Quick Glance: Colombia shocks Germany in stunning World Cup victory
- Colombian fans make as much noise in Sydney as Brazilian fans in Brisbane.
- Colombia defeats Germany with a surprising 2-1 victory.
- 18-year-old Linda Caicedo shines in this remarkable World Cup.
Quick Glance: Germany Defeats USA in FIBA World Cup Semifinals
- The U.S. fails to advance to the FIBA World Cup final.
- A late comeback by the United States falls short against a strong third quarter by Germany. The Americans lose in the FIBA World Cup semifinal, 113-111.
- Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards and Los Angeles Lakers' Austin Reaves contribute six and seven points, respectively, during the comeback to narrow the gap to one point.
- Germany leads by two points after the first quarter, but the USA rallies to take a one-point lead at halftime. Edwards scores nine points and Mikal Bridges adds eight points during this stretch.
Quick Glance: How Japan's World Cup victory against Spain knocked Germany out
- Surprisingly, Japan won its group, and Spain advanced as well.
- Both Japan and Costa Rica would be eliminated if there were no comebacks.
- Costa Rica's lead was short-lived; Germany quickly scored to re-enter the game, then scored twice to seize a lead it would not relinquish.
- Japan had overcome Spain, just as it had beaten Germany to begin the tournament, wedged around a now-confounding setback to Costa Rica.
Quick Glance: Historic Achievement: Three African Teams Reach Women's World Cup Round of 16 for the First Time
- Nigeria, South Africa, and tournament debutants Morocco have all qualified for the round of 16, marking the first time three African teams have reached this stage.
- South Africa secured their spot in the knockout stages with a last-minute win against Italy.
- Nigeria progressed to the round of 16 after a draw against the Republic of Ireland.
- Morocco has unexpectedly reached the round of 16 despite a defeat against Germany.
Quick Glance: Owen Farrell's England Career in Jeopardy After Reckless Red Card
- England's captain will miss the start of the Rugby World Cup, posing a significant challenge for head coach Steve Borthwick.
- Farrell's recurring issues with his tackling technique resulted in a red card against Wales, putting his national team career at risk.
- His tendency to lead into tackles with a lowered head and shoulder has led to previous bans.
- The potential conflict of interest, as Australia could face England in the World Cup quarter-finals, is the least of Farrell's concerns.
Quick Glance: Africa and the Arab world celebrate Morocco's World Cup quarter-final victory over Portugal
- Men and women bounced up and down, waving the Moroccan flag, as part of a sea of people who had flooded Rabat's city center, producing a cacophonous cacophony of jubilation.
- Meanwhile, hundreds of spectators jammed cafés, restaurants, and soccer stadiums throughout the Palestinian territories and Israel to watch the game, exploding into shouts when Morocco won.
- The streets of London's Edgware Road, long a hub for the city's Arab minority, were congested with automobiles blasting horns and waving flags, while in Paris, chanting and cheering Moroccan fans filled the Champs Elysees.
- Singing, waving flags, and cheering
Quick Glance: Croatia ends Brazil's World Cup dream in a penalty shootout
- Croatians are chasing their goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, and miss Marquinhos (l.) is anxious.
- Rodrygo's penalty is defended by Dominik Livakovic.
- How do we persuade the Croats to move so that our offensive can acquire some space?
- In the 117th minute, Bruno Petkovic (number 16) scores.
Quick Glance: Fernando Santos, the coach of Portugal, has resigned following the country's World Cup failure.
- After Portugal's loss against Morocco, coach Fernando Santos comments.
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- Santos, who has been harshly chastised for his tactics, took over as coach of Portugal in 2014 and has since led the country in 109 matches.
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Quick Glance: Manuel Neuer's season is over after a skiing accident.
- FC Bayern: The season is over for him: Manuel Neuer is the goalkeeper.
- FC Bayern will be without regular goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for the remainder of the season.
- "That Manuel had such an accident is terrible, and of course all our thoughts are with him," sports director Hasan Salihamidzic added.
- Manuel will be given all of the assistance he requires.
Quick Glance: Croatia wins 4-1, knocking Canada out of the World Cup in 2022.
- GOAL: Croatia adds to their woes against Canada.
- Croatia had actually equalized through Andrej Kramaric, but the goal was called offside.
- Scary moment for Canada as goalie Milan Borjan attempts to punch the ball but fails to connect properly.
- Alphonso Davies of Canada celebrates with teammate Richie Laryea, right, after scoring their team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group F match between Croatia and Canada on Nov. 27, 2022 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
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UPDATE: Costa Rica shock Japan to keep Germany's 2022 World Cup bid alive.
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Quick Glance: World Cup: Spain practiced 1,000 penalties before failing to score in a shootout
- Spain rehearsed 1,000 penalties, according to Luis Enrique, but they missed all three and were eliminated from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
- Even in the penalty shootout, Spain would have been confident.
- "Over a year ago, in one of the Spain camps, I told them they had to get here with at least 1,000 penalties taken," Spain manager Enrique recently told media, according to Goal.
- Morocco's penalties were scored by Abdelhamid Sabiri, Hakim Ziyech, and Achraf Hakimi.
Croatia beat Brazil 4-2 in the penalty shootout
BREAKING: Croatia shock Brazil, advance to World Cup semis
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Quick Glance: World Cup: Late drama as VAR intervenes in France's loss to Tunisia
- France's World Cup encounter versus Tunisia ended in late drama as the reigning champions thought they had clinched an equalizer deep into injury time.
- Wahbi Khazri's spectacular goal in the 58th minute clinched his team's first World Cup victory against European opponents after 11 previous efforts.
- Only four of the players on the field at the start had ever played in a World Cup match.
- Khazri stated that he did not believe France humiliated Tunisia by fielding a depleted lineup.
Quick Glance: Courtois gaffe and Aboukhlal assist intrepid Morocco in shocking Belgium
- Morocco were incisive and lively, whilst Belgium lacked ideas and had lead in their legs, particularly De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, and even the typically imperious Thibaut Courtois creaked in the Belgium goal.
- Abdelhamid Sabiri's free-kick beats Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
- Morocco's head coach stated, "We have good free-kick takers and we saw that at his near post Courtois is sometimes overconfident."
- "We have four points after playing two of the best teams in the world and that is absolutely extraordinary for Morocco," Regragui remarked.