Gareth Southgate’s men made an outstanding start to the Group G encounter in Volgograd, where the 24-year-old opened the scoring with his first major tournament goal.
You need to realise that at a World Cup, you need to play for 90 minutes. The first goal was primordial. “Even though we thought he’d have a good opportunity to be involved in the group phase I think now he’s not got a stronger opportunity”, Martinez said.
Jordan Pickford, who is likely to get the nod in goal, has kept clean sheets in two of his three global caps, and against a Tunisia side likely to play with little attacking intent, I think he can add another. I’ve seen about 10 England fans, there’s more Russians in...
Brooks Koepka has grown used to people underestimating him, but after flying under the radar to win a second straight U.S. Open title he would not have it any other way.
Marco Reus was introduced on the hour as Loew sought to invigorate a struggling side, while 39-year-old Rafael Marquez became just the third player to feature at five World Cups as he was brought on the tighten Mexico’s defence.
They tried their best. On day two, they miserably failed the Test batting examination when they lost 20 wickets in 66.3 overs, ending their debut match in two days. Your effort, attitude and intention should always be about winning but you get to learn plenty off the field as...
Thankfully for Nadal – less so for Thiem – he was able to finish the job and continue his remarkable domination at Roland Garros with a 6-4 6-3 6-2 victory.
And while the Indian team got off to a strong start before rain interrupted play on Thursday, this is one match whose significance will go beyond the score.