Qualifier

Spain kept Scotland from becoming the first team to secure a place at the 2024 European Championship by beating the visitors 2-0 Thursday for their 25th consecutive home win in qualifiers. Scotland only needed a draw to clinch a spot at…
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Argentina expected a struggle in the altitude of La Paz. The World Cup champions’ climb appeared even steeper with Lionel Messi out of the lineup. Argentina still beat Bolivia 3-0 on Tuesday in their second match of the qualifying…
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European champions Italy took a big step Tuesday toward being able to defend their title. Spain and Belgium won easily on their path to Euro 2024. Sweden look like it’s failing to qualify for the first time in 28 years. Romania and…
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Sudan’s Al-Hilal defeated Tunisia’s Sfaxien 1-0 on Tuesday in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the King Salman Cup 2023 qualifiers. Al-Hilal’s goal was scored by Mohamed Abdel-Rahman in the first half from a penalty kick.…
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Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana and the Nice midfielder Khephren Thuram were handed first call-ups to the France squad named by coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday as the World Cup runners-up prepare to start their Euro 2024 qualifying…
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Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo amid chaos on the field caused by pandemic rule breaches. In one of the most bizarre…
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The upcoming World Cup qualifier between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates that was to be the first official international in Baghdad since the 2003 US-led invasion has been switched to Saudi Arabia. Sunday’s missile attack on the…
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It’s been a wonderful week for the Lebanese national team and, in hindsight, could have been even better. Had Lebanon not missed a great opportunity with the last kick of the game with South Korea in September, they would have come away…
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British 18-year-old sensation Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to reach the US Open semifinals by defeating Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday. But the world number 150, set to become the new British…
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Sixteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov crashed out of the Italian Open in the first round on Tuesday when he was beaten in straight sets by Spanish qualifier Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The world No. 48 saved two set points in the second set as…
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