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One of the summer's biggest potential transfers has made his intentions known.Speaking after Argentina's 2-0 win over Austria on Monday, Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez told assembled media he wants a transfer from the La Liga side, saying, according to an ESPN translation, "I think the best thing for everyone is a transfer. I want to...
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Argentina forward wants to 'fulfil dream' by departingBarcelona, Real Madrid and PSG linked with 26-year-oldJulián Alvarez has said he wants to leave Atlético Madrid to "fulfil his dream” following reported interest from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain."I spoke with people at the club [Atlético], with those I had to...
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Vinyl has baffled youngsters at the team's hotel but spells of opening victory against Croatia showed side in the grooveInside the foyer of the England team hotel in Kansas City, along with the TV screens that show the World Cup matches, there is an anachronism. It is a record player and it is worth reporting there were younger members of the squad...
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Win over Ghana could secure top spot in the group'We dropped too deep,' Tuchel says of Croatia openerThomas Tuchel believes England were given a wake-up call by Croatia and must focus on improving their defensive structure as the World Cup progresses.England will qualify for the knockout stages from Group L with a game to spare if they beat Ghana...
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Heavy rain and an approaching thunderstorm delayed the second half of France's World Cup match against Iraq on Monday, forcing thousands of fans to seek shelter in the first weather-related disruption of the tournament. The stoppage came as severe weather also threatened another fixture in nearby New Jersey.
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️ World Cup kick-off: 8pm ET/1am BST/10am AEST️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Jeff12 min Fox commentators Ian Darke and Landon Donovan vouch for the quality of the pitch, with Donovan saying it is adequately slick for an attacker-friendly game.Norway already looking to their bench and signaling about a potentially necessary...
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Dylan Cease takes the mound for the Blue Jays as they open a three-game series against Hunter Brown and the Houston Astros in Toronto on Monday. Watch the game live on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+, and follow along on our live MLB tracker, starting at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
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Champions expected to make an approach for forwardFee could be around £100m for Villa's England playerArsenal are expected to make an approach to sign Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa after identifying the England forward as their primary transfer target this summer.The Premier League champions want to strengthen Mikel Arteta's squad and are hopeful...
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Things are changing for four-time All-Star Brady Tkachuk.Not only did this weekend see the former Ottawa Senators captain traded away from the only NHL team he has known in his eight-year career and to the Florida Panthers, but when the puck drops on the 2026-27 season, he'll have a new number on his back.
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When Rob Notenboom first got involved with Canadian soccer supporters group the Voyageurs around 2005, he had no idea what it would grow into. Now the president of the organization, he says fans have embraced the men’s national team during the World Cup in a way that’s exceeded his “wildest expectations.”
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Rade Bogdanovic made comments on public broadcasterFormer player and broadcaster apologises for statementThe former Yugoslavia and Atlético Madrid striker Rade Bogdanovic has sparked controversy on Serbian TV after saying that "Black players lack concentration beyond 60 to 80 minutes” during the Belgium v Iran World Cup match.Bogdanovic, 56,...
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Draper defeats Marcos Giron 6-4, 7-6 (5) in first roundMurray in player box alongside fellow coach TrotmanAn amusing question at the beginning of this new, hopeful chapter in Jack Draper's career was tendered to the 24-year-old without hesitation before his return to competition in Eastbourne this week. In the heat of a dispiriting, stressful...
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French media outlet distanced itself from criticism of Doku's plan to fly back from World Cup for birth of first childThe French media outlet L'Équipe has apologised to the Belgian footballer Jérémy Doku after he was criticised by one of its pundits for saying he would leave the World Cup to be present at the birth of his first child.The Belgian...
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Lionel Messi is now the all-time top scorer in World Cup history, after scoring twice Monday against Austria in the 2026 World Cup. His first match, where he scored a hat-trick against Algeria, saw some online controversy. According to internet users, Algerian fans allegedly targeted him with an aggressive chant, calling Messi the "enemy of Allah"...
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️ World Cup kick-off: 5pm ET/10pm BST/7am AEST️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email TimAnd here's our reporter at the game, Paul MacInnes. "Ground already packed for a match that has been highly anticipated in Philly,” he writes. "The French are here is big numbers (I followed a load of them to the ground today) but the Iraqi...
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It had to be Lionel Messi, it had to be on this day and perhaps it even needed to be in Dallas too. History was created in the way he knows best, a clinical left-footed flourish setting him out on his own as the World Cup's highest goalscorer of all time. An occasion that already throbbed with an epic, cinematic quality had its moment for the ages...
