Saturday 3 December 2022
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Brazil right-back Danilo will also miss Monday’s match against Switzerland
The African champions had opened with a 2-0 loss to the Netherlands.
Goals in the 98th and 101st minutes saw Iran make light of intense political pressure back home.
“I would love to see Ronaldo play in the Saudi league,” said sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal.
Mehdi Taremi denied this week that he and his team-mates were coming under pressure from the Iranian government.
Fifa threatened sporting sanctions, starting at a yellow card for the captains, if the armbands were worn.
Read an extract from ‘The Nearly Men: The Eternal Allure of the Greatest Teams That Failed To Win the World Cup’ by Aidan Williams.
Brighton and Ireland’s 18-year-old star, Evan Ferguson, staying focused as he bids to forge successful career.
Coach Tite insisted that his talisman will be fir for the rest of the tournament.
The Tottenham striker scored both goals as Brazil ran out 2-0 winners at Lusail Stadium.
The 2022 SSE Airtricity Women’s National League Awards took place at the Gibson Hotel.
He is charged with having ‘tarnished the reputation of the national team and spread propaganda against the state’.
He overtakes Pele and Germans Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose, who all scored in four World Cups.
The Liverpool star missed his side’s best chance in a 0-0 draw.
Darwin Nunez and Son Heung-min could not inspire their respective sides to victory
The former Man City forward has revealed she was forced off air on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old striker reflects on his first taste of senior international football and making an impression on his teammates.
The Belgian star struggled to influence the game against Canada.
Julian Ward assumed duties from his predecessor Michael Edwards
Rovers will enter the WNL season for the first time in 2023.
Switzerland won their opening Group G game 1-0 this morning.
Henderson replaces Gary Cronin as boss of the Midlands club.
The striker suffered a knock to his right ankle in England’s 6-2 win against Iran.
Brazil aiming to avoid shock against Serbia while Portugal talisman has own issues to contend with ahead of Ghana meeting.
A look at how Tostão and other members of the Brazil 1970 World Cup-winning team dealt with their success.
Michy Batshuayi’s first-half goal settled a game Belgium did not deserve to win.
The 18-year-old became Spain’s youngest goalscorer in June.
The OneLove group are looking at their legal options over the FIFA decision to block them wearing the rainbow-coloured bands.
The 2010 champions trounce Costa Rica 7-0 with Barcelona teenagers Gavi and Pedri among those to put on a show.
Under Fifa’s rules, players wearing kit that is not authorised by the governing body could be shown a yellow card.
The Nottingham Forest full-back was told his grandfather had died less than 24 hours before Wales’ opening game.
Yuki Kobayashi has joined the Scottish club on a five-year deal.
Driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, daily cases in the country hit 29,157 on Wednesday.
The Portugal international has been handed a two-game ban and a £50,000 fine.
Japan blew the Group of Death wide open with a 2-1 win at the Khalifa Stadium.
The BBC reported the ex-England international had been suffering from throat cancer.
MUST welcomed news that the unpopular American owners might be on their way out after 17 years of control at Old Trafford.
Germany’s players used the team photo before their game against Japan to protest Fifa’s refusal to allow rainbow-themed armbands.
Bruno Fernandes insists Portugal are “focused 100%” on the World Cup despite the distraction of Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure from Manchester United.
