March friendlies, played three months before the World Cup, should be taken with a grain of salt, but France’s collapse against Colombia set off alarm bells across the Hexagone. The Bleusled Colombia, 2-0, after 26 minutes before conceding three straight goals and falling, 3-2, before a crowd of 80,000 fans at the Stade de France.
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The talk of Russia
“Now it’s the symbol of the people’s humiliation at the hands of the authorities because the decision was made behind-the-scenes. It shouldn’t be done this way.” — Ivan Volkov, a Russian lawyer and head of a committee that opposed the destruction of the Yekaterinburg TV tower that was unfinished and abandoned after the fall the […]
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Friday: Concacaf/Conmebol vs. Europe (7-0-0)
Uruguay 2 Czech Republic 0. (Suarez pen. 10, Cavani 37.) Russia 0 Brazil 3. (Joao Miranda 53, Philippe Coutinho pen. 62, Paulinho66.) Scotland 0 Costa Rica 1. (Urena 14.) Argentina 2 Italy 0. (Banega 75, Lanzini 85.) France 2Colombia 3. (Giroud 11, Lemar 26; Muriel 28, Falcao 62, Quintero pen. 85.) Peru 2 Croatia 0. […]
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Colombia shows 'World Cup character' in comeback win
Colombia came back from two goals down in the first half to stun France, 3-2, in friendly at the Stade de France. Results: World Cup 2018 friendlies The game was one of seven played on Friday involving World Cup 2018 finalists. Germany and Spain, the last two world champions, played to a 1-1 tie. Both […]
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Results: World Cup 2018 friendlies
Colombia came back from 2-0 down to beat France, 3-2, at the Stade de France. Germany and Spain tied, 1-1, in a battle of the last two World Cup champions. Thursday, March 22 Denmark 1 Panama 0. (Sisto 69.) Friday, March23 Japan 1 Mali 1. (Nakajima 90+5; Diaby pen. 43.) Uruguay 2 Czech Republic 0. […]
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In the shadows, with futsal skills, Ben Yedder takes own path
Wissam Ben Yedder shares one thing with new French national team teammates like Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, N’Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi and AdrienRabiot. They all grew up playing soccer in the banlieues around Paris. After that, their paths rarely crossed until Ben Yedder’s first call-up at theage of 27 for France’s World Cup warm-up matches […]
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Calendar: World Cup 2018 friendlies
Friday, March 23 Uruguay vs. Czech Republic, in Nanning, 7:45 amET Russia vs. Brazil, noon ET, BeIN Sports, BeIN Sports en Espanol Senegal vs. Uzbekistan, in Casablanca, noon ET Norway vs. Australia, noon ETGreece vs. Switzerland, 2 pm ET Tunisia vs. Iran, 2:15 pm ET Netherlands vs. England, 2:45 pm ET Saudi Arabia vs. Ukraine, […]
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What They're Saying: Nick Pope
“Brightlingsea was a bit of a rough one — I hope the people there won’t mind me saying that — and Little Oakley. Some places you might not even find on a map to be honest. Ten people anda dog were watching, not many.” — Surprise England call-up Nick Pope, who played in as low […]
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World Cup Countdown: Last chance to make case
The March FIFA fixtures, most of which will be played Friday and next Tuesday, will be the last games before coaches will have to make decisions on their squads for the World Cup. Mostcoaches have a good idea whom they’ll take — Brazil’s Tite has already named 15 players for the World Cup — so […]
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World Cup Countdown: Russia-bound teams call up 19 MLS players
On the last FIFA window before teams must announce their squads for the 2018 World Cup, 19 MLS players are headed off to World Cup finalists for friendlies. Costa Rica and Panama lead allteams with six MLS players each. The Ticos would have had seven MLS players in camp, but defender Ronald Matarrita was a late […]