Lewis Koumas opens Wales account in draw with Ghana
Lewis Koumas scored his first international goal to salvage a 1- 1 draw for Wales with World Cup-bound Ghana in Cardiff.
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Josh Jacobs at Packers practice as prosecutors mull charges - ESPN
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Josh Jacobs has returned to the Green Bay Packers offseason program and practiced Tuesday while he remains under investigation after being arrested last week on domestic abuse allegations.
European champions Spain fancied to win World Cup title
MADRID: Spain have spent the last two years making international football look like a problem someone else has to solve and as the World Cup looms the question for the other 47 teams is blunt enough — who can stop Luis de la Fuente’s red machine?
Lukaku returns in style with 90th goal for Belgium
RIJEKA, Croatia, June 2 : Romelu Lukaku marked his return to the Belgium side with a record-extending 90th international goal as they beat Croatia 2-0 away in their World Cup warm-up friendly on Tuesday.
Referee Curtis Blair to work NBA Finals, a first in his career - ESPN
SAN ANTONIO — Curtis Blair spent all day Friday checking his email. And Saturday. And Sunday. The list of referees that were selected to work the NBA Finals was about to be revealed by the league, and the waiting was brutal.
World Cup 2026: list of 26-man squads at the finals
Full list of players called up for the June 11th - July 19th World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States:
Koeman reluctant to predict Dutch fate but feels confident
June 2 : Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman is reluctant to make any bold prediction about his side’s chances at the World Cup, but on Tuesday expressed confidence as they prepared for a warm-up international against Algeria.
After escaping the Taliban and years in exile, the Afghan women’s football team rises again
WELLINGTON: Fatima Yousufi escaped the Taliban, arriving in Australia with a backpack and a burning ambition to play international football. Through their own determination and courage, and with family support, Yousufi and others like Mona Amini had been able to study, to play football for clubs and for the Afghanistan women’s team. But when the Taliban returned to power in 2021 it shut down all women’s sports, and the players of the Afghan team went into hiding. After a frantic evacation, 13 of the players settled in Australia where for five years they lived, played and trained in the hope of once again being allowed to represent their country. The Afghanistan football federation doesn’t recognize the women’s team.