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With all eyes falling on the Lusail Stadium on Sunday afternoon, Argentina and France will meet with this winter s World Cup crown up for grabs.
Argentina
Starting with Argentina, although the South American icons might have opened their World Cup adventure last month with a stunning 2-1 loss at the hands of Saudi Arabia, Lionel Scaloni s men have proven that was nothing more than a minor blip. Clinching their sixth spot in a World Cup final after breezing their way to a 3-0 romp against Croatia earlier in the week, the mood in their camp appears to be at a red-hot high. Suffering just a single defeat from any of their last 41 straight appearances across all competitions a run that stems all the way back to July 2019 La Albiceleste a…
LaLiga s title race was thrown wide open as Atletico Madrid slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Sevilla despite Jan Oblak s penalty heroics.
Atleti s lead could be cut to a solitary point if Barcelona beat Real Valladolid on Monday after Marcos Acuna s fine header handed fourth-placed Sevilla their first LaLiga win over the capital club since 2016.
Sevilla registered 12 attempts on goal in the first half, one of those seeing Oblak, who also saved a penalty against Deportivo Alaves before the international break, denying Lucas Ocampos from the spot.
Yet Atleti s luck ran out with 20 minutes remaining, Jesus Navas crossing for fellow full-back Acuna to head home and deliver a blow to Atleti s hopes of glory.
Oblak s penalty save against Alaves came in the closin…
Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player to score 10 World Cup goals on the way to dragging France level with Argentina in Sunday s Qatar 2022 final.
The forward gave Les Bleus hope from the penalty spot in the 80th minute, before a stunning volley squared things up just 97 seconds later at Lusail Stadium, where Lionel Messi s spot-kick and a goal from Angel Di Maria had seemingly put Argentina in control.
Taking his World Cup tally to 11 goals, Mbappe is the youngest player to reach double figures at the finals – aged 23 years 363 days – surpassing Gerd Muller s record (24 years, 226 days).
The Paris Saint-Germain star also became the fifth player to score three times in a World Cup final, having also netted against Croatia in the 2018 showpiece, along with …
Tottenham star Gareth Bale said he is still working his way back to full match fitness after struggling to make an impact in the Europa League victory over LASK.
Bale made his second full debut for Tottenham after leaving Spurs for Real Madrid in 2013 and the 31-year-old loanee played a role in the opening goal of Thursday s 3-0 win.
A second-half substitute against West Ham in the Premier League over the weekend, Bale forced an own goal in the 28th minute but the Welshman recorded an unwanted four-year first.
It was the first time Bale started a club match and not had either a shot or create chance for his team-mates since November 2016 for Madrid – his 78th start since then, per Opta.
0 Tonight against LASK was the first time Gareth Bale has started a…
Jurgen Klopp joked thank god a game has two halves after Liverpool improved on a below-par first-half showing to overcome Everton 2-0 in Sunday s Merseyside derby.
The Reds failed to register a shot on target in the first half of a home Premier League game for just the second time this season against a resolute Everton side.
Liverpool continued to struggle early in the second period, but Andy Robertson broke the Toffees resolve with 62 minutes played from the home side s first attempt on target.
Substitute Divock Origi added a late second with his sixth goal against Everton in all competitions, twice as many as he has netted against any other side as a Liverpool player.
A 12th win in 13 top-flight matches moves Liverpool back to within a point of leaders …
Lionel Messi and Neymar have been training together for Paris Saint-Germain, but Mauricio Pochettino refused to comment whether the pair would feature against Brest.
PSG travel to Brest on Friday fresh from back-to-back Ligue 1 wins against Troyes and Strasbourg, the first time in three years they have begun a new domestic season in such fashion.
Despite a positive start to their campaign, interest continues to centre around Messi, who arrived in Paris after a shock exit from Barcelona amid the club s financial difficulties in August.
However, it remains unclear whether the highly anticipated pairing of Messi and Neymar will be reunited to form a formidable trio with Kylian Mbappe at Stade Francis-Le Ble.
We haven’t decided the squad yet but we will …
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Sunday May 7th
BST 11:30 Atalanta vs Juventus
Putting in another action-packed display earlier in the week as they claimed a 3-2 victory at home against Spezia, Atalanta have continued on a real Serie A purple patch since returning from March’s international break. Now sat just two points adrift of breaking back into the top-four and with their sights firmly set on punching a Champions League ticket, Gian Piero Gasperini’s men have won each of their last three top-flight appearances. With their recent flurry highlighted by a stell…
Neymar was due to have the protective boot on his right foot removed on Thursday after receiving reassuring results from tests on his ankle injury.
The Paris-Saint Germany forward underwent season-ending surgery last month after suffering ligament damage during a 4-3 Ligue 1 win over Lille.
PSG revealed Neymar is expected to be sidelined for three to four months.
The Ligue 1 leaders on Thursday provided a positive update on the 31-year-old s recovering.
A statement released by the club said: Neymar Jr has returned to the Training Centre, with the members of Paris Saint-Germain s medical staff and the surgeons who operated on him proceeding with the removal of his protective boot today.
After receiving reassuring results from his tests, the player…
Jose Mourinho has insisted he is happy with his striker options at Tottenham amid speculation linking the club with a move for Southampton star Danny Ings.
Ings is reportedly a top target for Spurs with his contract due to expire in 18 months and the England international seeking Champions League football.
Mourinho was adamant he would not directly respond to questions about Ings given he is employed by another club.
But the Spurs boss is happy with his options at centre-forward, which include on-loan Benfica forward Carlos Vinicius.
Let s go bit by bit, Mourinho said.
[We have] two strikers, we are not a team that needs a third striker because the third striker is Sonny [Son Heung-min].
Of course we have the best [Harry Kane] and we …
Carlo Ancelotti claimed referee Mario Melero Lopez invented a decision to award Girona a penalty after Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw.
Los Blancos moved back above Barcelona to the top of the table but dropped points for only the second time in LaLiga this season.
Vinicius Junior put the champions in front in the 70th minute at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, but Cristhian Stuani equalised from the spot 10 minutes later.
Referee Melero Lopez adjudged Marco Asensio handled in the box after a VAR check and there was more late drama, with Rodrygo having a goal disallowed as Paulo Gazzaniga was deemed to have had control of the ball with one hand when the forward poked it into the back of the net.
Toni Kroos was then sent off for the first time in his c…