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: 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: 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: 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: 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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