Marseille, France | AFP | The Euro 2016 quarter finals start Thursday with Cristiano Ronaldo seeking a new step towards his first international title when Portugal take on Poland in Marseille. In the battle of Europe’s top strikers, Poland will be counting on Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski to deaden the …
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Buenos Aires, Argentina | AFP | Like neurotic parents, Argentines swung from criticism to unconditional love for their star footballer Lionel Messi this week, providing the soccer-mad nation’s many therapists with rich material for psychoanalysis. Fans’ frustration at the superstar’s missed penalty in Sunday’s defeat to Chile in the Copa …
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Paris, France | AFP | Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle scored as Italy exacted revenge for their Euro 2012 final hammering by dumping Spain out of Euro 2016 with a deserved 2-0 last 16 win on Monday. The landmark victory set up an epic Italy-Germany quarter final. Italy seal …
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Nice, France | AFP | Iceland’s 2-1 victory over England in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Monday was one of the biggest upsets in the history of world football. Here are five other shocks: USA 1 England 0 – 1950 World Cup Some of the US team had …
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After a hugely successful 2015, where the lads put up a spirited show to win the Elgon Cup, and sail through to win the Africa Rugby Cup 1B, taking 4 wins out of 5 games in total, 2016 was always going to be a more challenging year. Coming off …
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East Rutherford, UNITED STATES | AFP | Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football here Sunday after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was distraught after missing a spot-kick as Chile snatched victory in a …
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East Rutherford, UNITED STATES | AFP | Holders Chile stunned Argentina to win the Copa America Centenario in a penalty shoot-out here Sunday as Lionel Messi’s title curse struck again. Messi blazed a penalty over the bar in the shoot-out before Lucas Biglia missed to leave Chile’s Francisco Silva with …
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Toulouse, FRANCE | AFP | Eden Hazard could eclipse his “difficult” season with Chelsea by taking Euro 2016 by storm, according to Axel Witsel. Hazard struggled to make his mark for Belgium as they finished runner-up place in Group E behind Italy. But in a man-of-the-match performance against Hungary in …
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Paris, France | AFP | Wales beat Northern Ireland 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 on Saturday. Here are five things we learned from the match. Not a classic game, not a classic goal. But @FAWales don’t mind one jot. They’re in dream land! #WALNIR #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/K0h7SMFLxr …
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Group A :Libya, Guinea, DR Congo, Tunisia Group B: Zambia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria Group C: Gabon, Morocco, Mali, Ivory Coast Group D: Burkina Faso, South Africa, Cape Verde, Senegal Group E: Uganda, Congo, Egypt, Ghana Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Egypt coach Hector Cuper says it is irrelevant …
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