Giroud takes France into semis; Morocco reduces Ronaldo to tears

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 22:11:34 +0000

AL KHOR, Qatar (AFP) – Olivier Giroud scored the winner and Harry Kane missed a late penalty as holders France beat England, 2-1, in a tense World Cup quarter-final on Saturday. Aurelien Tchouameni had swept France into a first-half lead only for Kane to equalise from the spot nine minutes into the second half. England […]

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Portugal blows away Switzerland; Spain loses to Morocco in penalty shootout

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 03:59:45 +0000

DOHA (AFP) – Portugal dismantled Switzerland, 6-1, to charge into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday as Goncalo Ramos started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and scored the first hat-trick of the tournament. The Portuguese will face Morocco in the quarterfinals after sweeping aside the Swiss in a display that was every bit as impressive […]

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Brazil, Portugal advance to World Cup knockouts

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:21:49 +0000

DOHA (AFP) – Five-time champion Brazil and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal joined France in the World Cup knockout rounds with a game to spare on a dramatic day of action in Qatar on Monday. Portugal’s match against Uruguay, which IT won 2-0, was briefly interrupted a pitch invader who carried a rainbow flag and wore messages […]

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World Cup history for Ronaldo, injury scare for Neymar

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 03:23:09 +0000

DOHA (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo claimed a piece of World Cup history on Thursday as Brazil was rocked by an injury scare to captain Neymar after a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Serbia. Ronaldo became the first man to score in five different editions of the World Cup as he slotted home a controversial penalty to […]

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