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Tearful Ronaldo departs with World Cup dream in tatters

Cristiano Ronaldo left the World Cup in tears on Saturday, strolling off down the passage with his fantasies about winning the prize shredded. Morocco procured a shock 1-0 quarter-last triumph over Portugal, the north Africans’ bliss the unmistakable inverse of Ronaldo’s hopelessness. The Portuguese forward, 37, might very well never get one more opportunity to […]

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Morocco dump Spain out on penalties to reach historic World Cup quarters

Achraf Hakimi struck the definitive punishment to send Spain crashing out and Morocco into the World Cup quarter-finals interestingly, winning 3-0 in a shoot-out on Tuesday after a 0-0 draw. Spain mentor Luis Enrique had guaranteed his players arranged by accepting 1,000 punishments as schoolwork yet Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets all missed […]

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Croatia reach World Cup quarters with shoot-out victory over Japan

DOHA: Croatia arrived at the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Monday with an emotional 3-1 punishment shoot-out prevail upon Japan after a strained last-16 conflict finished 1-1. Mario Pasalic struck the triumphant punishment to send Croatia through after Ivan Perisic had pulled Croatia level in the 55th moment of typical time following Daizen Maeda’s […]