(Football news) Croatia booked their place in the semi-final of the 2022 World Cup after winning a dramatic penalty shootout 4-2 against Brazil at the Education City Stadium. Brazil headed into this fixture as favourites and scored the opening goal in extra time through Neymar (105+1), thereby equalling Pele’s record of 77 international goals. However, that wasn’t enough as the 2018 finalists equalised in the 117th minute through Bruno Petkovic who latched onto a cross by Mislav Orsic and his shot got a big deflection off Marquinhos, wrong footing goalkeeper Alisson. Croatia reached the 2018 finals after winning two shootouts…
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(Football news) Erik ten Hag has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t inform him about his desire to leave the club and the first time he came to know about it was during Piers Morgan’s interview. Ronaldo’s contract with Manchester United was terminated last month by mutual consent after the 37 year old said he felt “betrayed” by the club for forcing him to leave and had “zero respect” for Ten Hag. “I wanted him to stay from the first moment until now. He wanted to leave, it was quite clear. And when a player definitely doesn’t want to be in…
(Basketball news) The Miami Heat edged out the in-form Los Angeles Clippers as they beat them 115-110. For the Heats, Adebayo had 31 points and 10 rebounds, Jimmy Butler added 26 points as Tyler Herro scored 19 and Caleb Martin finished with 17 points. For the Clippers, Paul George finished with 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as Reggie Jackson scored 20 for the Clippers, while Nic Batum and Marcus Morris Sr. each added 11. The Clippers were without Kawhi Leonard – he’s now missed 20 of 27 games this season. With this result the Miami Heats improved their…
(Basketball news) The Utah Jazz stunned the Golden State Warriors at home as they won 124-123. For the Jazz, Fontecchio finished with a career-high 18 points as the rookie from Italy who will be 27 made four 3-pointers while Jordan Clarkson led the scoring with 22 points. For the Warriors, Jordan Poole tied a season high with 36 points for Golden State and Jonathan Kuminga had a season-high 24 while Klay Thompson had 22 points. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins sat out for Golden State, while Utah was missing Lauri Markkanen and Mike Conley. Curry skipped the game…
(Football news) Midfielder Marco Verratti has agreed to a new four-year deal with PSG. The Italian international has established a reputation as one of Europe’s one of the best midfielders during his 10 years at the Parc des Princes. Verratti left Pescara in 2012 to join PSG for a mere €12m (£10.4m) fee, and the 30-year-old has since then scored 11 goals and 61 assists in 398 games for the Parisiens. Verratti has gone on to win eight Ligue 1 titles, six Coupe de France crowns, six Coupe de la Ligues and nine Trophée des Champions titles since arriving in…
(Football news) Wolverhampton Wanderers have held talks with Atletico Madrid over a double deal to sign both Matheus Cunha and Felipe. New manager Julen Lopetegui arrived at Molineux in November after the departure of Bruno Lage and is now exploring new ways to bolster his squad to aid their fight against a surprise relegation race. Wolves are currently bottom of the Premier League and four points from safety. Lopetegui has identified both Cunha and Felipe as possible targets and Wolves have reportedly held talks with Atletico over both players moving to England in the January transfer window. The pair have…
(Football news) Belgium’s golden boy and captain Eden Hazard announced his retirement from international football at the age of 31 on Wednesday after his team’s World Cup campaign ended in a disappointing group stage exit. Hazard was always the anchor of Belgium’s “golden generation” and subsequently played in all three games but did not score as Belgium beat Canada in the opening match but lost to Morocco and had to settle for a goalless draw with Croatia to finish third in Group F. The former Chelsea forward made his senior debut in 2008 and has scored 33 times in 126…
(Basketball news) The Los Angeles Lakers coming after two massive wins lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in LeBron’s home return as they won 116-112. For the Cavaliers, Mitchell scored a season-high 43 points and Jarrett Allen returned from injury to add 24 points as Darius Garland added 21 points and 11 assists. For the Lakers, LeBron James finished with 21 points and 17 rebounds, Dennis Schroder and Russell Westbrook added 16 points apiece as Los Angeles had its four-game winning streak stopped. With this result the Cavaliers moved up to 3rd in the Eastern Conference table while the Lakers after…
(Basketball news) The Los Angeles Lakers coming after two massive wins lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in LeBron’s home return as they won 116-112. For the Cavaliers, Mitchell scored a season-high 43 points and Jarrett Allen returned from injury to add 24 points as Darius Garland added 21 points and 11 assists. For the Lakers, LeBron James finished with 21 points and 17 rebounds, Dennis Schroder and Russell Westbrook added 16 points apiece as Los Angeles had its four-game winning streak stopped. With this result the Cavaliers moved up to 3rd in the Eastern Conference table while the Lakers after…
(Football news) Goncalo Ramos grabbed all the headlines after he replaced Cristiano Ronaldo and scored a hat trick as Portugal stormed their way into the World Cup quarterfinals with an emphatic 6-1 victory over Switzerland. Before the match, head coach Fernando Santos made a brave call to drop Ronaldo following a small dispute in their last match, but Portugal proved to be free-scoring without him as they now set up a quarterfinal clash with Morocco on Saturday. Ramos, who was only making his first international start at age 21, opened the scoring with a thunderbolt strike at the near post…