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The Athletics rallied late, scoring seven runs over the final three frames to seal a 9-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Jeff McNeil and Henry Bolte tallied three hits each, while both Shea Langeliers and Max Muncy added two RBIs in the win.
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The United States face Turkey on Friday in the final Group D matchday, kicking off at 4am CEST from Los Angeles. The USMNT, already qualified, pursue an unbeaten record and top-spot confirmation. Simultaneously in San Francisco, Australia and Paraguay, both on three points, battle for the group's second qualifying berth; a loss might mean...
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️ Kick-off time: 7pm local/10pm EDT/3pm BST/12pm AEST️ Third-place table | Player guide | Tables | And mail Beau️ Follow live coverage of Paraguay v Australia as it happensQuestions for readers:1. Who's your favorite all-time Turkey player? Mine: Hakan Şükür, "the Bull of the Bosphorus.” Continue reading...
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The Oranje bus had better get a move on. A comfortable victory over Tunisia after being sent on their way by a record-equalling 12th own goal of the tournament and further strikes from Brian Brobbey and Jan Paul van Hecke sealed top spot in Group F for the Netherlands ahead of Japan.Their prize is avoiding a meeting with Brazil in the last 32, with...
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Brian Brobbey scored his third goal of the World Cup, the Netherlands got a pair of goals that deflected off Tunisia into its own net, and the Dutch rolled in the rain to a 3-1 victory Thursday night to advance to the knockout stage as the winners of Group F.
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The Netherlands claimed an emphatic 3-1 victory over Tunisia to secure their Group F top spot. The Dutch struck early through an own goal from Ellyes Skhiri and Brian Brobbey's clinical finish, before JP van Hecke added a third to seal the victory. Tunisia's Hamza Mastouri pulled one back, but it proved merely a consolation as the Oranje cruised to...
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Japan and Sweden fought out a dramatic 1-1 draw in Dallas in the final Group F match, leaving the top spot in the hands of the Netherlands. Daichi Maeda gave Japan the lead with a sublime team move, before Alexander Elanga's stunning finish equalised for the Swedes. Japan is set to face Brazil in their Round of 32 while Sweden will await their...
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England midfielder eager to move to Etihad StadiumForest eye Lucas Bergvall as potential replacementManchester City have agreed a deal with Nottingham Forest to sign Elliot Anderson for £116m, a record for a British player.Forest's owner, Evangelos Marinakis, had insisted any deal for Anderson would have to eclipse the £125m Liverpool paid to...
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Côte d'Ivoire surviving the World Cup group stage for the first time, in the year of our football gods 2026, is one of those titbits that sounds like it shouldn't be true, and yet here we are. An underwhelming 2-0 victory over Curaçao, courtesy of Nicolas Pépé's double, put the Ivorians through to the last 32 as Group E runners-up."Celebrate...
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Sí, se puede – yes, we can – was the chant that rang out from the 55,000 Ecuador fans as their team's final group match kicked off. Despite a flat start to their World Cup campaign, there was a genuine belief that an upset against a full-strength Germany was possible. They had no other choice: having been shut out by Eloy Room's heroics for...
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️ Kick-off time: 6pm local/7pm EDT/12am BST/9am AEST️ Third-place table | Player guide | Tables | Mail Bryan️ Follow live updates from Japan v Sweden1 min And off we go! The Netherlands kick off and they will attack from right to left in orange shirts and black shorts, while Tunisia are attacking from left to right in their all-white...
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Anthony Elanga clinched Sweden's place in the last 32 after Daizen Maeda put Japan ahead with a lovely goal"If I have my permutations correct,” begins James Humphries, "Japan battering Sweden would mean Scotland are not quite out yet; but as this occurred to me I was reminded of a mate many years ago, at about six in the morning at a party,...
