Month: June 2019

Beijing Guoan continue to lead the Chinese Super League standings following a 3-2 win over Guangzhou R&F on Saturday, which maintained their five point lead over defending champions Shanghai SIPG and seven-time winners Guangzhou Evergrande. Wang Ziming put Beijing in front before a pair of penalties in 12 first-half minutes from Eran Zahavi put R&F

Kate Markgraf explains why Phil Neville’s comments about Cameroon’s behaviour were a distraction from England’s performance in their 3-0 win. England manager Phil Neville said he was “completely and utterly ashamed” of Cameroon’s behaviour after his side beat the African team 3-0 on Sunday to reach the women’s World Cup quarterfinals. In a match overshadowed by

1:32 PM ET England beat Cameroon 3-0 to set up a date against Norway in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup — but VAR once again dominates the postmatch debate. Phil Neville’s team took the lead in the 14th minute when Cameroon goalkeeper Annette Ngo Ndom was adjudged to have picked up a deliberate

1:23 AM ET Felipe Gutierrez scored and Tim Melia made four saves when Sporting Kansas City ended a four-game winless streak with a 1-0 defeat of the Columbus Crew at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday. Sporting Kansas City (4-5-7) won for the second time in 12 matches (2-4-6) and moved to 1-3-4 on

1:00 PM ET A last-minute own goal handed Morocco a narrow 1-0 victory over Namibia at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday in an far-from-convincing start from one of the pretournament favourites. Substitute Itamunua Keimune botched an attempted clearance and headed the ball into his own net after a free kick from Morocco midfielder

10:39 PM ET Tom Marshall CHARLOTTE, N.C. – LA Galaxy’s 21-year-old winger Uriel Antuna and Wolves striker Raul Jimenez both scored to help Mexico to a 3-2 victory over Martinique at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday to secure top spot in Group A of the Gold Cup after a shaky performance. Antuna netted his

Following two tense hours of football in Nice, the Matildas’ hopes at the FIFA Women’s World Cup rested upon Sam Kerr. And her alone. “Only big players can miss penalties, because small ones don’t take them,” coach Ante Milicic said following Australia’s penalty shootout defeat to Norway on Saturday. It’s true. That post-match comment from

ESPN’s Natalie Gedra recaps Brazil’s victory over Italy, as Marta’s 17th World Cup goal moved her ahead of Germany’s Miroslav Klose for the most all-time. An emotional Marta bid farewell to another unsuccessful World Cup campaign on Sunday with a challenge to Brazil’s women: work harder and do more if you want to win. With