Category: Sports

* 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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* England’s 10 men hang on after Kane penalty to beat Mexico * Erling Haaland’s second-half double helps Norway stun five-time champions Brazil Maravi Express Ten-man England weathered a Mexico storm at the Azteca Stadium to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the third straight time with a rip-roaring 3-2 victory over the co-hosts on Sunday thanks to a Jude Bellingham double and Harry Kane penalty. While Erling Haaland’s second-half double helped Norway stun five-time winners Brazil in a…

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* Where the colour, noise and energy of football truly come to life, and where the game’s most glorious kings have been crowned * Pele and his third World Cup win; Maradona and his goal of the century — the ultimate moments in the careers of two men lauded in every corner of the globe, both bound by the same setting — the Azteca * Now, for the first time since being eliminated from the 1986 World Cup by…

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* Dive-time world champions Brazil have never beaten Norway in four attempts — drawing two and losing two * This makes Norway the only side the Selecao have faced, but never won against By Phil McNulty, BBC Sport One of the English Premier League’s most gripping personal feuds goes global this Sunday night (22h00) when Brazil face Norway in the World Cup last 16. Norway’s irresistible force of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland comes up against Brazil’s immovable object…

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* To face France on Thursday, who earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Paraguay through Mbappé 70th minute penalty kick * A deja vu meeting between the two after their first in the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup™ Qatar 2022 in which France won 2-0 Maravi Express Morocco became the first African nation to reach the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals more than once after beating co-hosts Canada 3-0 in Houston last night. They have set themselves a date…

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* As the Atlas Lions’ mix of youth and experience face 2026 edition co-hosts Canada in Round of 16 tonight at 19h00 * The only holdovers from that memorable tournament are Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Azzedine Ounahi, Bilal El-Khanouss and the goalkeepers * Despite the ups and downs between the two FIFA World Cups, Morocco have once again risen as the top Arab and African team Maravi Express Morocco’s historic run at the FIFA World Cup™ Qatar 2022 is…

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* Ghana exit with lessons after narrow 0-1 defeat against Colombia Maravi Express Egypt reached the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup™ 2026 FIFA after beating Australia 4-2 on penalties following a tense 1-1 draw  — while Ghana exited with lessons after narrow 0-1 defeat against Colombia. The Pharaohs took an early lead through Emam Ashour, but Australia forced extra time after Mohamed Hany headed into his own net in the second half. Neither side could find…

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