Category: Sports

* The win over Egypt came with an edge as the African nation has asked FIFA to kick the officials in charge of their last-16 defeat out of the tournament * The Pharaohs have alleged bias in favour of Argentina and favouritism towards their star player, Lionel Messi By Dale Johnson, BBC Sport Argentina are throwing everything at the defence of their FIFA World Cup™ title — and they have needed to. After being expected to steamroller past Cape…

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* Calm down. We need you. We have an AfCON and another FIFA World Cup™ coming up * Forget about the ‘last dance’ talk and all that — Egypt doesn’t produce a Mohamed Salah every day Maravi Express While he hasn’t revealed his intentions regarding his future with the national team, Mohamed Salah may have played his very last FIFA World Cup™ game on Tuesday night, but not if legendary Egypt forward Mohamed Aboutrika has any say in the…

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* We had the right to win and I don’t want to say ‘hard luck’ to us — no, we leave with honour, but the final result is a far cry from the ‘fair play’ that FIFA talks about * Maybe it’s a marketing thing; maybe they want to keep the reigning World Cup champions to stay in the competition — they want to keep him in the competition Maravi Express Egypt coach Hossam Hassan — along with his…

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* The defending champions are the latest team who have ever been two or more goals down and gone on to win without needing extra time * Belgium were the latest overall against Senegal last week but they needed extra time to complete the job * Argentina will be next in action against either Switzerland or Colombia, who play their last-16 tie from 22h00 this evening Maravi Express Argentina looked to be heading out of the Argentina FIFA World…

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* For all their pedigree, talent and history, Spain have only lifted the World Cup once, in 2010, while Portugal’s best was third place in 1966 Maravi Express Substitute Mikel Merino scored an injury-time winner as European champions Spain beat Iberian rivals Portugal in a tense last-16 encounter to book a place in the World Cup quarter-finals and put an end to Cristiano Ronaldo’s career on football’s biggest stage. The European champions will face Belgium on Friday in Los…

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* There was a sense of injustice within the squad, and we were determined to respond on the field * We told ourselves we had to respond on the pitch. That’s what we did Maravi Express Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said his team felt a “sense of injustice” over United States striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban being suspended by FIFA shortly before their World Cup last-16 match. Balogun, 25, appeared certain to miss the tie in Seattle after being…

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