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Ecuador reached the World Cup last 32 with a shock 2-1 win over Germany on Thursday, while Ivory Coast beat Curacao 2-0 to advance from Group E and eliminate the Caribbean side. Gonzalo Plata scored the late winner after Nilson Angulo cancelled out Leroy Sane's controversial early opener for Germany.
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In a week when another American star on a Canadian team orchestrated his trade back to the United States, Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson said Thursday he won't be influenced by nationality when he picks third in the National Hockey League draft.
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FIFA has rejected calls from Iran and Egypt to ban rainbow flags at their World Cup match in Seattle on Friday, despite both countries objecting to local Pride-themed celebrations linked to the fixture. FIFA says LGBTQ+ flags are permitted at all World Cup games under its Code of Conduct, despite different rules in Qatar's 2022 tournament. While...
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Lineups are being formed across the NHL, and nobody is under more pressure to fill roster gaps than the GM whose team may well be looking at the final stages of the Connor McDavid era.Mark Spector previews the upcoming draft from the Oilers’ perspective.
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Former boxing world champion to appear in court in JulyCordina's WBO bout against Abdullah Mason called offThe former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has been charged with "assault and threatening a person with an offensive weapon” after an incident at a petrol station in a Cardiff suburb in February.The 34-year-old, a two-time IBF...
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Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15 per cent of a team’s salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out additional details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players’ association.
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A mess against Brazil, Steve Clarke's side are in purgatory, hanging around as a faint hope of a place in the last 32 lives onThe sad thing is that in a matter of weeks, this will all have been forgotten. The intensely tribal nature of Scotland's football domain means that a new domestic campaign will lead to scratching, swearing and howling...
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Two of the best forwards in the game face each other in the World Cup on Friday. Their most dramatic contrast is in international football• Golden Boot: World Cup 2026 top goalscorers• All-time World Cup goalscorersNorway v France is arguably the most talent-loaded fixture in the World Cup group stage. Transfermarkt's combined estimated market...
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Shoaib Bashir toiled away – a missed review off his bowling cost England badly – while fans sought escape from the heatA series that started just three weeks ago amid sweaters, stormclouds and a flood of wickets at Lord's is reaching boiling point at Trent Bridge. Or at least the people watching it are, the action on the opening day of the...
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Club owe HMRC £1.9m in tax and handed £1.25m penaltyRelates to investigation of transfers under Mike AshleyNewcastle United have been hit with a demand for £3.2m from HM Revenue and Customs over a "deliberate” failure to pay tax, according to official disclosures that relate to a near decade-long investigation into player transfers under the...
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3rd Test, day one: New Zealand 361-4Latham and Conway share 317-run opening standBen Stokes cut a relieved figure when his press conference before this third Test against New Zealand belatedly veered away from his recent absence for disciplinary reasons and into his favourite memories of Trent Bridge.The Ashes-sealing win in 2015 was the first that...
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️ World Cup kick-off: 4pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST️ Third-place table | Player guide | And email SarahThis will be the guide to keep your eye on as the games continue:What has been your best moment of the tournament so far? All of the shock results and historic moments are moments I enjoy, including Curaçao's first World Cup point. Email me and...
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️ World Cup kick-off: 4pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST️ Third-place table | Player guide | And email ScottPre-match postbag. "Writing from Ecuador, I can say people are understandably disappointed with how the World Cup has gone so far. After finishing second in qualifying, there was a feeling that this group could achieve something, but we were...
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I savour the memory of playing for Brazil at the 2022 tournament – but it was a privilege that took effortFor a player the World Cup day begins with everyone gathering in the restaurant for breakfast at the scheduled time. Buffet options are determined by the nutritionist, who specifies which food and in what quantities each player can consume....
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Totoa Auvaa will not be disciplined for incident on 8 JuneECB understood to be bemused at lack of actionThe Saracens academy player who triggered the Ben Stokes captaincy crisis by throwing a punch at his England teammate Gus Atkinson has escaped without being disciplined. Totoa Auvaa, a 21-year-old Samoan back-row, will not face formal...
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