Bombers squeak past Ticats as both teams lose starting QBs to injuries
Rookie Taylor Elgersma and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the battle of attrition Sunday night.
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England emerge from Azteca ordeal looking every inch World Cup contenders
MEXICO CITY: If England are to win the World Cup, they may look back on Sunday night at the Azteca Stadium as the moment they proved it was possible.
FIFA lifts US player Balogun’s red card suspension at World Cup after Trump calls Infantino
SEATTLE: US President Donald Trump intervened on behalf of American star forward Folarin Balogun, whose suspension was lifted in a decision that allows him to play in a World Cup match against Belgium on Monday. Balogun, the American leader with three goals, received a red card for stepping awkwardly on the right ankle of Tarik Muharemović of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 2-0 round of 32 win on Wednesday. A red card triggers an automatic one-game suspension. FIFA announced Sunday that the suspension had been lifted, triggering praise from Trump and outrage from Belgium’s team. Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the game asking FIFA review the red card, according to a person familiar with the call who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. “Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!” Trump said in a statement on social media. The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) said it was “astonished” and Belgium coach Rudi Garcia mocked FIFA’s action. “I didn’t know that in the offices of FIFA the 5th of July was the 1st of April in Europe,” Garcia said through a translator in an April Fools’ Day comparison.
FIFA makes final ruling on US soccer star Folarin Balogun's controversial red card suspension
1994 USA World Cup player John Harkes, who was suspended himself for yellow card violations, wants to see FIFA change its red card rules after Folarin Balogun's suspension.
'Emotional time for me': Contreras regrets role in on-field incidents - ESPN
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras offered an emotional apology for his involvement in a pair of bench-clearing incidents against the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals this past week.
Fearless Eala topples Swiatek as shocks rock Wimbledon
LONDON, July 4 : Two gaping holes were blasted into the women's draw at Wimbledonon Saturday as defending champion Iga Swiatek was outplayed by Filipino crowd-pleaser Alexandra Eala and second seed Elena Rybakina was sent packing by Belgian Elise Mertens.
Defending champion Swiatek, No. 2 seed Rybakina both ousted from Wimbledon in 3rd round
Iga Swiatek's title defence at Wimbledon ended Saturday in a 7-6 (9), 6-2 third-round loss to 21-year-old Alexandra Eala, who continues to make history for the Philippines.
World Cup players facing growing pattern of racist abuse, FIFPRO warns
MIAMI, July 4 : Players at the World Cup are enduring a "growing pattern of abuse" that includes racist and discriminatory attacks both online and in person, global players' union FIFPRO said on Saturday as they demanded urgent action.