Tiraspol Times & Weekly Review - sports

Tiraspol's FC Sheriff heading to UEFA Champions League

Times staff — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:02:44 -0500

With four goals against Tiligul's zero, FC Sheriff Tiraspol now heads to the UEFA Champions League with four games to spare. Despite neither of them wanting to be part of Moldova, the two teams had to battle it out for supremacy in the Moldovan National League. FC Sheriff has held the title uninterrupted for the past eight years.

The Brazilian invasion: New football player arrives in Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie

Karen Ryan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:42:36 -0500

With the latest arrival of Fred Nelson De Oliveira, Pridnestrovie's capital is feeling the Brazilian invasion on the soccer field. The midfielder is the fifth Brazilian to have signed with FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The team also has contract players from Argentina and a number of African countries.

Pridnestrovie team ranks #137 among world's best football clubs

Karen Ryan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:14:56 -0500

On the latest list of the world's leading football clubs, Pridnestrovie's top team is now number 137. FC Sheriff Tiraspol is just a few spots away from overtaking such teams as Holland's Ajax or Lokomotiv from Moscow. The rankings are published monthly by IFFHS in Germany.

Tiraspol's FC Sheriff eyes UEFA Champions League

Times staff — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:05:14 -0500

FC Sheriff is preparing itself to put Pridnestrovie's name on the map this year. The Tiraspol-based team has set its sights on the UEFA Champions League. To get there, it has hired new players from Argentina, Romania and from within Pridnestrovie itself.

Transnistria's FC Sheriff signs another new player from Argentina

Karen Ryan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:33:26 -0600

Luis Rodriguez is the latest player from Argentina to sign with FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The team already has players from a total of ten different countries. It is the leading football club in Transdniestria (Transnistria, in Romanian).

World record longest winning streak for FC Sheriff Tiraspol

Times staff — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:44:45 -0600

Tiraspol's leading football club, FC Sheriff, currently holds the ecord for the longest winning streak of any team in the world. That is reported by FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football. The previous record was held by Luxembourg, a country only half the size of Pridnestrovie.

UEFA Champions League dreams go Cold Turkey for Pridnestrovie

Times staff — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:32:39 -0500

Pridnestrovie's dreams of the UEFA Champions League have gone "cold Turkey". On Wednesday, Turkey's Besiktas soccer club beat FC Sheriff Tiraspol 3-0. The international match took place in Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie's capital.

FC Sheriff Tiraspol wins 3-0 in tiny Andorra

Times staff — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:15:22 -0500

Playing in the capital of the independent country of Andorra, Tiraspol's FC Sheriff won 3-0 over the home team. The repeat win came after last week's victory over Andorra in Tiraspol, the capital of Pridnestrovie. Andorra is one of Europe's smallest countries: It fits inside Pridnestrovie nine times.

PMR's female bodybuilders grab gold in Odessa

Karen Ryan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:38:03 -0500

Some of Pridnestrovie's women are flexing their muscles - and bringing home gold medals as a result. In the regional bodybuilding finals in Odessa, PMR took first prize for female body fitness. In May, Tiraspol will host an international bodybuilding tournament.

Regional football champion FC Sheriff turns 10

Times staff — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:49:03 -0500

Tiraspol's leading football club is celebrating its 10th birthday today. Founded on 4 April 1997, the club wasn't sure if it would still live in an independent country ten years later. But to celebrate its staying power (and that of Pridnestrovie) it is now leaving behind its former Moldovan Internet domain.