Newcastle have completed the signing of Ivory Coast winger Bazoumana Touré from Hoffenheim. The Magpies will reportedly pay £42 million ($56m) for the left-sided 20-year-old, who arrives as a replacement for Anthony Gordon after Newcastle lost out to Liverpool in their pursuit of Víctor Muñoz. “I’m very, very happy to be here. It was my dream since I was young to play in the Premier League for a big team…
Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that this will be his last World Cup, as he prepares to face Spain with Portugal in Monday’s round-of-16 clash in Dallas. Ronaldo, 41, has played in six editions of the tournament — in 2006, 2020, 2014, 2018, 2022 and now in 2026 — and became the first player to score in six World Cups when he netted against Uzbekistan in the group stage. The 2030…
SEATTLE — U.S. men’s national team attacker Christian Pulisic said that FIFA’s lifting of Folarin Balogun’s suspension “feels right.” Balogun was initially looking at a one-game suspension due to the red card he received in the round-of-32 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina. That would have kept Balogun out of Monday’s round-of-16 match against Belgium. But FIFA announced Sunday morning that Balogun’s ban “is suspended for a probationary period of one…
FIFA have suspended the red card USMNT striker Folarin Balogun received in the match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, meaning he is available to face Belgium in the round-of-16. In a statement on their website, FIFA said: “By operation of Article 27 FDC, the implementation of the automatic match suspension for USA player Folarin Balogun is suspended for a probationary period of one [1] year.”
Despite police blockades, dozens of Mexican fans gathered outside the England national team’s hotel until the early hours of Sunday morning, hoping to disrupt players’ sleep ahead of their World Cup round-of-16 match against co-host Mexico. Armed with loudspeakers, horns and fireworks, the crowd gathered outside the JW Marriott hotel in Santa Fe, in the western part of Mexico City and did its best to disturb the guests. Earlier in…
Mexico have been forced to return luxury watches that were gifted to them by the YouTuber Stevewilldoit. The content creator — whose real name is Stephen Deleonardis — said on Instagram that he had given every player in the Mexico squad and member of staff on the team an “expensive” watch ahead of their round-of-32 clash with Ecuador. Mexico won that game 2-0 to set up a blockbuster showdown with…
English fast-food chain Greggs has stopped selling their Mexican sandwich range for the duration of July 5 due to England‘s World Cup round-of-16 clash with Mexico, they have announced on Instagram. The range, which includes a Mexican chicken flatbread, Mexican chicken oval bite and a Mexican chicken baguette, has been benched from all English stores on the day of the match. In a post on Instagram, Greggs wrote: “After careful…
England captain Harry Kane hopes his side can provide the perfect antidote for Monday morning blues by reaching the World Cup quarterfinals. Thomas Tuchel’s side take on co-hosts Mexico in the Estadio Azteca in the early hours of Monday morning hoping to extend their North American dream. Devoted fans at home were given brief hope of being able to watch the game at a more sociable hour as FIFA were…
DALLAS, Texas — Football Australia has branded the Socceroos‘ run to the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup as an “enormous success,” backing Tony Popovic to lead Australia’s men into next January’s AFC Asian Cup. Australia’s World Cup came to an end on Friday afternoon, suffering a penalty shootout defeat against Egypt that saw them eliminated from the round of 32 — the third time overall and the second…
Ghana captain Jordan Ayew wants Carlos Queiroz to extend his tenure as head coach of the national side despite the Black Stars’ underwhelming World Cup exit at the hands of Colombia on Friday. Jhon Arias scored the only goal of the game in the 14th minute to move Colombia through to a Round of 16 meeting with Switzerland, while Ghana limped out of the competition having failed to register a…