PRESS RELEASES
Road to the World Football Cup 2020: July and August
With the Darfur United Men’s Team’s place in the World Football Cup secured, the team is beginning its 11-month preparation ahead of the tournament’s start in Somaliland in June 2020.
read moreDarfur United qualifies for World Football Cup 2020
Darfur United is excited to announce its Men’s Team will return to the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) World Football Cup in June 2020.
read moreThe Pacific’s Cascadia to play Darfur United in first all-CONIFA Men’s soccer match in North America
In the first match of a home-and-away series, Cascadia Association Football Federation will host the Darfur United men’s soccer team at French Field in Kent, WA on July 27 at 1pm.
read moreThe First-ever Soccer Team for Darfuri Refugee Women to be Created Fall 2018
Los Angeles, California, USA / Refugee Camp Djabal, Goz Beida, Chad - This coming fall in eastern Chad, iACT will organize the first-ever Darfur United Women’s Team (DUWT), an all-refugee soccer team representing Darfur, Sudan, and the women who tirelessly hold the...
read moreThe Darfur United Men’s Soccer Team will be holding tryouts in Los Angeles on July 28-29, 2018
The Darfur United Men’s Soccer Team will be holding tryouts in Los Angeles on July 28-29, 2018. Experienced and skilled Darfuri soccer players, born in Darfur, Sudan, or elsewhere to Darfuri parents, are welcome to participate. The two-day tryouts will be an...
read more2017 Darfur United Men’s Soccer Training Camp Östersund, Sweden
Who - The Darfur United Men’s Team (DU) is an all-refugee soccer team, originally formed from twelve refugee camps in eastern Chad. These camps currently host over 360,000 displaced people from Darfur. There will be new players trying out for the team at this year’s...
read moreInternational Human Rights Day Commemoration Darfur United vs. Matabeleland Select
Following the success of CONIFA’s charity football match in Tottenham on April 9, 2017, during which CONIFA and the World Health Organization advocated to spread awareness and spur action to help end the horrible draught in Somalia, CONIFA has planned its next...
read moreOfficial Partnership between ÖFK and Darfur United: The Zero Point One Initiative
Östersund FK (ÖFK), a professional Swedish football club located in Östersund, Sweden, has officially partnered with Darfur United (DU). ÖFK players and staff members have promised to donate a percentage of their salaries to iACT through the Zero Point One campaign,...
read moreDarfur United to Play in Inaugural World Unity Cup, 25-29 August 2016
Download a pdf version of this press release for the US or the UK. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie-Jay Scott ktj@iactivism.org +1 310 738 0285 Celebrating the joy of bringing people together through the most beautiful of games: football HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA...
read moreInaugural World Unity Cup, August 25-29, 2016
Download this press release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie-Jay Scott ktj@iactivism.org +1 310 738 0285 Celebrating the joy of bringing people together through the most beautiful of games: football. London, England: Announcing the first-ever World Unity...
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