Arjen Robben announced his retirement from international soccer after scoring both goals in the Netherlands’ 2-0 win over Sweden that wasn’t enough to qualify the Dutch for the 2018World Cup. The 33-year-old scored 37 goals and assisted 29 times in the 96 games during his 14-year national team career.
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WCQ: Griezmann leads France to clinching win over Belarus
Antoine Griezmann scored one goal and set up another as France booked its place at next year’s World Cup finals by beating Belarus 2-1 at the Stade de France in its finalGroup A qualifying game on Tuesday.
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WCQ: Cahill the hero as Australia sees off Syria
Tim Cahill‘s goals in the first half and in overtime earned Australia a 2-1 win over Syria (for a 3-2 aggregate victory) in the Asian World Cup qualifying playoff, sending theSocceroos into a playoff for a 2018 World Cup berth against Concacaf’s fourth-place team, which will be Panama, Honduras or the USA. The goals in […]
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Howard Wilkinson calls for overhaul of English academy system he designed
Howard Wilkinson, the architect of English soccer’s modern youth development program, has called for the system to be reviewed and overhauled, and has accused the top clubs offailing in their “moral responsibility” to give young players opportunities. Wilkinson, who as the English FA’s technical director in 1997 designed the current system in which 12,000 boys arebeing […]
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WCQ: Iceland proves Euro 2016 success no fluke, becomes smallest nation ever to qualify for finals
Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the first goal five minutes before halftime, then set up Johann Berg Gudmundsson for the second, leading Iceland to a 2-0 victory against Kosovo in Reykjavik thatclinched its first berth in the World Cup. It became the smallest nation ever to qualify for the finals.
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History is not on Argentina's side for trip to Ecuador
Argentina’s hopes of reaching the 2018 World Cup rest on hopefully beating Ecuador in Quito on Tuesday. La Albiceleste has won just two of six qualifiers in Ecuador and once since the current formatbegan in 1996.
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WCQ: Determined Irish stun host Wales in playoff for playoff
Ireland stunned Wales, 1-0, in Cardiff to sneak past the Welsh, who were playing without the injured Gareth Bale, and claim one of the eight berths in Europe’s World Cup 2018 qualifying playoffin November. Jeff Hendrick set up James McClean for the game’s only goal.
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Colombia's World Cup hopes in doubt after Ospina gifts Paraguay two late goals
A wild night of World Cup 2018 qualifying in South America was topped by Colombia’s 2-1 loss. The Cafeteros were minutes away from clinching a berth in the finals with a 1-0 lead by errors by Arsenalkeeper David Ospina allowed Oscar Cardozo and Antonio Sanabria to score in the 89th and 92nd minutes, Colombia is […]
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Top Brazilian women's players in open revolt against federation
Since head coach Emily Lima was removed last month, five Brazilian women’s national team players have quit the team in protest. On Friday, eight former players sent an open letter criticizingthe federation.
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Iniesta signs 'contract for life' at Barcalona
Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will remain at Barcelona for the rest of his career. The 33-year-old midfielder, whose contract was set to retire at the end of the year, has signed a newcontract “for life.”