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8:34 PM ET United States midfielder Giovanni Reyna was almost sent home from the World Cup in Qatar due to a lack of effort in training and in a pre-tournament scrimmage against Qatari side Al Gharafa SC, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Reyna, 20, did not start a single game for the US in Qatar

7:44 AM ET OLEKSANDR PETRAKOV LOOKED around the airplane at his boys with both love and disgust. He sat in 1A, front left, his usual head coach seat, as he and the Ukrainian national soccer team flew from Glasgow to Yerevan, Armenia for their next match. They’d lost 3-0 to Scotland a few hours before,

5:52 PM ET The World Cup semifinals are set! With Croatia and Argentina clinching their spots on Friday, history was made on Saturday with Morocco beating Portugal to be the first African team to reach the final four. They’ll meet defending champions France, who outlasted England in the other quarterfinal match. Be sure to check

6:45 PM ET England skipper Harry Kane said he will have to live with the penalty miss that condemned his team to a World Cup quarterfinal exit against reigning champions France on Saturday. The striker had drawn his side level at Al Bayt Stadium with a successful spot kick that saw him match Wayne Rooney’s

4:01 PM ET Harry Kane missed a late penalty as England crashed out of the World Cup quarterfinals with a 2-1 defeat to reigning champions France. Aurelien Tchouameni put France ahead through a sweet strike in the 17th minute before Kane drew the two sides level with a 54th minute penalty, but Olivier Giroud scored

8:38 AM ET Portugal‘s Cristiano Ronaldo was again left on the bench, this time for Saturday’s World Cup quarterfinal against Morocco, as his frustrating tournament took another turn for the worse. Ronaldo, axed from his country’s previous match at the World Cup, had to once again make do with a place among the substitutes for

8:00 PM ET In a World Cup that has seen some upsets and stunners, we had our biggest yet! Brazil, led by Neymar and the favorites to win it all in Qatar, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Croatia on penalties. Now, the 2018 World Cup runners-up aim to oust Lionel Messi and Argentina, who

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Dec 8, 2022 DOHA, Qatar — It is a meeting of titans and, really, the clash of the World Cup quarterfinals, a game where flickers of grace and beauty, of originality and style, will make it impossible to ever look away. No, we’re not talking about England vs. France on Saturday. We’re talking about something

1:42 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi has said he is confident Lionel Messi will stay at the club and expressed his interest in signing Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford on a free transfer. Messi’s contract at PSG runs out next June and reports have linked the Argentina captain with a move to Major League

3:30 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — Casemiro had just left the stage with his Player of the Match award. The Brazil midfielder had scored the stunning winner in their 1-0 win over Switzerland in their second group-stage match, but he dodged any personal praise, instead spreading the acclaim throughout the team. 2 Related It’s part

6:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent DOHA, Qatar — Not many players have ever experienced the feeling of taking a penalty in a World Cup shootout. After more than two hours of draining knockout football and with the hopes of a nation — and sometimes history — resting on your shoulders, it can come down to

7:59 PM ET The 2022 World Cup quarterfinals are here. After a thrilling group stage and roller-coaster round of 16, we’re into the business end of the tournament with eight teams remaining. There’s plenty of star power, great matchups and top players who all have their eyes set on hoisting the trophy on Dec. 18.

10:42 AM ET Wednesday is the first rest day of the World Cup and with that, a good opportunity to reflect on the individual brilliance we’ve seen so far this winter in Qatar. The final eight teams are set to battle Friday and Saturday, but with the Round of 16 meaning we’re past the midway

6:29 AM ET Erik ten Hag has said Manchester United are “looking to the future” following Cristiano Ronaldo‘s acrimonious departure from the club. Ronaldo is a free agent after he mutually agreed to terminate his contract with United in November following a controversial interview before the World Cup. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more

5:28 PM ET LUSAIL, Qatar — Portugal manager Fernando Santos now has a level of control over Cristiano Ronaldo that Erik ten Hag created at Manchester United. We all know how that turned out — Ronaldo’s Old Trafford contract ripped up last month in an acrimonious exit — but Portugal showed on Tuesday night that

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10:00 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — The Souq Waqif has been packed with people throughout this entire World Cup. If you amble down the main concourse of the marketplace at whatever speed the dense crowd allows, you encounter team shirts from all over the world. It’s hectic. Whenever there’s a TV journalist reporting back to