Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez was the hero after saving penalties from Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis before Lautaro Martinez scored the winning spot kick to secure them a 4-3 shootout win over the Netherlands on Friday after their World Cup quarter-final finished 2-2 after 120 minutes. In a scrappy half-hour of extra time with […]
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Ruthless England defeated Senegal 3-0 to set up a quarter-final with defending champions France at the Qatar World Cup. Senegal had started the game well and had the better of the first 30 minutes, creating a couple of good opportunities and limiting England to very little in attack. In the 31st minute Senegal had a […]
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France beat Poland 3-1 to keep their dreams of winning back-to-back World Cups alive. It was a game that saw two players reach historic milestones. Olivier Giroud became France’s outright all-time top scorer and Kylian Mbappe scored two brilliant goals before Poland got a consolation goal from a Robert Lewandowski penalty in the final minute. […]
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Morocco jeopardised Belgium’s World Cup hopes as Abdelhamid Sabiri and Zakaria Aboukhlal’s late goals secured a surprise 2-0 victory in Doha on Sunday. Belgium, third in Russia four years ago, could have qualified for the last 16 with victory but instead produced another insipid display after their fortunate opening win over Canada. Substitute Sabiri was […]
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In form Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has won the men’s Ballon d’Or for 2022. The 34-year-old managed 44 goals in 46 matches last season as Real won the Champions League, another LaLiga title along with the Spanish and European Super Cups. Benzema was crowned in a ceremony in Paris ahead of Sadio Mane in […]
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Chelsea co-owner, Todd Boehly, has revealed the real reason why Thomas Tuchel was relieved of his duties at Chelsea. Boehly said he sacked manager Thomas Tuchel because of the German’s unwillingness to buy into a shared vision. Recall that Boehly, along with co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Jose E. Feliciano, had made the shock decision to […]
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Ace Nigerian runner, Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 meters hurdles at the 2022 Diamond League in Zurich. Amusan clinched the trophy on Thursday evening after she got to the finish line in 12.29 seconds to successfully defend her Diamond League title. Tia Jones of USA came second in 12.40s while Jamaica’s Britany Anderson […]
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Liverpool were on Wednesday night humiliated by Napoli in their first Champions League Group A game. Jurgen Klopp’s men were 3-0 down at half time but it could easily have been more as Alisson saved a penalty and Virgil van Dijk made a goalline block. Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead from the spot in the […]
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Following an abysmal start to the season, Chelsea have sacked head coach Thomas Tuchel just six matches into the Premier League season. Chelsea are expected to approach Brighton later on Wednesday for permission to speak to Graham Potter and are also keen to speak to Mauricio Pochettino and Zinedine Zidane, who are both out of […]
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Kylian Mbappe scored a brace to help PSG defeat Juventus 2-1 at the Parc Des Princes on Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League. The French striker put the host in front as early as the fourth minute with a right-footed strike from the left-side side of the box. He would later double the lead […]
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