Joint-record time champion Uruguay will clash against Brazil in a Copa America 2024 quarterfinal match at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (Sunday in IST). Brazil’s teenage prodigy Endrick will replace Vinicius Jr, who is suspended for accumulating yellow cards. Brazil coach Dorival Junior added he did not want the Uruguay game…
Euro 2024 moves to its business end with only four team remaining in the running as the semifinal stage on July 10. Spain takes on France while England faces Netherlands as the final four teams are set to battle it out for European glory. Sportstar takes a look at the key players, team stats, records…
France striker Randal Kolo Muani didn’t quite appreciate the difficulty teammate Kylian Mbappe was experiencing wearing a protective mask at Euro 2024 until he tried it on. “You really see nothing,” Kolo Muani said Sunday. “Nothing.” A broken nose — and the need to wear a vision-limiting mask to cover it – partly explains Mbappe’s…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s final European Championship ended on a sour note when Portugal was knocked out by France in the quarterfinals of the 2024 European Championship at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 5. Ronaldo, who had led his side to the Euro title in 2016, failed to score a single goal in this edition of…
South Korea appointed Hong Myung-bo as national team head coach for the second time on Sunday. Hong succeeds Jurgen Klinsmann and returns to the job he left in July 2014 after a 12-month spell ended in a disappointing World Cup performance. The 55 year-old was captain of the Korean team that reached the semifinal of…
Thiago played most of his club football at Bayern Munich, winning 15 major titles there, including seven league titles and one UEFA Champions League. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Thiago played most of his club football at Bayern Munich, winning 15 major titles there, including seven league titles and one UEFA Champions League. | Photo Credit:…
Uruguay’s diligence and resilience under pressure after going a man down against Brazil in Saturday’s Copa America quarterfinal victory put the team’s distinctive character in the spotlight, coach Marcelo Bielsa said. Uruguay lost Nahitan Nandez to a red card on a VAR review, which reduced its side to 10 men for the final stages of…
Rahul Bheke and Lalthuammawia Ralte were among the six new players unveiled by Bengaluru FC (BFC) at an open training session held at Bangalore Football Stadium here on Sunday. Spanish attacker Edgar Mendez, Spanish midfielder Alberto Noguera, Argentine striker Jorge Pereyra Diaz and former Punjab FC left-back Mohamed Salah were the other new signings. BFC,…
Having retired from international football, Sunil Chhetri’s focus now turns to representing his club, Bengaluru FC. Chhetri’s status as fan favourite remains undiminished, as he received the loudest cheers in the club’s open training session at Bangalore Football Stadium here on Sunday. The 39-year-old did not put a timeline on when he will call time…
Spain midfielder Pedri has made peace with Toni Kroos over the tournament-ending challenge in their quarterfinal match, the Barcelona midfielder clarified on social media. Pedri was ruled out of the rest of Euro 2024 on Saturday with a left knee injury that he sustained in a hefty challenge from Kroos in the opening stages of…
