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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is still coming to terms with Portugal‘s early exit from the World Cup. Among the pre-tournament favourites, Portugal lost 1-0 to Spain on Monday in the round of 16 to exit the competition. “Sad, frustrated, and disappointed,” Fernandes, 31, wrote on Instagram. Fernandes had gone into the tournament inspired by his terrific season with Man United. The Portugal midfielder was named Premier League player of…

Marc Guéhi has emerged as an injury concern ahead of England‘s World Cup quarterfinal against Norway after suffering a hamstring issue, sources have told ESPN. Guéhi, a key man in Thomas Tuchel’s backline, completed the round-of-16 game against Mexico but sources said the Manchester City defender has been nursing hamstring pain this week, and he missed training on Thursday. England head to Miami to continue preparations for their crunch quaterfinal…

Nico O’Reilly has said that Erling Haaland is playing mind games by saying England are “clear favourites” to win their World Cup quarterfinal with Norway. O’Reilly will come up against his Manchester City teammate in Saturday’s match in Miami — a clash Haaland says England should expect to win. Keeping Haaland quiet will be key to that, but O’Reilly knows there is more to the Scandinavians, who are in the…

Promising midfielder Paul Okon-Engstler is headed to Germany, the first of an emerging batch of Socceroos to move to bigger leagues. The 21-year-old, who impressed in Australia‘s World Cup campaign, is joining Bundesliga club FC Koln from Sydney FC. Okon-Engstler’s transfer is reportedly set at one million Euros ($A1.6m) for the Sky Blues, who signed him on a three-year deal in July last year. – Lewis: Football in Australia doesn’t…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Morocco wonderkid Ayyoub Bouaddi has no regrets about choosing to represent the Atlas Lions at senior level ahead of France, despite Les Bleus’ 2-0 victory in Thursday’s World Cup quarterfinal between the pair in Boston. Goals from Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé took France past the North Africans in a rematch of the 2022 semifinal, and while they will now advance to a Final Four showdown with…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku said the Red Devils will need to “play the perfect game” to get past Spain in Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal. A win for Belgium would see them equal the mark of both the 1986 side that reached the semifinals in Mexico, as well as the 2018 team that did the same in Russia, where Lukaku played in a 1-0 loss to eventual champions…

The Football Association will review an incident that took place at England’s Kansas City media centre on Thursday when a man walked in carrying a wrench, resulting in a call to the local authorities. Thomas Tuchel’s side are preparing for Saturday’s World Cup quarterfinal against Norway ahead of flying from the Midwest to Miami, Florida, on the eve of the game. England trained on Thursday around lunchtime at Swope Soccer…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — France coach Didier Deschamps has questioned why Kylian Mbappé was made to wait to take his penalty against Morocco and said the delay contributed to the striker’s miss. Mbappé saw his first-half spot kick saved by Yassine Bounou after being made to wait more than three minutes before being allowed to shoot. The Real Madrid forward appeared to remonstrate with the Argentinian officials shortly afterwards and during…

Kylian Mbappé has played down concerns over what he described as a “knock on his ankle” during France‘s 2-0 World Cup quarterfinal win over Morocco on Thursday, saying “I’m all good.” Mbappe received treatment on the pitch from the France physio before being substituted in the 77th minute and replaced by Jean-Philippe Mateta. The 27-year-old walked off the pitch, applauding the crowd as he did so and did not appear…