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France coach Didier Deschamps will not be on the touchline for Les Bleus’ final World Cup group game against Norway on Friday after the death of his mother, the French Football Federation (FFF) said Tuesday. The FFF said Deschamps learned of his mother’s death on Tuesday morning and that he is going back to France to attend her funeral. “At this incredibly painful time, we wish the head coach great…

With their spot already guaranteed into the knockout rounds, Mexico players were in full support of a possible historic start for goalkeeping icon Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa against Czechia in their World Cup group stage finale on Wednesday. Ochoa, 40, was named to Mexico’s squad for a sixth World Cup, joining players such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in that milestone. However, unlike Messi and Ronaldo, Ochoa has yet to…

Senegal goalkeeper Édouard Mendy will undergo examinations on a suspected ligament injury through Tuesday and Wednesday, said Teranga Lions captain Kalidou Koulibaly. Speaking after the side’s 3-2 loss to Norway on Monday night, Koulibably sharing that the fitness setback suffered by their stopper impacted the African champions mentally in Monday’s defeat by Erling Haaland and co. Mendy was replaced, in some discomfort, by backup keeper Mory Diaw in the 63rd…

The Iran national team can enter the United States a day earlier than they were allowed to in previous World Cup matches, the Department of Homeland Security told ABC News on Tuesday. “For the Iranian team’s third match in Seattle on June 26, the team has been permitted to come into the U.S. two days before the match,” a DHS spokesperson told ABC News. “The Iran team will still be…

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player to score a goal in six different World Cup tournaments. Ronaldo, 41, had gone 10 games without a goal in major tournaments — including the European Championships — after drawing a blank against Congo DR, but struck in the sixth minute against Uzbekistan on Tuesday to open the scoring. It means he is the first player to score in six different World Cups…

U.S. President Donald Trump will present the trophy to the winners of the World Cup final in New Jersey on July 19, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed. In a break from recent FIFA protocol, the trophy will be jointly presented to the captain of the winning team by Trump and Infantino. At Qatar 2022 and Russia 2018, the two previous World Cups staged under Infantino’s leadership, the FIFA president…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Sadio Mané has given Senegal a ‘little chance’ of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup knockouts, after the Lions of Teranga were defeated 3-2 by Norway in New Jersey on Monday. The four-time World Cup qualifiers — who won the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in January — were expected to be one of the continent’s best hopes at the World Cup, but are instead…

Ipswich Town have announced Gary O’Neil as their new manager ahead of their return to the Premier League. O’Neil replaces Keiran McKenna, who stepped down from his role after guiding Ipswich back to the top flight. The former Wolves and Bournemouth manager joins from Strasbourg, who he joined only in January. He led the side to an eighth-place finish in Ligue 1 in his short-lived tenure in France.

Atlético Madrid have said they are furious with Barcelona, who they believe are behind Julián Álvarez‘s revelation that he wants to leave the club this summer, with sources insisting to ESPN they will refuse to transfer him to the Spanish champions. Álvarez, 26, told ESPN on Monday after Argentina‘s 2-0 win over Austria at the World Cup that he has spoken with the Atlético hierarchy to inform them of his…