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: Billion-Dollar Deal: Americans Freed from Iran in Prisoner Swap
- Iran made $6bn through exports, mainly of oil, to South Korea, but the money ended up in restricted accounts in South Korea after then-US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal.
- As part of the prisoner swap deal, the US also released five Iranians.
- Released prisoner expresses gratitude towards US President Biden.
- We have just received news that the plane carrying the five American citizens freed from Iran will land in Doha shortly.
Quick Glance: US Allows Billion Dollar Transfer for Iran Prisoner Exchange
- Illustration depicts Iran
- Transfer of 6 billion dollars in Iranian funds from South Korea to Qatar permitted.
- Transfer of 6 billion dollars and prisoner exchange could occur next week.
- Waiver applies to select financial institutions under primary jurisdiction of Germany, Ireland, Qatar, South Korea, and Switzerland.
Quick Glance: American prisoners arrive in US after exchange
- Exchange facilitated by release of frozen Iranian funds
- Negotiations mediated by Qatar led to the swap
- Americans departed Iran while Iranians arrived in the US
Quick Glance: After a hat-trick heroics in France's sad defeat to Argentina, Mbappe breaks silent to convey a strong World Cup message.
- Les Bleus entered Qatar 2022 as defending champions, but fell agonizingly short in their defense, losing on penalties after battling to a dramatic 3-3 draw over 120 minutes against Lionel Messi and co. Mbappe scored three goals in that game.
- the first guy to accomplish so in a World Cup final since England's Geoff Hurst in 1966
- However, they were defeated and must now regroup in preparation for future aspirations for world greatness.
Quick Glance: Anguish for Kane on the night he equals England's record
- Kane calmly blasted the first penalty from 12 yards into the lower corner to tie the game at one.
- Kane had only three England goals when Rooney broke Charlton's record, but has subsequently scored at an incredible rate.
- England's Harry Kane converts a penalty against France in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals.
- No player in World Cup history has scored more penalties than Harry Kane (four).
🇦🇷 Argentina 1 - 0 France 🇫🇷 GOAL! Lionel Messi scores from the penalty spot, sending Hugo Lloris the wrong way.
⚽️ LIVE #ARGFRA match blog: https://aje.io/ut8kvg
Quick Glance: Argentina overcome Croatia to reach the final: Alvarez shines, Messi provides a beautiful assist, and Modric bids farewell.
- Argentina upset 2018 runners-up to reach the final, thanks to two goals from Julian Alvarez and a wonderful assist from Lionel Messi.
- Messi scored from the penalty spot after Alvarez was fouled by Croatia's goalkeeper.
- Advertisement Fernandez, 21, earned his debut in September and got his first Argentina start in the World Cup's third group game against Poland.
- Argentina outnumbered Kovacic and Modric in midfield, and Messi turned Gvardiol inside out before setting up Alvarez for the game-winning goal.
Quick Glance: The little-known cause for Morocco's Achraf Hakimi's penguin celebration following his country's World Cup penalty triumph...
- Morocco's Achraf Hakimi gets mobbed after scoring the game-winning penalty against Spain.
- Ramos and Hakimi are club teammates, and being a product of the Real Madrid academy, Hakimi seen Ramos dominate the Los Blancos defense for several years.
- Hakimi performs his penguin celebration with Sergio Ramos.
- The veiled dig at Enrique comes after Hakimi said on Twitter, "Sergio Ramos (is) the best defender in the world," shortly after Ramos' Spain omission was confirmed.
Quick Glance: Messi's World Cup victory may have finally crowned him the GOAT.
- It's been Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the last two decades.
- Messi, who had stated that this would be his final World Cup, brilliantly guided his team to victory, scoring seven goals in seven games and being named tournament player.
- Ronaldo is the only player to have scored in five World Cups, while Messi is the only player to have at least one assist in five World Cups.
- Ronaldo, who has scored the most Champions League goals in history (141), trails Messi by one trophy.
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.
IN PHOTOS: Argentina lift the FIFA World Cup trophy after a penalty shootout victory against France. Read more: https://cna.asia/3V8vhjN
(Photos: AFP/AP)
Quick Glance: England Advances to FIFA Women's World Cup Quarter-Finals with Penalty Shootout Victory
- The Lionesses secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout win over Nigeria.
- England loses a player in regular time and continues with 10 players.
- The Lionesses hold on in extra time and win the shootout 4-2.
- In the quarter-finals, England will face either Jamaica or Colombia.
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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: DFB captain Manuel Neuer does not wear the "One Love" armband.
- Due to the danger of fines, the DFB and captain Manuel Neuer are currently without.
- "DohaFollowing FIFA's threat of fines, the German Football Association removes Manuel Neuer's "One Love" captain's armband.
- You don't want the captain to get a yellow card to start the game.
- ...) With a long lead-up, we have consistently stated to FIFA that we want to run with this armband, but there has been no response from FIFA."
Quick Glance: Germany's team covered its mouth.
- The arm band was worn by Germany's Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser.
- Faeser and DFB President Bernd Neuendorf both witnessed the game.
- In the argument a few hours before Germany's World Cup start, DFB Director Oliver Bierhoff had pleaded for more understanding from home for the players.
- The numerous critical replies from Germany would keep the players very busy, according to the 54-year-old.
Quick Glance: Starfield Modders Add DLSS Support and FOV Slider
- Modders have already added DLSS support and an FOV slider to Starfield.
- Three NexusMods users have created mods that provide DLSS and XeSS support.
- An FOV slider has also been added by modders, including user Hellstorm102.
- Starfield is now available for specific player versions and will be officially released on September 6.
Not only the DFB, but also other federations involved in the action for equality and freedom of expression, announced a renunciation of the armband.
🇫🇷 France 3 - 1 Poland 🇵🇱 GOAL! Robert Lewandowski scores the retaken penalty. A mere consolation.
⚽ LIVE #FRAPOL match blog: https://aje.io/f1c3py
🇵🇱 Poland 0 - 0 Argentina 🇦🇷 HALF-TIME: Argentina will feel aggrieved not to be in front, even if that was a soft penalty decision ... Show more
Quick Glance: Fifa Women's World Cup: New Zealand vs Norway - Recap of Tournament Opener
- Five teams will play four T20 games each at Cornwall Park on October 13-15.