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⚽️ Kick-off time: 4pm local/6pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot This is the first game of day 21 at the World Cup , with USA v Bosnia and Herzegovina to follow. Ach, who am I kidding. Belgium had just beaten New Zealand 5-1 to secure top spot in Group G and, at least in theory, an easier last-32 draw, but Rudi Garcia was evidently irked. In response to the first …

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Archie Rhind-Tutt and Dan Bardell as France breeze past Sweden and Haaland wins it late for Norway Continue reading...

Forest had June break clause in Pereira’s contract Glasner will be club’s fifth coach in less than a year Nottingham Forest will make Oliver Glasner their fifth head coach in less than a year after sacking Vítor Pereira. Forest were offered the chance to appoint Glasner on a three-year contract after he left Crystal Palace at the end of the season and felt it too good an opportunity to turn down.…

Operation concerns ‘unauthorised favours’ in host cities Bribery involving tickets is suspected, Bild reports Police in Germany have raided the national football federation headquarters and other sites across the country as part of an investigation into alleged corruption involving “unauthorised favours” linked to the 2024 European Championship . The case focuses on accusations that employees of …

The Indiana Fever star’s so-called fans are intent on casting her as a victim. The narrative is an injustice to the guard and her fellow players Sign up to get WNBA 30 in your inbox every Tuesday When Caitlin Clark entered the WNBA she brought along an audience unlike any the league had ever seen: millions of casual fans who weren’t necessarily interested in women’s basketball, but were nonethele…

Over-by-over report from the match at Chester Le Street Joe Root stands alone after Stokes leaves the scene | Email James India : Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c) Tilak Varma, Harshit Rana, Shivan Duber, Axar Patel, Ravid Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Charkravarthy. Shreyas Iyer says its his second series as captain and he’s excited. The Ireland series is histor…

The Bayern Munich forward is yet to score at this World Cup but his style and assists are bringing joy back home By Get French Football News “Go on, feel free to find the issues,” Didier Deschamps challenged journalists after his team sliced Sweden apart to qualify for the last 16 . “Not everything should be rose-tinted, we shouldn’t get carried away,” he said. A day on from the match, though, th…

Brother of Calais Campbell charged with murder Police found Campbell’s mother dead in Atlanta Family asks for privacy after mother’s death The brother of NFL player Calais Campbell has been charged with murder after police found their 71-year-old mother dead at a home in Atlanta during a welfare check. Arrest warrants say Nateal Campbell’s throat was cut and Ciarre Campbell was found in possessio…

33-year-old returns to face South Africa at the Oval ‘I’ve been put through my recovery paces’ Nat Sciver-Brunt will return to captain England in their T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa at the Oval after being “put through my recovery paces”. The 33-year-old missed the last three matches of the group stages after retiring hurt against Ireland with a recurrence of the calf injury she s…

Despite a softening of his cutting edge and an international career defined by near misses, the forward is expected to cause problems for Australia It was fitting that it was Mo Salah who scored to put Egypt ahead in their World Cup match against New Zealand a little over a week ago. The Pharaohs, for all their achievements in Africa, had never won a World Cup match. Fighting back from 1-0 down t…

⚽️ Kick-off time: 12pm local/1pm EDT/5pm BST/1am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Scott Here’s how the Democratic Republic of the Congo plotted their way through Group K. A first-ever World Cup finals goal, a first-ever World Cup finals point, and then on from there. A reminder of how England made their way through Group L. They weren’t the best of times, neither were they…

The team time trial returns as this year’s Tour starts in Barcelona for the first time in its history The first team time trial since 2019, past many of Barcelona’s prime tourist sites – La Rambla, Sagrada Familia – but with a novel format: riders’ times will be taken individually at the uphill finish. So rather than trying to finish four or five riders together, teams will wear out non-climbers …

In this week’s newsletter we speak to the Lionesses’ record scorer, who has been inducted to the hall of fame at the National Football Museum For a generation of England fans she was the talismanic striker the nation could always rely on to find the net at a major tournament, scoring a record 52 goals for the Lionesses across her 113 caps. But now that it is her turn to live through the stress an…

Liv Apps thoroughly deserves the top award after an impressive campaign, with her Saracens coach, Alex Austerberry, also excelling 1. Liv Apps Thoroughly deserved PWR player of the season. The No 9 has been Saracens’ standout player in an impressive campaign and her playing relationship with her half-back partner Zoe Harrison has made the team tick. 2. Meg Jones The England captain steered Trailf…

On the eve of their last-32 date with Austria, Spain’s unassuming midfielder on team spirit and finding his rhythm after injury At the Embassy Suites on Broad Street, downtown Chattanooga, the vans have pulled out for the last time. The day before departure, like every day, a small crowd of kids had climbed barriers and trees trying to get a glimpse of Spain’s players. A girl stood on a ladder an…