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Brazil's Neymar passed fully fit ahead of Serbia match
Lasmar sought to reassure Brazilian media anxious about Neymar's fitness after he limped out of a training session with a sore right ankle following Brazil's opening 1-1 draw with Switzerland last weekend. The relief of getting on the scoresheet prompted an emotional outpouring from Neymar after the full-time whistle sounded at the Saint Petersburg Stadium and Silva can understand why his side... [Full Article...]
A controversial Chicharito goal gave Mexico a win over South Korea
And all of them should be afraid of Mexico . South Korea: Jo Hyeon-woo, Lee Yong , Son Heung-min, Ju Se-jong, Hwang Hee-chan, Kim Min-woo, Ki Sung-yueng, Kim Young-gwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Lee Jae-sung, Moon Seo-min. But history was not on Mexico's side because it had not won back-to-back matches at a World Cup since 2002. As if anyone didn't know it, Son is the team's best player by a dista... [Full Article...]
England beat South Africa by 121 runs
Tammy Beaumont (116 off 52) and Danni Wyatt (56 off 36) laid the foundations with a first-wicket stand of 147, before Katherine Brunt (42no off 16) and Nat Sciver (33 off 15) took England past the White Ferns' total as a beleaguered Proteas attack conceded 466 runs from 40 overs in the day. [Full Article...]
Hamilton leads Mercedes front row lock-out
And the pressure is, as you know, you can see how close it is between us all. I've been struggling to get flawless laps this week - I was catching up rung by rung, but a one-two here is great. The German driver indicated they could have probably caught Bottas in second, but was happy with P3 as Ferrari were clearly second best on the day. "In the end with P3 I'm happy because the auto should be go... [Full Article...]
Nature Valley Classic: Petra Kvitova beats Julia Goerges to reach semi-finals
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Buzarnescu dedicated the victory to her family and coaching team, those close to her who believed she could rescue her career after two knee surgeries, and twice being sidelined for more than two years. The Czech fourth seed beat Germany's Goerges 6-1 6-4 in 67 minutes. She will play Czech Barbora Strycova , who won 7-5 3-0 after Lesia Tsurenko retired with injury. [Full Article...]
Neymar explains tears of joy after Brazil win, writing 'Talk is cheap'
We'll get to that in a moment. Brazil was preparing for a second-half penalty when the referee reviewed video footage of Neymar's fall and amended the call in what was the first major boon Costa Rica has experienced thanks to the new video review feature of this year's tournament. [Full Article...]
England beats Australia by 6 wickets to lead ODI series 4-0
ENGLAND'S total domination over Australia continued as they clinched a six-wicket victory at Chester-le-Street last night to go 4-0 ahead in the five-match one day global series. "[Australia captain] Tim (Paine ) thought they were 30 or 40 short". "We've always looked at series like this, and games with one day in between, as quite rigorous for the bowlers". [Full Article...]
Kane joins Lineker and Hurst as England canter to biggest win
All eyes will be on Harry Kane and England on Day 11 at the FIFA World Cup from Russian Federation. Their previous best was four, which they did on two occasions - a 4-4 draw in the group stages against Belgium in 1954, and the 4-2 win after extra time against Germany in the 1966 final at home. [Full Article...]