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ROUND UP: DAY 4 AS IT HAPPENED Another great day of football at St George's Park with four games and 13 goals for the spectators sitting in the sunshine. The opening match of the day saw the Netherlands take on Northern Ireland. After a tight first half, where Northern Ireland defended astutely, it took until the 41st minute for the Netherlands to break through, [more...]

ROUND UP: DAY 3 AS IT HAPPENED Big wins were the main talk of the day, as Russia and Ukraine go through to the Quarter Finals and the Republic of Ireland increase their chances of following them. Russia started the third day of the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships with a comprehensive victory over Portugal. Two goals from Sapiev and one each from Kuligin, [more...]

ROUND UP: DAY 2 AS IT HAPPENED Fourteen goals on the second day of the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships as all of the teams complete their first round fixtures. The second day of competition got underway with Kevin Hensley starring as the USA took on Venezuela. Hensley scored his first after 15 minutes and grabbed another early in the second half to [more...]

ROUND UP: DAY 1AS IT HAPPENED The Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships got off to a flying start, with a dominant victory for the host nation England and wins for Australia and current World Champions Russia. The opening ceremony was attended by, St. George's Park chairman and chief executive David Sheepshanks and Julie Harrington and chief executive of the [more...]

The Local Organising Committee are delighted to confirm that every match at the 2015 CP Football World Championships, being held at St. George's Park from June 16th – 28th, will be streamed live via the tournament website, www.cp2015.com, through our broadcast partners Horizon. To complement this service we will also provide audio [more...]

It is with great regret that the International Federation of CP Football and Local Organising Committee must announce that the Iran team will not be taking part in the 2015 CP Football World Championships starting on June 16th, for reasons beyond our control. The tournament will now be for 15 teams, with Group A operating a [more...]