The United States women s football team will come up against former coach Pia Sundhage in the quarter-finals at Rio 2016, after Sweden booked their place in the last eight on Tuesday.
Sundhage led USA to Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, as well as overseeing a run to the final of the 2011 Women s World Cup, but will now be tasked with inflicting a shock defeat on the defending champions and tournament favourites.
Sweden drew 0-0 with China in their final group game a result that saw both teams progress behind Group E winners Brazil, whose match against South Africa also finished goalless.
Brazil will now face Australia, who trounced Zimbabwe 6-1 in Group F on Tuesday. Canada maintained their perfect record with a 2-1 win against Germany, the next opponents f…
Injured Spain strikers David Villa and Sergio Garcia have pulled out of Wednesday night s Euro 2008 warm-up match against the USA at Santander, Spain s team doctor said.
The absence of these key players could seriously hamper the attacking options of coach Luis Aragones as Spain build up for the June 7 to 29 finals in Austria and Switzerland.
Striker Fernando Torres was already a doubt for the match with a slightly twisted ankle while attacking midfielder Andres Iniesta will definitely not feature because of food poisoning.
The Villa injury is worrying us the most, Spain team doctor Jorge Candel told the media.
The Valencia centre forward is suffering from a right quadriceps injury after a training ground incident on Tuesday. He had tests on Tuesday …
Antoine Griezmann thinks a hectic year for club and country has taken its toll despite a match-winning performance in Atletico Madrid s 3-2 triumph over Real Valladolid.
Griezmann laid on Nikola Kalinic s first-half opener before marking his 300th LaLiga appearance by converting a penalty after Kiko Olivas handled his shot on the stroke of half-time.
Atletico s usual solidity deserted them and, after Fernando Calero headed home from Michel s corner, Saul Niguez put through his own goal to make it all square in the 63rd minute.
It left Griezmann to pounce on a poor clearance from Oscar Plano and seal the points 10 minutes from time but France s World Cup-winning hero was not entirely satisfied with his performance.
I m glad we won. I m not quite yet at m…
Gareth Southgate believes Joe Hart captaining England against Lithuania in Sunday s World Cup qualifier is just reward for the goalkeeper fighting back from his Euro 2016 nightmare.
Hart endured an error-stained tournament in France, most damagingly when he let Kolbeinn Sigthorsson s decisive goal squirm past him in the last-16 defeat to Iceland.
The 29-year-old was then dumped out of the first-team picture at Manchester City when Pep Guardiola placed Willy Caballero ahead of him in the pecking order and signed Claudio Bravo from Barcelona.
But Southgate has been impressed by Hart s form during his season-long loan with Torino in Serie A and told a news conference his stock within the squad remains high ahead of a 70th Three Lions appearance.
Joe Hart w…
Tickets for the World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2010 will go on sale on 2 February 2009.
The announcement was made by David Will, chairman of the FIFA sub committee in charge of ticketing for WC 2010.
In an effort to beat the black market sales, more tickets will be on sale for the genuine soccer fan. Added to this FIFA will allow only four tickets per customer per seven matches.
The allocation for supporters of teams participating in World Cup games has been increased from eight to 12 percent.
The price of tickets has not yet been decided but the cheapest tickets are likely to be affordable to the South African public.
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Speaking as the parade culminated with a stage show outside Manchester Cathedral, the Belgian said: “I’ve given everything I could for this club. I can’t tell you how proud of that I am. I have nothing left. I have given everything.”
Kompany’s future had been the subject of speculation for some time but he realised the time was right to leave when he scored a spectacular winner against Leicester earlier that month. His long-range strike, in their penultimate game of the season, took City within one game of retaining their Premier League title.
He said: “The moment that ball against Leicester went ‘top bins’ I knew I was done! I couldn’t do anything better. It felt right.”
It had to be! against Leicester is the Goal of the Season!
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Week 4 kicks off with a Thursday Night Football showdown between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium.
There will be plenty to watch in this contest, such as the last two No. 1 overall picks, quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Joe Borrow, going head-to-head, and whether Cincinnati’s defense can remain an early-season force.
The Bengals, 7-point favorites over winless Jacksonville, have one of the top-ranked defenses in the NFL and they are coming off a two-touchdown victory after holding the Pittsburgh Steelers to 10 points.
Find out if we like Cincinnati’s D to stay hot and cause issues for Lawrence in our free NFL picks and predictions for Jaguars vs. Bengals on September 30.
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The second of Sunday’s two Conference Championship games could be an absolute classic, with the Cincinnati Bengals facing the Kansas Chiefs for a trip to the Super Bowl.
There’s plenty of scoring opportunity in this game for bettors, so why don’t we get right into the action? Don’t miss our NFL anytime touchdown prop picks for the Bengals vs. Chiefs on January 29.
For more, be sure to check out Jason Logan’s full AFC Championship betting preview, as well as our Bengals vs. Chiefs prop picks.
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Trevor Lawrence’s iron man streak could be in jeopardy. The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback is expected to be a game-time decision this evening against the New Orleans Saints after injuring his left knee on Sunday. Lawrence has yet to miss a game in his three-year NFL career, but the uncertainty around his status has led oddsmakers to install Nola as a narrow 2-point favorite, despite the fact the Saints have lost three of their last four games. Veteran backup C.J. Beathard, who sports a 2-10 record as a starter, will get the call if Lawrence is unavailable.
While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game, did you know that you can also live stream Jaguars vs. Saints directly from legal sports …