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Argentina defeated Austria 2-0 in Arlington, Texas, with Lionel Messi scoring twice to become the all-time leading goal-scorer in World Cup history. The 38-year-old Argentine legend broke Miroslav Klose's record of 16 goals, cementing his status as one of football's greatest players. With two victories from two matches, Argentina have...
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Pet in a replica shirt is unofficial mascot of the World CupMerlin's owner, Karla Gómez, says it was 'an honour'Merlin, the pet duck in a mini Mexico shirt who has become a viral sensation and an unofficial mascot of the World Cup, met Mexico's president on Monday.The duck waddled on to the stage at the start of Claudia Sheinbaum's...
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Carlos Queiroz's squad hope to repeat the form that almost made Ghana the first African team to reach the semi-finalsAntoine Semenyo was only 10 years old when Ghana came within a Luis Suárez handball of becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. The Manchester City forward can still vividly recall the emotions...
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France face Iraq in a crucial Group I clash at Philadelphia's stadium, but severe thunderstorms could potentially force a postponement of kick-off. The French, fresh from a commanding 3-1 victory over Senegal, can secure their place in the last 32 with another win. Follow our live coverage.
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Head coach wants players to use energy in the right spaces and is also getting the best out of an in-form Harry KaneIt didn't take long for one wag in the travelling England caravan to come up with a deeply inappropriate nickname for that jazzed-up high-energy start to the second-half performance in Dallas last Wednesday. That name...
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Caluori, Fisilau, Janse van Rensburg, Sela, Kloska selectedFin Smith says he had to 'fake' confidence after Lions tourAt some stage there will be better times ahead for English rugby. They have an encouraging amount of young talent, a decent age profile and another 15 months to develop prior to the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Get it right – and they...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Anyone brave enough to predict the Geopolitics World Cup knockout bracket before the tournament would have clocked that Argentina could meet Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay in the last 32 and thought: "Cor, that'll be fun”. But nothing seems to be very fun for the two-time winners at the moment. After...
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Miguel Almirón's dismissal was unusual but there's nothing new about players losing their cool on the biggest stageAfter a fairly pedestrian first half of the opening match of the 2026 World Cup, the game burst into life in the second period. South Africa midfielder Sphephelo Sithole, who had been at fault for Mexico's opening goal, compounded his...
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There are twice as many teams from Caf at this World Cup than in 2022, but their results so far have been hit and miss• Predict the winner | Daily podcast | Download our appOn Monday evening local time at New York New Jersey Stadium, Senegal will face Norway in a game that is not only crucial in terms of who qualifies from Group I, but will go a...
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'No compelling justification' for not submitting a sample'Unpredictable testing is essential to protect clean sport'Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon singles champion, has been banned from professional sport for four years after she refused an anti-doping test.According to an independent tribunal, Vondrousova provided "no compelling...
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️ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm ET/6pm BST/3am Mon AEST️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail DominicA Messi-related email has landed from David Wall:I've got to take issue with your description of Messi's hat-trick in the opening game as brilliant. I'll give you the third was high quality but the other two were pretty much chucked in by...
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As Michael Grange writes, the easy part of the Raptors’ off-season is over with after they locked up head coach Darko Rajakovic and lead executive Bobby Webster.Now comes the hard part, figuring out how to transition the roster from being “pretty good” to “actually good.”
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Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test, even though the Czech player cited "mental stress" and fear when the testing agent "rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves."
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Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test — even though the Czech player cited "mental stress” and fear when the testing agent "rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves.”
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The major winner has rebuilt both his swing and confidence and learned to function without the approval of the massesOn the evening before he won the US Open for a second time in four years, Wyndham Clark marched up the 18th fairway at Shinnecock Hills to put the finishing touches on a third round that would leave him six shots clear of the field....
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With Stokes now 35, the ECB needs to identify rising talents with the capacity to be serious people, not just young men having fun with their matesIf we learned one thing at the Oval last week, it is that this England team really needs Ben Stokes. So it came as a relief when, a couple of hours after the second Test against New Zealand ended in...
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He is France's most successful football manager, and is looking to win a second World Cup with his team for his last year as the French national coach. But who is Didier Deschamps? FRANCE 24's Aurore Cloé Dupuis went to ask Deschamps' friends and former coach.
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