Interview by Mike Woitalla Last week, the U.S. women’s national team played its final game of 2016, a 5-0 friendly win over Romania, to finish the year with a 22-0-3win-loss-tie record. One of those ties, however, was the 2016 Olympics quarterfinal, which ended with the USA being eliminated by Sweden in a penalty-kick tiebreaker. TonyDiCicco […]
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Video Pick: Ten Mesut Ozil golazos
Ahead of Saturday’s Arsenal-Manchester United clash, we bring you 10 career Gunners golazos by German attacker Mesut Ozil, who has seven goals in 14 games in all competitions forArsenal so far this season.
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U-20 WWC: USA beats New Zealand to take group lead
After opening with a scoreless tie against France, the USA beat New Zealand, 3-1, to take the Group C lead at the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea. AshleySanchez, Coach Michelle French’s youngest player at age 17, opened the scoring in the third minute when she robbed New Zealand defender Elizabeth Antoninside the […]
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Video Pick: It's 'Klassiker' time for Pulisic
On Saturday, 18-year-old American Christian Pulisic is poised to take part in his first “Klassiker” — the Borussia Dortmund-Bayern Munich clash that is the Bundesliga’s biggestarchival game (Fox, 12:30 p.m. ET). Bundesliga TV provides highlights of recent clashes, featuring the likes of Thomas Mueller, Mario Goetze, RobertLewandowski, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery. All Klassiker goals […]
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WCQ: China ties first game with Lippi in charge
Marcelo Lippi‘s first game as China coach ended in a 0-0 tie with Qatar in a World Cup qualifier in Kunming, seriously damaging both teams’ hopes of reaching the finals in Russia.China is last-place in Group A midway through qualification with two points from five games while Qatar, the 2022 World Cup hosts, is second […]
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Video Pick: Golazos by Vardy and Iago Aspas
England’s 2-2 tie at Wembley with Spain included a diving header by Jamie Vardy, followed by a “mannequin” celebration, and a fine strike from Spain’s Iago Aspas.
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Experimental Germany holds Italy to 0-0 friendly draw in Milan
Germany coach Joachim Loew‘s experimental German lineup held its own to claim a 0-0 tie against an experienced Italian team in Milan. The German starting 11 included debutantYannick Gerhardt at left back and rare starts for Julian Weigl, Sebastian Rudy and Leon Goretzka in midfield.
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Video Pick: David Luiz tackles a reporter
Hijinks from Brazilian defender David Luiz, not called in for South American World Cup qualifiers, at Chelsea’s training ground in Cobham: He tackles Chelsea TV reporter LeeParker during a summary of the club’s strong October record.
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Scoreboard: U-20 Women's World Cup
North Korea (2-1 over the USA) and France (2-1 over Japan) won their semifinals in overtime to reach the Under-20 Women’s World Cup final. The USA’s clash with Japan for third place is on Saturday(1 a.m. ET). Group APts Team W-L-T GD9 North Korea 3-0-0 +104 Brazil 1-1-1 +74 Sweden 1-1-1 +40 Papua New Guinea 0-3-0 […]
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Video Pick: Cristiano Ronaldo is 'Home Alone'
Cristiano Ronaldo plays Macaulay Culkin and Ronaldo’s real mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, takes the role played by CatherineO’Hara in “Home Alone” in a commercial for Portuguese Telecomm MEO.