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Already booking their spot in the knockout stage of this year s Copa America, a high-flying Colombia will face Paraguay in Bahia on Sunday night.
Starting with a revitalized Colombia outfit, while they may have left it late against Qatar in midweek, few would have expected the Yellows stellar run in Group B. Picking up back-to-back victories, including a 2-0 win over Argentina in their Copa America opener, former Manchester United coach Carlos Queiroz has seen his side enjoy a four-match winning run. Also tasing defeat just once in their 10 post-World Cup appearances, it has been their defensive resolve most catching eye. Colombia have recorded four consecutive clean sheets and have not picked the ball out of their own net in over 40…
Spain skipper Olga Carmona has dedicated her World Cup triumph to her late father after firing the nation to victory over England.
The 23-year-old learned that her father had died after scoring the only goal in Sunday’s 1-0 victory over the Lionesses in Sydney.
Real Madrid defender Carmona said in a tweet on Monday: “I have no words to thank you for all your love.
No tengo palabras para agradecer todo vuestro cariño.
Ayer fue el mejor y el peor día de mi vida.
Sé que tú querrías verme disfrutar de este momento histórico, por eso estaré con mis compañeras, para que desde donde estés sepas que esta estrella también es tuya papá
— Olga Carmona (@7olgacarmona)
“Yesterday was the best and the worst day of my life.
Morocco became the first African team to top a World Cup group for 24 years after beating Canada 2-1 on Thursday.
First-half goals from Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri proved enough with Nayef Aguerd s own goal the first of the tournament nothing more than a consolation for a Canada side who return home without a point.
Morocco must now wait for Thursday s Group E games to see who they will face in the last 16 at Education City Stadium on Tuesday.
Walid Regragui s side needed just a point to guarantee a place in the knockout stages for only the second time, and first since 1986, and they were gifted a dream start after four minutes.
Morocco are into the knockout stages for only the second time in history! |
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup)…
Former Milan striker Alberto Gilardino denied 10-man Inter the chance to go back top of Serie A, securing Palermo a 1-1 draw against Roberto Mancini s men.
After a slow first half, the game burst into life after the break and Ivan Perisic s goal, a tap-in from substitute Jonathan Biabiany s cross, was well deserved as Inter got on top.
But the lead lasted just six minutes. Inter failed to clear and Franco Vazquez hit a fierce cross-shot that was diverted home by an unwitting Gilardino from close range.
Fredy Guarin came closest to snatching the points for Inter but Palermo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino was in fine form to deny him a winning goal.
Jeison Murillo s red card for two bookable offences halted Inter s momentum and ensured their poor record at P…
Sir Alex Ferguson believes a high-profile contest with Chelsea is exactly what Manchester United need after their loss to Real Madrid.
The 71 year-old Scot was described by his assistant manager Mike Phelan as too distraught to take interviews after the midweek Champions League defeat to Jose Mourinho s team, which saw United exit the competition 3-2 on aggregate.
However, with an FA Cup tie against old foe Rafael Benitez and Chelsea up next, Ferguson said that they will recover well.
We have a job to do on Sunday and I think we ll do that OK, he said. We ve gone through this procedure many times.
When you re at a club for a long time there are always damp moments and dark days. In general we recover very well and we ll do that again.
The FA C…
Massimiliano Allegri would bring something special to the Premier League if he takes over as Arsenal manager, according to Mario Lemina.
The Juventus head coach is among the favourites to succeed Arsene Wenger at the Emirates Stadium when the Frenchman steps down at the end of the season.
Lemina, who won the domestic double for two seasons running under Allegri at Juve, says his old boss could have the same kind of impact as Pep Guardiola at Manchester City or Antonio Conte at Chelsea.
He will give something special to the Premier League, like Pep Guardiola did, and Antonio Conte did as well, Southampton midfielder Lemina told Sky Sports News.
Because he is Italian, he will give something special because he is more tactical. I think he would be very go…
Real Madrid have learned the date of their rearranged away LaLiga match against Celta Vigo, which will take place on May 17.
The original fixture between the two sides in February was postponed after high winds and storms damaged Celta s ground Balaidos.
That has left Madrid carrying a game in hand over Barcelona over their last three months and means Zinedine Zidane s men will play three games in an eight-day span to round off the season as they look to win LaLiga for the first time since 2012.
Madrid trail leaders Barcelona due to their weaker head-to-head record at the top of LaLiga, but know 10 points from their last four games will see them crowned champions.
Our postponed match against will now take place on Wednesday, May 17 at 21:00 CEST.
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Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insisted he was yet to discuss striker Robert Lewandowski with Real Madrid.
Lewandowski – who scored at least 40 goals for Bayern for the third straight season – has been linked with a switch to Madrid.
However, Rummenigge said the Poland international, who is contracted until 2021, was committed to Bayern.
Robert is completely loyal. Who scatters the rumours, we don t know. It doesn t matter, he told the Munchner Merkur.
We sat together with Real s supervisors for lunch twice – there was not a word spoken about Lewandowski.
He added: I really see it as calm as I have been saying for weeks. We have contracts.
Lewandowski has starred since arriving at Bayern from Borussia Dortmund in 2014,…
Fulham have the signing of Jean-Michael Seri from OGC Nice.
The midfielder has signed a deal that is set to keep him at Craven Cottage until 2022, as the London club claim to have beaten off interest from top European sides. Seri was linked with Barcelona last summer, while Arsenal featured most heavily in recent reports following the announcement of Jack Wilshere s departure.
The 26-year-old spent two years in Portugal with Pacos de Ferreira before moving to Nice in 2015, where he appeared in 189 games and found the target 11 times from his deep midfield role.
The club s Vice Chairman and Director of Football Operations Tony Khan said he s delighted with the signing of Seri and revealed that the player had been at the top of their transfer priorities for a lon…
Anyone concerned that famous old fixtures like the Manchester derby are becoming devoid of emotion without supporters need only have looked at Gabriel Jesus expression as Ederson just failed to keep out Bruno Fernandes second-minute penalty.
Manchester City s Brazil forward netted a midweek brace in the 4-1 win over Wolves to persuade Pep Guardiola to keep him in the line-up on Sunday.
One of Jesus big calling cards is his work rate, never one to shirk defensive duties that plenty of attackers dread.
Even so, haring back into his own area to clumsily foul Anthony Martial after mis-controlling a throw-in was taking that trait to unhelpful extremes.
Ederson got a firm hand to Fernandes strike but could not prevent City from conceding their earliest ever P…