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7:19 AM ET Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal included injured Barcelona forward Memphis Depay and uncapped teenager Xavi Simons in his 26-man squad for the World Cup, but left out veteran goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen. Depay has not played since limping off during the Netherlands’ Nations League match against Poland on Sept. 22, and has played
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7:19 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Paris Saint-Germain defender Sergio Ramos has missed out on the World Cup after being left out by Spain coach Luis Enrique, while Barcelona forward Ansu Fati has been included in the 26-man squad for Qatar. Ramos, Spain’s record appearance holder, made his last appearance for La Roja in
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8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has said he expects Cristiano Ronaldo to be available for Manchester United‘s last game before the World Cup and insisted his international players will not get the weekend off before the tournament in Qatar. Ronaldo missed United’s 4-2 League Cup win against Aston Villa on Thursday with
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3:17 AM ET Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said Iran should be banned from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police. “Iran should be excluded from the World Cup,” Blatter told Swiss newspaper Blick. At a talk at
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5:09 AM ET French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet has said he would “rather” players didn’t wear rainbow armbands at the World Cup in Qatar in support of LGBTQ+ rights. In September it was announced that all eight European countries who had qualified for the World Cup would wear the armband throughout the
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9:54 PM ET Associated Press The United States women’s national team lost again, falling 2-1 to Germany on Thursday night for their first three-game skid since 1993 and first home defeat in more than five years. Paula Krumbiegel scored the decisive goal in the 89th minute for third-ranked Germany in the exhibition at DRV PNK
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