2:37 AM ET Sebastian Haller trained last month with former club Ajax. Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller said he will undergo further surgery as part of ongoing treatment for a testicular tumour that has kept him sidelined this season. The Ivory Coast forward, 28, had surgery earlier this year after
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4:35 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez The French Football Federation (FFF) has condemned racist messages aimed at Eduardo Camavinga after the training ground incident which will see teammate Christopher Nkunku miss the World Cup through injury. France confirmed on Tuesday that Nkunku had suffered a leg injury in training and would be withdrawing from
4:51 PM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo said he was close to signing for bitter rivals Manchester City last year but former manager Alex Ferguson asked him not to. Ronaldo said Ferguson persuaded him to re-join United for a second spell at Old Trafford when he moved from Juventus in August, 2021 on a
4:33 PM ET A goal and an assist from Mattias Svanberg led Sweden to a 2-1 win over Mexico who failed to secure a confidence-boosting victory on Wednesday in their last game before the World Cup in Qatar. Sweden, who failed to qualify for the World Cup, took the lead in the 54th minute when
10:04 PM ET The Costa Rica Federation canceled their team’s World Cup warmup against Iraq scheduled for Thursday due to an issue with the passports stamps at the border between Kuwait and Iraq. The Costa Rican delegation, which was travelling to the match on Wednesday night by bus, had requested the Iraqi government not stamp
5:30 PM ET James Maddison has described the fallout from his infamous casino visit in 2019 as “ridiculous” and insisted his England career did not stall as a result of a breakdown in relations with manager Gareth Southgate. The Leicester City midfielder was pictured by a poker table in a casino on the night England
12:45 PM ET Argentina warmed up for the World Cup with a 5-0 hammering of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, as a brace from Angel Di Maria and goals from Julian Alvarez, Lionel Messi and Joaquin Correa extended their unbeaten run to 36 games. Roared on by the Mohammad Bin Zayed
1:09 PM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Thursday’s warm-up game against Nigeria because he has a stomach bug. The Manchester United forward sat out Portugal‘s training session on Wednesday, having trained the previous two days with the national team. “Ronaldo has a gastritis and did not train today in order to recover and
9:23 AM ET France defender Raphael Varane said his Manchester United teammates were obviously affected by Cristiano Ronaldo‘s comments in a television interview that he did not respect manager Erik ten Hag and felt betrayed by the Premier League side. In an explosive interview with TalkTV that has cast doubts about his future at the
3:54 PM ET The United States men’s national team are a big long shot to win the World Cup in Qatar. The U.S. are as long 250-1, in the same range as Poland, at overseas sportsbooks. Stateside, where patriotic betting is in effect, the U.S. are listed at 100-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, where Brazil are