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[ad_1] DUESSELDORF, Germany : France captain Kylian Mbappe suffered a broken nose late on in his side’s 1-0 victory Euro 2024 victory over Austria on Monday, the French Football Federation confirmed after the game. The 25-year-old, one of the biggest names at the tournament, suffered the injury when he collided with the shoulder of Austrian […]

[ad_1] DUESSELDORF, Germany : A bloodied nose, a booking for unsportsmanlike conduct and an unfathomable miss that silenced a stadium – France’s Kylian Mbappe underlined his troubled relationship with the European Championship on Monday amidst uncertainty over his injury. The France captain, to his credit, was sublime in creating the goal that beat Austria 1-0, […]

[ad_1] DUESSELDORF, Germany : Eyebrows were raised when France recalled N’Golo Kante after two years in the international wilderness but coach Didier Deschamps knew what he was doing and the midfielder looked as if he had never been away in Monday’s 1-0 win over Austria at Euro 2024. Before the recall Kante’s last game for […]

[ad_1] DUESSELDORF, Germany : The following is reaction to France’s 1-0 victory over Austria in Euro 2024 Group D on Monday, with Max Wober scoring an own goal in the 38th minute. France manager Didier Deschamps: “Happy with what the players did even if we missed opportunities to double the tally. It was not perfect […]

[ad_1] DUESSELDORF, Germany : France overcame the potentially difficult hurdle of an in-form Austria without too many scares on Monday as they got their Euro 2024 campaign up and running with a 1-0 victory courtesy of an own goal. Austria, with one defeat in their last 16 matches, stood their ground and went close through […]

[ad_1] FRANKFURT, Germany : Slovakia’s shock 1-0 win over Belgium at Euro 2024 on Monday was proof of the progress of the smaller nations but there remained a gap even though his side won, said coach Francesco Calzona. Slovakia pulled off the first upset of the tournament in Germany as they scored early and then […]

[ad_1] Canadian Milos Raonic pummelled 47 aces, a record for a best-of-three sets ATP match, as he toppled Briton Cameron Norrie 6-7(6) 6-3 7-6(9) to reach the second round of the Queen’s Club Championships on Monday. The 2016 Wimbledon finalist beat the previous mark set by Ivo Karlovic in 2015 in Halle by two aces […]

[ad_1] LEIPZIG, Germany : Leading a side stacked with talent and a flawless qualifying campaign under his belt, it is perhaps no wonder that Portugal boss Roberto Martinez made sure he packed enough shirts to last him all the way to the Euro 2024 final. Portugal kick off their tournament with a Group F clash […]

[ad_1] MUNICH, Germany : After vowing to show Ukraine’s fighting spirit, their players were reduced to making contrite gestures to the blue and yellow-clad fans in Munich after their unexpected 3-0 defeat by Romania at Euro 2004 on Monday. Ukraine had gone into the match viewed as the much more experienced side with several players […]

[ad_1] UEFA has banned Scotland defender Ryan Porteous for two games for “serious rough play” for his studs-up tackle on Ilkay Gundogan during the Scots’ 5-1 thrashing by Germany in the Euro 2024 opening match on Friday. Germany were leading 2-0 when Porteous was shown a red card on the stroke of halftime after lunging […]