by Toplica | Jan 9, 2019 | English, News, Sport
I recently became aware of a defender playing his football in Kosovo who appeared to be English. Now Kosovo have only been part of UEFA and FIFA since 2016 so it seems unlikely that an Englishman has played in the country before. The player is Guri Hana, a 17-year-old...
by Toplica | Dec 21, 2018 | Community, English, Featured, News, Sport
The forward on the goals that led to Mourinho’s sacking, wanting to play more and his relationship with Switzerland and Kosovo. “Big Shaq in the building,” boomed Virgil van Dijk as Liverpool’s victorious players returned to their changing room on Sunday....
by Toplica | Dec 17, 2018 | Community, English, Featured, News, Sport
They lived in constant fear in Pristina, where the Sheffield Wednesday was born before fleeing the conflict with his parents to Austria. After the bloodshed of independence from Serbia, every game of football as a country is a celebration. So hosting England and...
by Toplica | Dec 5, 2018 | English, News, Sport
England’s visit to Kosovo in the Euro 2020 qualifiers will be “the biggest event in the history of football” c, their coach Bernard Challandes said after Sunday’s draw. “When England come to Pristina it will be the biggest event in the history of football in Kosovo,”...
by Toplica | Nov 9, 2018 | English, News, Sport
Kosovo took two golds and one silver medal on day one of the International Judo Federation Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as Olympic champion Majlinda Kelmendi climbed back to the top of the podium. Five weight categories were contested at the Uzbekistan Sports...
by Toplica | Nov 5, 2018 | English, News, Sport
Nemanja Matic says he will not wear a poppy on his Manchester United shirt because it reminds him of when his village was bombed when he was 12. The bombing, in 1999, was part of a Nato-led offensive to drive out Serbian forces from Kosovo. NATO launched air strikes...
