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Croatia go into Sunday’s last 16 match against Denmark with a 100 percent record at this World Cup but the Danes are vowing to shake off their dull image and cause a surprise. At stake in the match at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, the same venue where the Croats thumped Argentina 3-0 in the group stage, is a quarterfinal against ...

Former England international striker Wayne Rooney has left Everton to join Major League Soccer (MLS) side DC United, the Premier League club said on Thursday. “Everton and Wayne Rooney have reached an agreement for the player to join MLS side DC United on a permanent transfer,” the English club said on their website. “Rooney will complete the formalities of his ...

Colombia’s Yerry Mina thumped home a second-half header to secure a dramatic 1-0 victory over Senegal on Thursday that catapulted the South Americans into the World Cup last 16 and dumped their African opponents out of tournament. Senegal had only needed a point in their final Group H game to reach the next round, but defeat saw them miss out ...

Cell C Sharks coach Robert du Preez is in the fortunate position of being able to resume after the June break for international rugby with a full complement of Springboks to call on for the remaining three fixtures that will define the Durban franchise’s Super Rugby season. Prop Coenie Oosthuizen is still out but he has been out injured since ...

If the Cell C Sharks were looking for the services of a big match publicist to build up their derby clash with the Emirates Lions in Durban on Saturday they found the perfect man in the form of Springbok wing S’busiso Nkosi. The strongly built youngster was reduced by his heavy workload in the last month to a spectator role ...

Germany coach Joachim Loew said he felt “huge disappointment” at seeing the holders crash out of the World Cup but said they had fully deserved it after they were sensationally beaten 2-0 by South Korea on Wednesday. The four-time champions needed to beat the unfancied Asians by two clear goals in their final group F match in Kazan to advance ...

Germany crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday after a stoppage-time VAR-assisted goal from Kim Young-gwon and a late second by Son Heung-min earned South Korea a famous 2-0 win. The Germans needed to win by two clear goals in their final group F match at Kazan stadium to advance to the last 16. But Joachim Loew’s men wasted ...

Supporters of Nigeria’s soccer team described their heartbreak after watching the elimination of the national side from the World Cup on Tuesday following a late Argentina goal. The game determined who progressed from Group D to the knockout stage and dictated whether or not Argentina forward Lionel Messi – considered by some soccer fans to be the world’s best player ...

Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday after an 86th minute strike from defender Marcos Rojo gave them a barely deserved 2-1 win over Nigeria, eliminating the African side. The twice World Cup champions will face France in the last 16 while Croatia, who advance as ...

Argentina’s do-or-die clash against Nigeria on Tuesday can be a launch pad for the team in Russia following a woeful start to the World Cup, insisted defiant coach Jorge Sampaoli. Failure to beat the Africans will prolong Lionel Messi’s wait to win an international trophy, with the added humiliation of bowing out at the group stages without even winning a ...