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Stade Oscar Anthony
Stade Oscar Anthony is a multi-use stadium in Lomé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Étoile Filante de Lomé and AC Merland. The stadium holds 2,000 people. References Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology), ... Buildings and structures in Lomé {{Togo-sports-venue-stub ...
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Stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the ...
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Lomé
Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437Résultats définitifs du RGPH4 au Togo
while there were 1,477,660 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2010 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost point of 's Volta ...
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Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-commu ...
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Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ...
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Étoile Filante De Lomé
Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Étoile, Jura, commune in the Jura department in France * L'Étoile, Somme, commune in the Somme department in France * Marcy-l'Étoile, commune in the Rhône department in France * Montceaux-l'Étoile, commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in France * Massif de l'Étoile, mountain range north of Marseilles * Place de l'Étoile, large road junction in Paris ;Elsewhere * Etoile, Kentucky, United States * Etoile, Texas, United States * Etoile Island, Marshall Islands, Micronesia * Etoile Island (Seychelles), Amirante Islands, Seychelles Music * "L'étoile" (song), a 2016 song by Celine Dion * "Etoile", a 2020 song by OH MY GIRL The arts * Étoile, leading ballet dancer (male or female) in a company ** Danseur Étoile, the highest ra ...
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AC Merland
AC Merlan is a Togolese football club based in Lomé. They play in the top division in Togolese football. Their home stadium is Stade Oscar Anthony Stade Oscar Anthony is a multi-use stadium in Lomé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Étoile Filante de Lomé and AC Merland. The stadium holds 2,000 people. References Oscar Oscar, OSCA .... References External linksOfficial site Football clubs in Togo Football clubs in Lomé Association football clubs established in 1974 1974 establishments in Togo {{Togo-footyclub-stub ...
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Football Venues In Togo
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of Bri ...
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