France crush Morocco's World Cup dreams
FOXBOROUGH, MASS, July 10 (Agencies): France captain Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty but curled in a superb goal on the hour as France struck twice in six minutes to brush aside Morocco 2-0 on Friday (as per BST) and book their spot in the World Cup semi-finals.Following their 2018 Russia...
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Hit-and-miss penalty technique under World Cup spotlight
It's theatrical. It can be maddening. It makes the world's top soccer players look very cool - or very silly.The stutter-step penalty has been a feature of this World Cup, with the leading adopters of the technique being superstars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Neymar, reports...
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Norway put pressure on England ahead of Miami showdown tonight
MIAMI, July 10 (Reuters): The six decades since England's lone World Cup triumph will come into sharper focus as they head towards Sunday's (3:00 am as per BST) quarter-final against a Norway team with one of the best strikers in the game but happy to embrace the underdog role.Erling Haaland...
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Egypt receive heroes' welcome despite World Cup exit
Egypt reached the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time in the country's history after defeating Australia 4-2 in a penalty shootout, with Salah playing a key role in the victory, reports AP.The squad is scheduled to meet President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Saturday. Earlier this week, the...
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Bangladesh look to avoid series whitewash against Zimbabwe
Bangladesh will look to avoid a whitewash against Zimbabwe in their third ODI series on Saturday as they were unable to overcome batting struggles in Harare's conditions despite performing well at home last few months, report agencies.The Tigers were dismissed for low totals in both innings of the one-off Test,...
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Mustafizur out for four weeks with hamstring, knee injuries
Mustafizur Rahman has been ruled out for four weeks, including the remainder of Bangladesh's tour of Zimbabwe, after suffering a right hamstring strain during the opening ODI and will return to Bangladesh to continue his rehabilitation, according to an announcement by Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday.Taskin Ahmed will replace Mustafizur...
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Bangladesh fined for slow over-rate in second Zimbabwe ODI
After the series defeat to Zimbabwe mainly owing to a poor batting show, Bangladesh have been slapped with a 10 percent fine on their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against the hosts in the second one-dayer, reports bdnews 24.com.The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the decision on Friday,...
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Australia's Big Bash League season-opener to be played in India
SYDNEY, July 10 (Reuters) - The opening match of next season's Big Bash League (BBL) will take place in India in December, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, as tournament organisers look to tap into cricket's most lucrative market.The December 12 match between Melbourne Renegades and Perth Scorchers...
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BCCI to review India's performance in England
India's continued downward slide in England has evidently shaken the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which has now confirmed that it will conduct a review of the team's performance in Ireland and England. "We will have a review meeting with the core members of the team to...
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