTBALL: The incredible story of Marcus Rashford
The 23-year-old Mancunian striker, Marcus Rashford, who scored 24 goals and 8 assists in 2020, had a very difficult childhood.Coming from a family whose living conditions were very difficult, Marcus Rashford was inspired by his mother in patience and endurance. Today, the Mancunian striker makes the fight against poverty one of his priorities.
In a documentary released on Monday 21 December 2020 by the BBC, Marcus Rashford recalled his childhood, a real ordeal that will always remain etched in his memory. “There were times when there was no food, so you were just going to sleep. The people closest to me knew the situation my family and I were going through, but not my teammates or my coaches.”
This difficult childhood motivated Marcus Rashford to commit himself to providing free school meals in England during the holidays and other aids to low-income families. The English attacker would no longer want to see a child have food problems where a family finds itself in a situation of acute precarity to the point of not having to eat. A situation he had experienced for several years: “Sometimes we didn’t even have a piece of bread.” ,” he said, recalling those moments.
Her mother, Mel, who had five children to feed, had several jobs to meet the family’s primary needs. She was a cashier at a bookie’s and, on the raid, worked as a housewife at a store. On weekends, she would do the dishes, hoping for a small salary.In spite of these revenues, Mel says that he often did not have enough food for everyone.So she gave to the kids and tried to fend for herself.
Rashford speaks of his mother with great pride, rejoicing in the values she instilled in him. That is why, outside the football field, he intends to invest himself fully in the cause of disadvantaged children. A cause for which he has received several accolades: he was named MBE in the list of Queen’s Birthday Honours, he was awarded twice at the Best Fifa Football Awards and as the sports personality of the year by BBC Sports, and he was put on the annual list of black personalities in football.
Marcus Rashford joined Manchester United at the age of seven and today, he is a key offensive asset for current manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. He found luxurious accommodation for his family near Wythenshawe, a district south of Manchester with nearly 66,000 inhabitants. Her mother says she can’t stop crying when she’s thinking about those times.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has just unveiled the emblem and the official poster of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, Morocco 2024. A symbolic launch that embodies the renewal and growing ambition of women’s football in Africa.
This is a new milestone for African women’s football. This Wednesday, JUNE 11, 2025, the CAF revealed the visual identity of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, which will be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025. Through this modern and powerful emblem, the CAF intends to reflect the growing prestige of the tournament, while paying tribute to the cultural richness of the host country, Morocco, and the diversity of women’s football on the continent.
Morocco, the host country of the previous edition in 2022, had already made an impression by hosting a high-caliber competition, crowned by record attendance and an internationally acclaimed organization. The 2025 edition therefore promises to take things up a notch, both in terms of sports and media.
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Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Partenariat: La FIF et le Groupe Carré D’Or ensemble pour la promotion du football Ivoirien
La Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) et le Groupe Carré D’Or ont conclu, ce vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à Novotel Plateau, un accord de partenariat en vue du développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire.
Leader de l’agro-industrie en Côte d’Ivoire depuis la fin des années 90, le Groupe Carré D’Or vient de s’ajouter à la liste des entreprises citoyennes partenaires de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) dans sa mission de développer le football en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce vendredi en effet, à Novotel Plateau, son Directeur Exécutif M. Khalil Ezzedine et le Président de la FIF M. Yacine Idriss Diallo, ont paraphé devant une parterre d’invité constitué de chefs d’entreprises, de légendes du football Ivoirien, de dirigeants sportifs et des médias, un accord de partenariat.
« Au Groupe Carré D’Or, nous avons une politique sportive très développée. Depuis plusieurs années en effet, nous partageons notre passion du port avec les Ivoiriens, sur le plan organisationnel et du sponsoring. Pour nous, sceller un partenariat avec la FIF un fait naturel. Nous sommes donc heureux de soutenir les Éléphants et dans le même temps le championnat national. C’est un réel plaisir de nous associer à la FIF dans sa mission de développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire et à participer à l’encadrement de la jeunesse Ivoirienne », explique le patron du Groupe Carré d’Or.
Pour sa part, le Président de la FIF, M. Yacine Idriss Diallo s’est réjouit de cette union avec le Groupe Carré d’Or.« Notre mission est d’encadrer la jeunesse à travers la mise en place d’une organisation efficiente pour que le football ivoirien aille de l’avant. Et donc dans cette mission là, avoir à ses côtés des entreprises symboliques comme le Groupe Carré d’Or est une fierté et une grande joie pour nous. Nous allons faire tout pour que ce partenariat soit de qualité, qu’il soit gagnant-gagnant sur l’ensemble des produits qui vont être utilisés. Le Groupe Carré d’Or sera donc à nos côtés en partie avec les Éléphants mais aussi sur la Ligue 1 et d’autres activités de la fédération. C’est donc une grosse satisfaction pour nous », reconnaît le Président de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football.
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