6:36 PM ET LUSAIL, Qatar — Brazil captain Dani Alves says Friday’s 1-0 defeat to Cameroon should be a “warning signal” to the team as attention turns to their round of 16 match with South Korea, where they are optimistic Danilo will be available while they continue monitoring Neymar and Alex Sandro‘s fitness. On a
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3:01 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Cristiano Ronaldo was “insulted” by South Korea player Cho Gue-sung as he left the pitch, according to Fernando Santos, as the Portugal coach sought to defend the striker’s frustrated reaction to being substituted. Ronaldo appeared to have a verbal exchange with Cho as he walked towards
4:03 PM ET Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout round for the third successive tournament after prevailing 3-2 over Serbia on Friday to finish runners-up in Group G and set up a round of 16 showdown with Portugal. In a contest that ebbed and flowed at breakneck speed in the first half at Stadium 974,
2:10 PM ET Associated Press The 82-year-old Brazil great Pele was hospitalized on Tuesday in Sao Paulo. ESPN Brazilian fans showed their support for soccer great Pele ahead of the national team’s match against Cameroon at the World Cup on Friday. The 82-year-old Pele, who had a colon tumor removed last year, was hospitalized Tuesday in
4:02 PM ET A late goal by skipper Vincent Aboubakar ended Cameroon‘s 20-year wait for a win at the World Cup as the Indomitable Lions bowed out in style by beating a much-changed Brazil 1-0 at the Lusail Stadium on Friday. With qualification already in the bag after wins over Serbia and Switzerland, Brazil still
2:48 PM ET AL WAKRAH, Qatar – After being eliminated from the World Cup despite a 2-0 win against Ghana on Friday, Uruguay coach Diego Alonso blamed his country’s failure to get out of the group stage on an officiating error in the team’s previous game against Portugal. “We are out because of Portugal’s penalty
12:04 PM ET Aramide Oladipo Uruguay secured a 2-0 win over Ghana but both nations were dumped out of the World Cup after South Korea secured a last-gasp victory against Portugal. A first-half double from Giorgian de Arrascaeta was enough for Uruguay to win the game but they go out of the tournament after scoring
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TEST DI PRESTIGIO CONTRO L’INTER 02/12/2022 20:05 Un’amichevole di prestigio con clima di Serie A per i neroverdi in questa sosta del campionato. Giovedì 29 dicembre alle ore 17, infatti, il Mapei Stadium ospiterà l’amichevole contro l’Inter di Simone Inzaghi. Un’occasione per alzare il livello e riacquistare il ritmo partita. La squadra neroverde è attesa
12:39 PM ET Portland Thorns FC head coach Rhian Wilkinson resigned Friday following one season and a National Women’s Soccer League title. In a lengthy message posted to Twitter, Wilkinson said the players asked for her resignation following an investigation into her conduct as head coach — conduct she said she self-reported to the team’s
12:05 PM ET South Korea scored a remarkable stoppage-time winner against Portugal to secure their progress to the knockout rounds in improbable fashion. It looked as if South Korea would not find the goal they needed to qualify for the round of 16 on goals scored, but Hwang Hee-Chan appeared in the first minute of
11:05 AM ET France defender William Saliba has said he hopes that World Cup favourites Brazil are knocked out of the tournament “as soon as possible.” Brazil and France have advanced to the round of 16 and if Brazil top their group as expected, the earliest stage that both nations could meet is in the
10:02 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has revealed several members of his squad are battling flu symptoms on the eve of their World Cup round-of-16 match against the United States on Saturday. Though all 26 players went through light training on Friday, Van Gaal is fearful of the illness spreading
10:58 AM ET AL WAKRAH, Qatar — John Stones has said England must use the early exits of Germany and Belgium as a warning not to take their World Cup progress for granted. Gareth Southgate’s side face Senegal in Sunday’s round-of-16 clash at Al Bayt Stadium as they aim to build on reaching the World
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9:32 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said that midfielder Christian Pulisic is looking “pretty good” to take part in Saturday’s World Cup round of 16 match against the Netherlands, though he will need confirmation from Friday’s training session. Pulisic is suffering from a pelvic contusion he sustained
7:54 AM ET Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has left the door open to a switch to Belgium following the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Belgium endured a dismal tournament as they failed to advance from Group F, which included Croatia, Morocco and Canada. Head coach Roberto Martinez’s contract was due to expire after this
6:59 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Prosecutors in Madrid will not press charges over racist chanting aimed at Vinicius Junior before the Madrid derby after finding that they “lasted a few seconds” and did not constitute a crime. A group of Atletico Madrid fans were filmed singing “Vinicius, you’re a monkey” outside the Civitas
3:14 AM ET Hansi Flick has labelled Jamal Musiala as the future of German football after saying the country has forgotten how to produce successors to the great players of the past. Germany suffered a group stage elimination for the second successive World Cup after finishing third in Group E despite a 4-2 win against
6:52 PM ET And just when you thought we achieved peak chaos at the World Cup on Wednesday, we had even ups and downs on Thursday. All four teams from Group E — Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, and Spain — were at some point either through to the round of 16 or outright eliminated. Be