U.S. international Eric Lichaj scored a header and stunning volley to help Nottingham Forest knock Arsenal out of the FA Cup. Nottingham Forest’s Eric Lichaj posts a picture with his new canine friend, Marcus Rashford shows off his silky moves in Dubai and more in the Sweeper. United States international defender Eric Lichaj completed his
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3:53 PM ET Croatia advanced to the round of 16 with a stunning 3-0 victory over Argentina on Thursday. The result in Nizhny gives Croatia six points from two matches and puts Argentina’s knockout hopes in serious jeopardy after collecting just one point from their first two matches. And it was goals from Ante Rebic,
3:56 PM ET KAZAN, Russia — A scrappy second-half goal by Diego Costa broke Iran’s stonewall and lifted Spain to a 1-0 win in a nerve-jangling World Cup clash on Wednesday. Costa claimed his third goal of the tournament in the 54th minute at Kazan Arena but the striker hardly knew about it, the ball
ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson and Alexis Nunes look ahead to Denmark-Australia, France-Peru, Argentina-Croatia and predict who’ll come out on top. ESPN’s Alison Bender catches up with a Spanish fan who embarked on a 74-day journey, cycling from Valencia to Moscow without a match ticket. The FC crew take a comprehensive look at how Iceland stifled
ESPN’s Sebastian Salazar revealed how Peru fans are celebrating competing in their first World Cup since 1982. Peru were left to lament Christian Cueva’s first-half penalty miss when Yussuf Poulsen’s tidy finish proving enough for Denmark. The World Cup no longer serves as a reference of football’s top quality or of cutting edge tactical ideas.
France’s Raphael Varane believes the French media need to be more positive if they want France to do well at the World Cup. France coach Didier Deschamps will include Olivier Giroud and Blaise Matuidi in his starting XI to face Peru on Thursday in Yekaterinburg. Both players were part of first team at Tuesday afternoon’s closed-door
3:53 PM ET Free-scoring Russia’s World Cup dream continued with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Egypt in their second Group A match in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. The win gives the hosts six points from their opening two games and puts them in pole position to advance after outscoring their opponents 8-1 thus far in
The latest transfer rumours from around the world. Things change in the blink of an eye in football. The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper. Here are today’s top five emerging whispers. And keep
3:53 PM ET ESPN staff Harry Kane scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as England beat Tunisia 2-1 in Volgograd. Gareth Southgate’s side missed a host of gilt-edged chances in the first half and were then frustrated by a resolute Tunisian side who looked to have claimed a vital point. But Kane popped up in the
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