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You’d expect England to win a little more comfortably than they do historically.

Rescue teams thrashed through dense forest hundreds of metres above a cave complex on Friday, searching for an alternative way to extract 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside for almost two weeks.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams recovered from a first set setback to beat Romanian qualifer Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 in just under two hours.

Speaking to the press today, ahead of Saturday’s quarter final against Sweden, Stones told reporters: “It was a odd game. I was surprised to see central defenders like Maguire, normally he is a very honest guy, diving in the attacking box and asking the referee for...

Belgium made 9 changes and England eight as star strikers Romalu Lukaku and Harry Kane were rested.

On the other end of the draw are powerhouses Brazil, Uruguay, France and Belgium, teams that have combined for eight World Cup championships.

While Croatia have one of the best midfields of the tournament and Sweden are more than competent in their own right, any manager of the top six or seven big teams would have bitten off your hand, had you offered him this run of games in May. In other words, none of their squad...

JORDAN Henderson admits he will owe fellow Sunderland boy Jordan Pickford for the rest of his life after missing in England’s dramatic shootout triumph over Colombia – but is willing to take another World Cup spot-kick if required.

He is now predicting an English victory on the weekend – and he’s not shy about it.

Brazil head coach Tite, left, talks to his player Neymar during the round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Monday, July 2, 2018.

Russian Federation midfielder Alan Dzagoev says he is fit to play against Croatia in the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday after recovering from injury. Well if anyone thought that this tournament had a clear-cut victor think again. “But now I’m training in the main...

Sweden’s brand of football may not be easy on the eye but on Tuesday they added Switzerland to a list already including the Netherlands, Italy and Germany as they marched into the World Cup quarter-finals.

It was Sharapova’s first-ever defeat in the opening round of Wimbledon.

During a news conference ahead of a tournament at Wimbledon Sunday, Williams said it was frustrating to be targeted more than other players.

“It’s a shame if we don’t (see Messi and Ronaldo at the next World Cup)”.