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Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo, goalkeeper #22 Diogo Costa and defender #03 Pepe arrive on the pitch for the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Portugal and Slovenia at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt am Main on July 1, 2024. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)

Ronaldo starts as Portugal change shape in Slovenia last 16 Euros clash

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the line for Portugal in their Euro 2024 last 16 clash with Slovenia on Monday in Frankfurt, looking for his first goal of the tournament. The 39-year-old striker will
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France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe, wearing a protective mask, looks on during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D football match between France and Poland at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 25, 2024. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

Mbappe finds face mask ‘horrible’ as France captain plays on with broken nose

France captain Kylian Mbappe admitted that playing with a mask to protect his broken nose was “absolutely horrible” as he prepared for Monday’s last-16 clash with Belgium at Euro 2024. “I didn’t
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Germany's players gesture to fans at the end of the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Germany and Denmark at the BVB Stadion Dortmund in Dortmund on June 29, 2024. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

Euro hosts Germany pass Denmark test but clouds remain

Germany are through to the quarter finals of a major tournament for the first time in eight years, but clouds remain for Julian Nagelsmann’s Euro 2024 hosts. The home side won 2-0
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France's midfielder #07 Antoine Griezmann applauds after the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D football match between France and Poland at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 25, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

Has Griezmann become a problem for France at Euro 2024?

Majestic at the 2022 World Cup, Antoine Griezmann’s current struggles reflect that of a France side for whom the goals have worryingly dried up at Euro 2024 ahead of their last-16 clash
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Messi to miss Argentina, Peru Copa clash

Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s final Copa America group game against Peru after complaining of muscle tightness, team officials said on Friday. Assistant coach Walter Samuel told a press conference that the
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Players of Rangers International in the late 1970s

Return of the Flying Antelopes…

ANTELOPES do not fly. That’s why I often wondered why Rangers International Football Club of Enugu are nicknamed ‘the Flying Antelopes’. I know the genesis of the name ‘Rangers’. It is a
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