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Fireworks crackled and jets roared ahead of the France-Paraguay World Cup game in Philadelphia on Saturday as fans celebrated the double joy of soccer’s biggest tournament on home soil and the 250th anniversary of American independence in the nation’s birthplace.
Brazil is a slight favorite to advance past Norway to play the winner of the titanic matchup between Mexico and England on July 11 outside Miami.
Canada captain Alphonso Davies says a lingering hamstring injury kept him out of Canada’s final game of this summer’s FIFA World Cup.
Cabo Verde took Lionel Messi and Argentina to the brink of elimination on soccer’s biggest stage, before falling 3-2 in a match that went to extra time.
While Alphonso Davies had a clean MRI on Friday, the Canada captain did not feel right ahead of the team's 3-0 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 loss to Morocco and “wasn’t confident in his hamstring.”
Azzedine Ounahi scored twice to lead Morocco to a 3-0 win over Canada in the World Cup round of 16 Saturday to make the country the first African nation to reach the quarterfinals more than once.
Mexico has spent 40 years chasing a return to the World Cup quarterfinals. On Sunday, their best chance in a generation arrives. Playing on home soil in a venue that has become an almost impregnable fortress, El Tri will face England in the round of 16—in what is arguably the most important match in Mexican football history.
Six times the World Cup has been won by the country playing at home, most recently in 1998.
Canada takes on Morocco in the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup in Houston. Follow all the action here with TSN.ca's liveblog.
Africa set a record by sending nine of its teams to the knockout rounds of the World Cup. Seven of them were KO’d in the first round.
The Mexican dream at this World Cup can be summed up in a phrase: “And what if we do?” The question omits the ending — and what if we do win? — but captures the hope of two generations of Mexicans who were used to defeats and have waited 40 years to see their national team make it to the quarterfinals
Jhon Arias scored off a sharp cross from Luis Suárez in the opening minutes, and Colombia controlled Ghana on a sweltering night at Arrowhead Stadium, allowing Los Cafeteros to advance to the Round of 16 at the World Cup with a 1-0 victory Friday night.
Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the deciding goal in a shootout, and Egypt won its debut in the World Cup knockout round by beating Australia 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw Friday.
Netherlands defender Nathan Aké left Manchester City on Friday to join Fenerbahce as the Istanbul club seeks a first Turkish league title in 13 seasons.
Mohamed Salah is in the starting lineup for Egypt’s debut in the knockout round of the World Cup against Australia despite a hamstring injury sustained in the group stage finale.
Watch Canada’s Round of 16 match against Morocco LIVE Saturday on TSN, TSN.ca and the TSN App at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
Lionel Messi resumes his chase of the Golden Boot on Friday.
Jesse Marsch has been forced into many of his lineup decisions at the FIFA World Cup due to injuries, but the Canada head coach has consistently tinkered with the top of his formation by choice.
Bayern Munich signed Germany left back Nathaniel “Nene” Brown from Bundesliga rival Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported fee of 55 million euros ($63 million) on Friday.
Saturday’s afternoon knockout round game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia could be this World Cup tournament’s hottest, posing dangers to the region as well as athletes and tens of thousands of fans in the open-air stadium.
Riyad Mahrez, a five-time Premier League winner, announced his retirement from international soccer following Algeria’s World Cup exit, a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in the round of 32 on Thursday.
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