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Masked World Cup players spotlight soccer's overlooked facial injury risk

England's Djed Spence, Austria's Stefan Posch and Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane have all played with facial protection. Other recent high-profile cases include ⁠France's Kylian Mbappe wearing a mask to protect his broken nose at Euro 2024, and Croatian Josko Gvardiol's protective mask at the 2022 W...

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Messi's record nine-match World Cup scoring streak ends, but history keeps growing

The Argentina captain scored in nine consecutive World Cup matches across the 2022 and 2026 tournaments – the longest goalscoring streak in the competition's history – before the run ended against Switzerland.

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World Cup 2026 semis join exclusive club as all four finalists are former champions

France, Argentina, Spain and England have produced only the third all-former-champions World Cup semi-final line-up, matching a feat previously seen only in 1970 and 1990.

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Argentina's perfect World Cup semi-final record faces fresh test against England

The defending champions have never been eliminated at the World Cup semi-final stage, progressing on every occasion they have reached the last four since 1930.

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Fifa's top four teams all storm into World Cup semi-finals for historic first

It is the first time since the Fifa Men's World Ranking was introduced in December 1992 that the top four-ranked teams have all reached the World Cup semi-finals

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New VAR rule applied in key review, sends off Embolo as Argentina reach semi-finals

The incident marked an unusual application of the tournament's VAR protocol. Had Paredes not been initially booked, Embolo would not have been sent off despite the simulation, according to the rules governing the review

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Controversial VAR review sends off Embolo as Argentina reach semi-finals

The incident marked an unusual application of the tournament's VAR protocol. Had Paredes not been initially booked, Embolo would not have been sent off despite the simulation, according to the rules governing the review

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ESPN analyst Matt Miller faces financial investigation amid car crash recovery

Miller takes indefinite leave after arm amputation and questions of possible financial improprietiesAn on-air analyst for a top US sports broadcaster says he is pulling back from his role indefinitely as he heals from a car crash in Missouri that forced him to undergo a life-saving amputation – and...

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