Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace as Portugal crushed Switzerland 4-0 in the UEFA Nations League in Lisbon on Sunday. Ronaldo netted his two goals in four first-half minutes and had a third ruled offside by the video assistant referee (VAR). The Manchester United striker had set up William Carvalho for the opener with Joao Cancelo…
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Wales crushed war-ravaged Ukraine’s dreams of reaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup after winning the playoff finals 1-0 Sunday. The win ended Wales’s 64-year wait for a place in the World Cup finals. An own goal from Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko, who headed a Gareth Bale free kick into his own net, decided the contest….
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Top-ranked Brazil broke down a stubborn Japanese side with a solitary penalty strike by Neymar to secure a narrow 1-0 win in an international friendly in Tokyo Monday. Neymar’s penalty 13 minutes from time at the Tokyo’s National Stadium took the Paris Saint-Germain striker to within three goals of Pele’s all-time national scoring record. The…
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A sculpture immortalizing French-Algerian footballer Zinedine Zidane’s head butt during the 2006 World Cup final will return to Doha for the upcoming 2022 World Cup, the head of Qatar Museums confirmed Monday. The sculpture was installed and later removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash. The 5-meter bronze work called “Coup de tête” was removed…
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Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has signed a new deal that will keep him at the club until the end of next season, the European champion confirmed Wednesday. The 36-year-old played a key role in Carlo Ancelotti’s side last term as it won the La Liga and Champions League titles. “Real Madrid C. F….
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Portugal and Spain picked up victories in the Nations League on Thursday to set up a battle between the Iberian neighbors for a spot in the Final Four. Portugal took sole possession of the lead in Group 2 of the top-tier League A by defeating the Czech Republic 2-0, while Spain earned a first win…
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Israeli football fans will be allowed to travel to Qatar to watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup, despite an absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the government said. World football’s governing body “FIFA has confirmed that Israeli citizens will be able to enter Qatar during the World Cup and watch games, just like…
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A high-flying Turkish national football team, helmed by German coach Stefan Kuntz, visits Luxembourg for its third UEFA Nations League match Saturday. The Crescent-Stars have made an impressive start to their 2022-23 Nations League campaign. Playing alongside the Faroe Islands, Lithuania and Luxembourg in Turkey tops League C, Group 1, with two wins in two…
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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was voted as men’s player of the year by his fellow professionals in England for the second time, while Chelsea striker Sam Kerr won the women’s award on Thursday. Salah became only the seventh man to win the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) award more than once after a season in which…
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Former France international Alexandre Lacazette returned to Ligue 1 side Lyon on a free transfer five years after he joined Arsenal for a then club-record fee of 46.5 million pounds ($58 million). The 31-year-old striker underwent a medical on Wednesday before signing a three-year contract with the club where he made his name after coming…
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