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Portugal overcame the early loss of captain Cristiano Ronaldo to beat hosts France in the Euro 2016 final and win their first major tournament thanks to substitute Eder’s superb extra-time strike. Real Madrid forward Ronaldo was carried off in tears in the 25th minute at Paris’ Stade de France, eight minutes after injuring his knee in a clash with France’s ...

Britain’s Andy Murray became Wimbledon champion for the second time with a superb performance against Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic in the final. The Scot, 29, dismantled the Raonic serve in a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) victory to repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third Grand Slam title. Murray is the first British man to win multiple ...

US goalkeeper Hope Solo earned her 100th clean sheet in international play on Saturday as the Americans defeated South Africa 1-0 in a Rio Olympics warm-up match. The crowd of 19 272 fans at Soldier Field also saw Solo earn her 150th career win, with Crystal Dunn producing the game-winner in the 35th minute. The US women, who are set ...

Champions Gor Mahia will be looking for their eighth win on the bounce when they host Kakamega Homeboyz at Moi Stadium Kisumu on Sunday. Mighty K’Ogalao are in fine fettle at both ends of the pitch conceding only one goal in seven games while netting 12 times. Despite being docked points by the Independent Disciplinary committee (IDCC), everything seems to ...

For Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal the Euro 2016 final on Sunday offers a golden opportunity to end a miserable record in meetings with France. As well as having home advantage and history on their side from wins in their last two major tournament finals on home soil, Les Bleus can claim to be Portugal’s bete noire. France have won their last ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s battle-hardened Portugal stand between hosts France and a cathartic victory in Sunday’s Euro 2016 final at Stade de France. The stadium was targeted by suicide bombers during France’s friendly against Germany last November in attacks across Paris that left 130 people dead. It cast a black shadow over the tournament, but following a joyous semifinal victory over Germany, ...

New Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he came to England to prove it is possible to play “beautiful football” in the Premier League. Guardiola said he had been “comfortable” at Bayern Munich, but wanted another test in his career. The Spaniard, 45, also admitted he had “absolutely everything” at Barcelona. When asked if he could play beautiful football in ...

Cristiano Ronaldo reigns over the football pitch but Fernando Santos calls the shots behind the scenes. The dynamic goalscorer and coach duo have taken Portugal to the Euro 2016 final and given it a chance to become the latest little nation to upset the continent’s giants. After Denmark beat Germany in 1992 and Greece beat Portugal in Lisbon in 2004, ...

Antoine Griezmann scored twice on Thursday as France beat world champions Germany 2-0 to seal a place in the Euro 2016 final against Portugal. Having converted a controversial first-half penalty for Bastian Schweinsteiger’s handball, Griezmann put the result beyond doubt with a clinical second-half effort. “We suffered but we knocked them out,” said French coach Didier Deschamps after the game ...

Portugal’s press gave a big salute to Cristiano Ronaldo and the entire national team on Thursday after their 2-0 win over Wales clinched a return to the European Championship final for the first time in 12 years. Daily sports newspaper A bola has a photograph of Ronaldo celebrating after scoring with the headline: “Portugal, je t’aime – heroic Selecao, reaches ...